Action shots indoor

13 years 5 months ago #5797 by littlejenny65895
I'm shooting an indoor basketball game this weekend for my school's newpaper. The lights will be on but no windows in the stadium. How can I get a good action shoot since the players move so quick it's hard to get a good shot of what is going on without the picture being blurry


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13 years 5 months ago #5802 by Solstar
A lot will depend your your equipment. What type of camera? Can you use or do you have a shoe-mount flash? What lenses do you have available? Let us know to see if we can help.


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13 years 5 months ago #5810 by Screamin Scott
Unless you have "pro" gear, or they allow you to get close & use flash (not likely that they would allow flash-blinds the players) .There isn't much you can do....Base model cameras & lenses are too "slow" to capture fast action in low light (it may seem fairly bright, but your eyes are a lot more sensitive than cameras & lenses)...If you up the ISO, you will get noise. A tripod will only help stabilize you, it won't stop action.Pro model cameras have the ability to be able to up the ISO without excessive noise. Pro level lenses have larger apertures which allow more light in...Your only possible salvation is to use the highest ISO that you can accept the noise level with, shoot as wide open as possible & with the highest shutter speed that those factors will allow, & shoot when the action isn't at breakneck speed (think free throw shots & similar situations) Hope this helps...

Scott Ditzel Photography

www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/

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13 years 5 months ago #5838 by Sam
sounds good Scott...


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