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Hello,

I am completely new to this site and sports photography, but after

reading on the subject of indoor sports made an attempt to shoot some

8th grade club volleyball. I have a Canon 30D and used a combination

of a 50mm and 85 mm prime lens throughout the day.I would really

appreciate any helpful criticism regarding any and all aspects of the

photo. Composition, exposure, focus etc. I tried to do a custom WB,

didn't know how and used a tungsten setting instead. I took 500 or so

pictures and most were not so good, and this one is marginal. I found

it really difficult to get good angles as their arms often blocked

their faces and so their heads were turned away so much. I used AI

servo, tried to lock in the focus with the center point. This

particular photo is shot with 85mm lens ISO 800, 1/500, f1.8. I used

these settings based on some great photos I studied by Wilson Tsoi.

Please help!

Thank you,

Mary

Mary:

Push your ISO to 1250 or 1600.  When shooting volleyball, I try to get perpendiclar to the net if the officials let me. This allows you to shoot faces on either team. Practice your timing. You can do this on anything moving fast. I used to sit on the porch and focus on vehicles going by.

Little kids running around the yard is also a good subject to practice on.

Finally, keep shooting and be ruthless in your editing.