anthony_lauro

December 7, 2010

I leave the beep on during baby/ kid sessions only.

Gives them something to focus on.

November 16, 2010

More Football as the team I cover goes deeper into the playoffs.

The RB had 331 rushing and 6 tds...

November 12, 2010

I wouldn't use the onboard flash.

Use a monopod or something to stabilize the lens.

Also, those were the settings I used for the portraits.

Make sure they are all looking at you and focus on their face/ eyes. Don't move out of the way for anybody with a point and shoot, etc. You have to be a little aggressive.

A few weeks ago someone gave me great advice: Tighter is Righter....the more you can fill the frame, the better the photo. I use matrix metering and single spot AF so I can control where the lens focuses. Also, while you watch the game you will notice tendencies. I will focus in an area and most of the time it's where the play is run to. Shoot in continuous mode. Also stay out of the coaches/ players area during the game and stay about two feet away from the sideline to allow the line judge to move up and down the field.

November 12, 2010

Chris,

Me? If so, THANKS!

for the seniors with parents it was my olympus 35-100mm f2 lens

It was shot at iso 1000, 55mm(110mm equivalent) 1/320 sec.

I get blur in some photos if I go down in shutter speed.

Tonight I am shooting more, but using a teleconverter which makes the 100mm a 140mm lens and my max f stop will be f2.8 not f2. I probably will shoot at iso 2000 (yes Olympus can do this LOL, but there will be noise)

November 12, 2010

Allen, you should check out a friend of mine @ www.cyclingcaptured.com Nice Shots everyone!!

November 11, 2010

Yes you can use that lens for the parents shots. I would use flash for that portion though for fill light. I always just have the camera focus point to the center one only. Chances are that your AF picked up on the ref first.

Some Examples. I didn't use flash though.

<a href="http://www.aplphoto.com/Sports/Football/Nazareth-HS-Football-vs/14310415_BaBYq#1059518276_CHHaJ">Senior Night</a>

November 11, 2010

Yeah I am not allowed to crop them. Local editor wants to do that as he usually does a 2-3 page spread. Papers that run one photo I crop, etc.

? Why would you be shooting college at a slower shutter speed? Is the lighting that bad? I would think they use the local rinks like HS's do. At least they do in the PA/ NJ area.

Here is what I would have done: #1 I like as is, but that is me personally

Here is another that was cropped in:

November 10, 2010

Yeah but my 100mm is a 2x crop so that gives me a 200mm f2.0 lens.

Throw on a converter and I get 280mm @ f2.8.....

Nice shots though.

November 9, 2010

I shoot a TON of hockey at low light arenas. However, I don't use strobes. I use an Olympus E3 @ 1/320- 1/500 f2 35-100mm and at iso 1250 and have no problems.

I shoot above the glass and sometimes behind the bench, or even on the ice :)

November 9, 2010

I have 34gb in cards....all sandisk, some extreme, mostly ultra. Highest is 8gb but I like having smaller cards.

When I shoot weddings, after each event, aka pre ceremony is one card whether it's full or not. Ceremony, reception, same thing.

November 8, 2010

Some HS Football:

I didn't do any noise reduction. I shoot Olympus and had ISO 2000 going. Stadium was so dark it was insane...

November 7, 2010

Local paper pays me $25.00 per photo, but after 3 photos max they pay is $60.00 for the gallery. So I only submit two photos to get $50.00 and call it a day.

This is for them to have full color photos (usually they want 3 mb @ most per file) and they can reuse them as much as they want without additional royalties.

November 6, 2010

I would shoot high looking down on the center yardline if they have a nice logo on the field.

If he is a kicker, maybe by the warmup kicking net, etc. Anything that helps define what position he plays.

November 5, 2010

I have an upstrap on one body, which is great but can get in the way, but it never falls off.

The other strap is a blackrapid rs-5? the one without the cellphone pocket and I LOVE IT.

I don't use the BR attached to my flash brackets, but this system has served me well if I don't have a table setup with my gear within reach.

November 5, 2010

Crop factor is how your camera will "crop" the photo compared to a standard 35mm camera.

On olympus it is 2.0x. So a 200mm lens becomes a 400mm.

On canon (depending on model) a 200mm lens becomes a 320mm, I think.

I think the rebels have a 1.6x factor.

Here is a link to how canon's crop factor is and it explains it better than I can.

<a href="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/canon-lenses/field-of-view-crop-factor.aspx">http://www.the-digital-picture.com/canon-lenses/field-of-view-crop-factor.aspx</a>

November 5, 2010

You need something that at least starts at f2.8 and has a focal length around 200mm (with the crop factor).

Here are some at ISO 1250 on my Olympus E3 which is a stretch but then you slow down the shutter speed and it blurs the image. This was shot at 1/250 which is slow for sports, but I can manage at times.

November 2, 2010

To bump this as I was doing a search, I use Photomechanic to ingest images onto my computer. They are all tagged, etc. as they are copied to my HD. Faster then LR. Not even close. I also have heard good things about the Imagerouter from Delkin, but it is HUGE. I just use a few usb readers on my laptop and go. Firewire won't work on a laptop that has it built in because they have 4 pin connectors and you need the 6 or 9 pin to power the firewire readers.

November 1, 2010

It is harder to get an NFL pass than it is to meet the President.

I shoot for local papers, have been to NCAA events, etc. and for some reason College Football and the NFL are really really strict about who gets the passes.

CBS Sports, AP, Getty, etc, get them first and they usually have contracts which let other media outlets have access to the images.

Shoot a few local sporting events and work your way up is the best advice I can give.

November 1, 2010

I would avoid polarizers until you become familiar with your camera, etc.

The filter size for both lenses is indeed 58mm.

Take a look here for some ideas:

<a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=58mm+filter&N=4291413233+4293918168">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=58mm+filter&N=4291413233+4293918168</a>

November 1, 2010

Dave,

Are you keeping them as NEF or are DNGs? Are you keeping the sidecar files?

November 1, 2010

Since I shoot with an Olympus E3, high iso really isn't too much of an option.

For HS with bad lighting, using either f2 or f2.8 lenses I can shoot at 1/320 at iso 1250 and the images come out no problem. Sometimes I will go to 1600.

Also, HS football allows the use of flash, but I rarely do so.

October 29, 2010

Since this is a new thread:

I have a multicard reader in my desktop and a sandisk USB2.0 reader as well.

I know this is slow but I like the set it and forget it mentality. I know people who have used it and it works with both Lightroom and Photomechanic, meaning it reads all the cards/ drive letters at once.

Thoughts?

I shoot lots of weddings and sports and to sit and dump cards every 10 minutes is a pain.

BH has them for 70.00 now.

<a href="http://www.delkin.com/products/connect/readers/imagerouter.html">http://www.delkin.com/products/connect/readers/imagerouter.html</a>

New User Introductions · October 29, 2010

Nice capture and welcome to the site!

October 29, 2010

You'll enjoy the 50-200mm. I have the non swd as a backup to my 35-100mm and love it.

October 27, 2010

I tag before. I don't use all the fields that some require. I am curious though how they would transition in LR.

What I like about PM is that it is FAST and I can run it on any device regardless of resolution. When I am at a big sporting event and I have my laptop or wife's netbook, I use PM to cull the images. The star ratings and Metadata transfer to LR. This way I don't have to merge catalogs, etc.

I was very much against LR but the more I use it, the more I love it.

I think the speed issue is that PM uses the Raw file's embedded Jpeg for previews which makes them load faster.

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