I was really excited to see your videos. Excellent job of explaining what happens when shooting football. I also love to shoot football and I found all of your videos helpful and informative. Thank you so very much for taking the time to do these!
I really like your videos...I also do sports photography and am pretty good..my organizational skills need help and really like the ones you have on equipment and soon,,,thanks
Shooting in aperture priority (Av) mode, you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed at whatever it thinks is necessary to get proper exposure. Tv (shutter priority) mode is when you set the shutter speed and the camera sets aprture. Hope that helps.
thats all very well but depends how bright/dark it is and how much depth of field you want. trust me my old mans a world renown sports photographer not too mention mutli world wining award photographer. Not trying to have a go but there is not point telling people what shutter speed to use with knowing the subject/camera and light
@Innovationpics - You're right in that every situation is different. The key point is a photographer must know how to set up exposure for a multitude of different shooting situations and the desired result they're after. It's impossible to explain all of those situations in a few videos on YouTube, but maybe you've got a suggestion?
Good for you Dad on the contests. I don't do contests.
Iam trying with varying results to photograph soccer and baseball. Soccer is at night. I have bought a canon T1i with a ef-s 55-250mm lense. Am i wasting my time at night games with this kit? I know a better lense will improve the images but is this body good enough or should I just upgrade to a better body?
Hate to tell you this, but it's the lens. A variable aperture lens like the 55-250 is just too slow to get you the kind of exposure needed to stop action at night under the lights. Fast glass is key...something like a 70-200/f2.8, for starters, and shooting at high enough ISO to get a decent shutter speed (1/500 or higher, if possible). You might be able to get by with 1/400 or even 1/320, but the lower you go the less "keepers" you'll have. Good luck.
No problem. Glad to try to help. Hate to recommend people spend money on gear when they don't have to, but with situations like this, glass really does rule! Happy shooting!
Hey, thanks! I am definitely not one someone's gonna call a gearhead! Ha! These things are tools and I buy what I need to get the job done. Glad you find the videos useful.
Interesting and useful video! I sometimes have problems using a semi-auto mode like Av in conditions like this because of diff colored jerseys or other things that cause an improper exposure. What metering mode do you recommend? thanks
Nice tips. A similar scenario occurs when shooting bicycle racing when the finish time is near sunset and the sun streams in low from the side, in between the buildings. Those are tough conditions too.
Nice video !
JasonLaurain 1 month ago
I was really excited to see your videos. Excellent job of explaining what happens when shooting football. I also love to shoot football and I found all of your videos helpful and informative. Thank you so very much for taking the time to do these!
phl1rxd 4 months ago
hi
I really like your videos...I also do sports photography and am pretty good..my organizational skills need help and really like the ones you have on equipment and soon,,,thanks
mike
mdiehl47 1 year ago
So, shooting in aperture priority mode, you just set the Min shutter speed to something like 1/320?
Don't know about other cameras, but I know mine has a min shutt speed option hidden in the menu (even in A mode).
japs13 2 years ago
Shooting in aperture priority (Av) mode, you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed at whatever it thinks is necessary to get proper exposure. Tv (shutter priority) mode is when you set the shutter speed and the camera sets aprture. Hope that helps.
sds4kst8 2 years ago
thats all very well but depends how bright/dark it is and how much depth of field you want. trust me my old mans a world renown sports photographer not too mention mutli world wining award photographer. Not trying to have a go but there is not point telling people what shutter speed to use with knowing the subject/camera and light
Innovationpics 1 year ago
@Innovationpics - You're right in that every situation is different. The key point is a photographer must know how to set up exposure for a multitude of different shooting situations and the desired result they're after. It's impossible to explain all of those situations in a few videos on YouTube, but maybe you've got a suggestion?
Good for you Dad on the contests. I don't do contests.
sds4kst8 1 year ago
Iam trying with varying results to photograph soccer and baseball. Soccer is at night. I have bought a canon T1i with a ef-s 55-250mm lense. Am i wasting my time at night games with this kit? I know a better lense will improve the images but is this body good enough or should I just upgrade to a better body?
johnarnerise 2 years ago
Hate to tell you this, but it's the lens. A variable aperture lens like the 55-250 is just too slow to get you the kind of exposure needed to stop action at night under the lights. Fast glass is key...something like a 70-200/f2.8, for starters, and shooting at high enough ISO to get a decent shutter speed (1/500 or higher, if possible). You might be able to get by with 1/400 or even 1/320, but the lower you go the less "keepers" you'll have. Good luck.
sds4kst8 2 years ago
Thanx man, you're a pro.
johnarnerise 2 years ago
No problem. Glad to try to help. Hate to recommend people spend money on gear when they don't have to, but with situations like this, glass really does rule! Happy shooting!
sds4kst8 2 years ago
finally some really useful videos in the field of action. not silly gearheads unboxing shitty video. thanks for your very practical advices man
fetthunderdome 2 years ago
Hey, thanks! I am definitely not one someone's gonna call a gearhead! Ha! These things are tools and I buy what I need to get the job done. Glad you find the videos useful.
sds4kst8 2 years ago
Interesting and useful video! I sometimes have problems using a semi-auto mode like Av in conditions like this because of diff colored jerseys or other things that cause an improper exposure. What metering mode do you recommend? thanks
rozebiz 2 years ago
Glad the videos are helpful. I usually use evaluative metering when in a mode like Av.
sds4kst8 2 years ago
very useful!
61862006 2 years ago
Thanks. Glad you think so.
sds4kst8 2 years ago
Nice tips. A similar scenario occurs when shooting bicycle racing when the finish time is near sunset and the sun streams in low from the side, in between the buildings. Those are tough conditions too.
Biffbradford 2 years ago
Good stuff - I'll pass this along to all my newsletter subscribers.
PartTimePhotography 3 years ago
Very helpful, Excellent video. Thanks for posting.
ambcw 3 years ago
Glad you like it. Thanks for the kind words.
sds4kst8 3 years ago
i'm happy i found this video here on youtube. its great - thank you!
emmanuelSC 3 years ago
You are very welcome.
sds4kst8 3 years ago
nice video very informational.
mikejames93 3 years ago
Thanks. Glad you like it.
sds4kst8 3 years ago