Photography Tutorial 10 ( Action )

This is a brief introduction to the concepts of Action Photography. Directly from my Mastery of Photography Fundamentals DVD and presented by Samy's Camera http://www.samys.com , This Months lesson is designed to get you up to speed on creating some amazing action photos. I hope you enjoy and learn a bunch :o)

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Education

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• Photography
• Shutter
• speed
• aperture
• action
• sports
• motion
• focus
• blur
• ISO
• lesson
• tutorial
• tips
• how
• to
• tricks
• sport

[adn02d]

these vidoes have been extremely helpful. You mentioned that for action shots, you'll select your desired shutter speed, then set the appropriate aperture, then adjust ISO. I may be thinking too much into this, but I'm trying to see if there's a basic order of steps to follow for setting up any type of shot, be it action, portrait, micro etc. Would you consider these to be the first 3 steps of setting up your shots, and then perhaps setting the white balance, then metering...what's ur process?

[FontanaKnowledge]

@adn02d I normally only adjust my ISO from the lowest possible (100) when it is a necessity so I guess it would always remain 3rd on the list. If I am looking to freeze action or make it blur I know I must prioritize my shutter speed. If I am looking for a certain depth of field I would have to put my aperture first.

I hope this helps =o) Peace

[ruwanindika]

hey Man, thanks for all the Videos , I am watching these in Taiwan. I am question, increasing aperture will add depth of field , so If I want to make a night photograph of a night view I want everything to be on focus , so what I do is reduce aperture to around f10 , keep ISO at 100 and use a longer shutter speed like 15seconds , is this the right approach ??? I am using a Canon 500D

[FontanaKnowledge]

@ruwanindika You got it.  You will definitely need a tripod for this. Good luck

[tissa71]

for some reason when i put my shutter speed on lets say 1/1000 sec or higher, my cam wouldn't allow me to put aperture on less than 5.6 so i get a black square. Why?? :(

P.S. I have Sony Alpha

[FontanaKnowledge]

Your lens may only be a 5.6 or it might be that it is a variable lens, Meaning that if you are zoomed in all the way it only goes to 5.6.

Try zooming out and see if it still happens. It could just be a coincidence that you are shooting fast. If thats not the problem I don't know what it could be. =o(

Anyhow I hope this helped

[exsing]

Hey FK,

Really enjoy your tutorials. I would like to make a suggestion though. It would be great if you could also show some practical examples on your video. It would really add to the learning process for us newbies I think! :) Keep up the great work nevertheless!

[bjdude18]

you're great man!!! thanks!!!

[pliraya]

Thanks alot, this is great! After this video I'm left with a question though. When you use big aperture, as for instance your boxing picture with f/1,8, to compensate for the light you lose by using high shutter speed, will you not be bothered by the depth of field? The focus range will be very short, and even if your autofocus does its job, lots of the subject will still be blurry with such a low aperture? Getting a sharp action picture, with that low aperture seems impossible to me.

[PhaipherGirl]

I love your videos :) they have helped me a lot! :D I just have one question, for example: when taking a photo of a fast horse, I use manual focus right?

Because since it happens sooo fast my camera wont focus I guess, Am I right or what shold I do?

[musepigg]

How about if I want to freeze a movement far away, but my aperture is 3.5 (in order to capture the moment sharp) and therefore gives a short depth of field?

[Talifay]

I love this!!! I have 3 small very active children!  And 2 of them are in sports! Thank you!!!

[harmonybyt]

Great videos. I think you are great art :)

[crizisinsane]

You're the jesus of photography man. You saves us

!

[ElChamo7576]

Watching your videos has been so helpful man!! I have a much better understanding about photography after watching your video. I will take full advantage of my camera potential. Keep up the good work. We will support you.

Thanks

[boxing84batman]

Thank you so much. This has helped me out A LOT.

[dantheman1507]

can I send you some photos on that email address?