Through the Crack

Action from a JV basketball game in Fallbrook (CA) pitting the Broncos

of Rancho Bernardo against Valley Center. An interesting lighting

problem, as I had power on one side of the gym (so could use an Alien

Bee 800) but not on the other side. I used an SB-26 with an extra

battery pack but it doesn't have quite enough "umph" to bounce.

 

In this shot, the SB-26 is behind and to my right. The AB-800 is to

the left, and is giving some direct light (no high place to mount it)

as well as bouncing off the ceiling.

 

Thoughts and comments appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Great shot, your lighting setup seems to worked pretty well. I have tried a few times to photograph my kids games. Between my lens and the poor indoor lighting I am somewhat disappointed but not surprised in my results. May I ask, what focal length was your lens set to for this shot? Thank you for sharing.

Focal length was 70mm. Sorry, I generally put that in the details. I'll add it now.

 

Indoor sports in general are tricky. At least in basketball flash seems to be expected. If you're in the Nikon system, an 85mm f/1.8 is pretty reasonably priced and a good length for hoop. Or, a 50mm f/1.8 is even less expensive but maybe a little wide for a lot of things.

 

BTW, this assumes digital with a less than full-frame sensor.

 

The Canon 85mm f/1.2 would be pretty nice... though not cheap.

Happy Holidays and thank you for the info. I will be looking into the lens you mentioned.