girls HS Basketball

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arrgh406

Were you using a flash setup? If so, how was it set up? These look great!

johng

nice shots Sean. But I'd tone down the flash a bit - they're a bit hot and shots 2-4 have some definite hot spots on the fleshtones.

donek

arrgh406 wrote:

Were you using a flash setup? If so, how was it set up? These look great!

You can see one of the flashes in 5. As this gym has brick walls, bouncing is not an option. I mount 2 flashes on each side (total of 4) and point 1 on each side at the key and the other at mid court. They are both at 1/4 power with the one pointed at the key at 50mm and the other at 70mm.

donek

johng wrote:

nice shots Sean. But I'd tone down the flash a bit - they're a bit hot and shots 2-4 have some definite hot spots on the fleshtones.

It's sort of a function of trying to get 1/2 court coverage. I can get good coverage all the way to half court, but things do get hotter as they get close to the key. I suppose I could try toning down the flashes pointed at the key, but they do contribute to what's going mid court. I'd love to play with it more, but it looks like this is the last game I'll be shooting in that gym this season. Hopefully I remember next year. I'm able to bounce in the other gyms I shoot, so this is an unusual situation for me. Thanks for the suggestion.

rainbow

I always scan Sports to look for your shots as I always learn something from them. These are excellent. Lighting I always envy, but realize that I am not going in that direction. Your shots themselves are superb with the isolation in the first two and the great composition in the other 3 & 4.

Two Qs: When I look at #2, it is bright. Do you choose this as your personal style or is it batch processed? (I would take brightness down, but I lean toward darker tones in color and b & w). How much cropping do you do? I ask because the framing of all these are superb. I would always have something cut off.

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more from you.

donek

rainbow wrote:

I always scan Sports to look for your shots as I always learn something from them. These are excellent. Lighting I always envy, but realize that I am not going in that direction. Your shots themselves are superb with the isolation in the first two and the great composition in the other 3 & 4.

Two Qs: When I look at #2, it is bright. Do you choose this as your personal style or is it batch processed? (I would take brightness down, but I lean toward darker tones in color and b & w). How much cropping do you do? I ask because the framing of all these are superb. I would always have something cut off.

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more from you.

That's quite a compliment. Thank you.

As this gym has brick walls, I am forced to point my 4 off camera flashes directly at the players. This is something I haven't done much of this year. #2 is overexposed because I need more practice setting up with direct flash. The post processing I do is usually an auto contrast, usm and crop in Nikon Capture. #3 is probably the most heavily cropped. It's about 1/2 the original frame. The others are typically a bit off the side and top/bottom to get a bit tighter.