Sports Photography: Take One
This was my first try at sports photography. I needed a fast shutter speed to freeze the action. However, the venue was at the Philippine Navy Gymnasium in Fort Bonifacio, whose only source of light was from the windows, which could also serve as a harsh background when framing directly towards them.
How I did it
Because of the limited amount of light entering the gymnasium, I bumped up the ISO to 1600, and set the camera mode to shutter priority (Tv). I noticed that a shutter speed of 1/250 of a second is not enough to freeze the hard packed action, so I increased it a third increment to 1/320 sec. Then I tried positioning myself on a higher ground while avoiding shooting directly against the windows.
A lot of my pictures were underexposed, so I just adjusted them in photoshop, which contributed more (ISO 1600, remember?) in a lot of noise in the pictures.
More Pictures
Visit my flickr photo set to view more pictures.
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11 Responses to “Sports Photography: Take One”
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Cool!!! i love it…
Comment posted on 13th September 2007 (Jamal is subscribed to followup comments on this post.)
O Jo! nabuhay ka! hehe kmusta na jan?
Comment posted on 13th September 2007
ayos ang action! hindi pala uubra mga lens ko hehe.. pang scenario lang talaga.
Comment posted on 14th September 2007 (edwin is subscribed to followup comments on this post.)
scenery pala hehehe! nalilito nako!
Comment posted on 14th September 2007 (edwin is subscribed to followup comments on this post.)
dapat kc kung maaga ka dumating papahiram ko sau ung isa kong lens. ung 85mm. bili ka na kc ng 70-200mm f/2.8 is usm! hehe
Comment posted on 14th September 2007
pag kumita ako sa mutual funds bili ako hehehe..
Comment posted on 18th September 2007 (edwin is subscribed to followup comments on this post.)
hehehe ayos yan, ako pag manalo na ako sa lotto tsaka ako bibili! hehehehe
Comment posted on 18th September 2007
bibili ako, magkano ba range ng price nyan?
Comment posted on 18th September 2007 (Jamal is subscribed to followup comments on this post.)
mura lng yan jo. ung 70-200 f/2.8 is usm mga nasa 100k yan dito sa pinas. lens pa lng yan jo hah. bibili ka pa ng camera para salpakan nun…hehe
Comment posted on 19th September 2007
mahal naman!!! ibig sabihin nag invest ka talaga dian? he he. May nakapagsabi sa akin pwede na daw pipitsuging camera basta yong lens maganda.
Comment posted on 19th September 2007 (Jamal is subscribed to followup comments on this post.)
Jamal, I can see that you are interested in joining the world of photography. To give you an idea, in the Canon line of DSLR cameras, prices range from (brand new) around 40K for the EOS 400D to 500K for EOS 1Ds Mark II. I don’t know how much the 1Ds Mark III yet. Therefore, based on the foregoing, walang pipitsuging DSLR camera…. :)
Comment posted on 20th September 2007