Outdoor Sports Photography

A short video showing how to shoot outdoor sports, with examples

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• sports
• outdoor
• baseball
• soccer
• track
• field

[socalcamerapro]

Yes, manual is good if the light is not changing - or there is not a strong mix of sun and shadow. You can take the exposure from the palm of your hand. The narrow DOF will make your photos 'pop' and stand out from the background. Take several shots, in sequence, because some will not be sharp, especially if the camera-to-subject distance is changing.

[Tesselator]

Your face in this video is over-exposed. LOL! Your sound level is way too low too.  Hehehe.

[socalcamerapro]

Ah -- the audio seems OK to me, but it's pretty hard not to overexpose my head :-)

[jamesryanphoto]

here's the best way i found to do this.

Set to manual.

set your shutter.

set your f stop

set the camera to auto iso.

take some pictures with the d70s make sure the iso is staying under 800iso.

This works great when you want to stop the action and still have the dof

[socalcamerapro]

James - cool idea -- thanks for sharing.

[chadsexinton]

i have a canon rebel xs. i wanna shoot baseball games and cricket matches? what is a good zoom lens. is the rebel xs an ok camera?

[socalcamerapro]

I'll send you a message, but, yes, you can do this with an XT. Look for a wide angle, and something in the 70-200 range.

[a6160]

we can also use higher ISOs, as far as there isn't so much noise on the image:)

[redtippmann]

thank you very much I have a shoot in two days at a track and field meet for the yearbook this helped allot! just a question do you think it would be OK to shoot on manual mode it fell more comfortable in that, or would it be too much to handle? and Would a f/stop of 2-4 to a get a shallow DOF look alright in the end for a year book? thanks allot again!

[jacobovs]

any tips for capturing the faces of players in Football and Lacrosse. In full sunlight I seem to get mostly shadows. Helmets are a nightmare!

[chadsexinton]

i recieved your msg. thanks a lot for the detailed information. i appreciate it.

[kobboy007]

Some hints for sunny weather:

- Use telephoto lens (from 200mm to 400mm)

- Use fast lens with aperature 2.8

- Use ISO100, and the lowest f# as possible so your subject will be separated enough from the background.

- Use at least 1/320 to capture the moment (compensate with ISO)

- Always search the same position in the field where the sun is shining, so no shadows will cut your subject's face.