Paintball Photography

Dillard · Oct 29, 2011

Spent the day shooting tournament paintball...Let me know what y'all think!

Shot with a D90 and nikon 300mm f/4

EIngerson · Oct 29, 2011

These are great. Nice work.

les_stockton · Nov 3, 2011

I shoot a lot of sports but this is one that I've not gotten around to. I've been meaning to go out and try it. I have done paintball before and it was a blast. I've just not photographed it.
One thing I'm wondering is how you were able to get a spot where you should shoot from and get them from their front view, and yet still be where you were out of the line of fire.

Sammie_Lou · Nov 3, 2011

Absolutely love it! I've shot some woodsball before, but no speedball. I have a hard time find speedball fields that will let me on the field while play is going on. Do you by any chance have a cover of some sort for your camera to keep it clean of paint spatter?? I'm looking for something like that.

12sndsgood · Nov 3, 2011

id imagine a zoom lens and laying on the ground most likely. some good shots here. i like that you see the splash in the first one as he's diving in. used to love to play till my knees started going out on me.

mangtarn · Nov 3, 2011

maybe more exploding paintballs on people?

shootermcgavin · Nov 3, 2011

Is #2 what I think it is, a guy left a cap open and is dropping paintballs? I really like that shot, very cool. These make me want to take the paintball guns out.

kundalini · Nov 3, 2011

:thumbsup: Some of the best paintball shots I've seen here. The 300mm f/4 is a great lens IMO and this shows why.

Dillard · Nov 3, 2011

thanks guys!

I've played tournament paintball for about the last 5 years and recently quit due to college, but this is my way of staying around it

shootermcgavin said:
Is #2 what I think it is, a guy left a cap open and is dropping paintballs? I really like that shot, very cool. These make me want to take the paintball guns out.

yessir, the guy was reloading and dropped his pod

mangtarn said:
maybe more exploding paintballs on people?

Trust me, I would love too! Someone handed me a gun, so i spent a little more time shooting a gun rather then my camera

Sammie_Lou said:
Absolutely love it! I've shot some woodsball before, but no speedball. I have a hard time find speedball fields that will let me on the field while play is going on. Do you by any chance have a cover of some sort for your camera to keep it clean of paint spatter?? I'm looking for something like that.

A lot of guys use a rain cover, although i've found a gallon size ziplock works GREAT. Pretty much the same thing for much cheaper

les_stockton said:
I shoot a lot of sports but this is one that I've not gotten around to. I've been meaning to go out and try it. I have done paintball before and it was a blast. I've just not photographed it.
One thing I'm wondering is how you were able to get a spot where you should shoot from and get them from their front view, and yet still be where you were out of the line of fire.

I shot these with a 300mm F/4, which turned out to be GREAT for paintball. If you know the terminology, I was shooting from the snake side line, usually on my knees and elbows.