Volleyball shooting

shutterbug616

So I was at a volley ball game this evening and tried my hand at shooting.

I set my camera to "Shutter priority" using a Nikon D90. At best I could go to 80 before my camera "F" reading was Lo.. My action shots were still blurry.. I'm doing some football shots tomorrow and need some insight as to how to get crisp clear shots.

I'm not by any means a sports photog, so thats why I'm asking.. With portrates and landscape.. your subject don't move..LOL

Mark1616

Depending on the gym for volleyball you usually will need f2.8 or faster if it is a cave. What lens options do you have and where were you wanting to shoot volleyball from?

Are the football shot going to be under the lights or in the day? What long lens options do you have and again where are you going to be shooting from?

shutterbug616

I was using a Nikon D90 with a 70-300mm VR lense to shoot the volleyball and I'll be using the same lense for football. I was shooting shots for the volleyball game by the bleachers and behind the coaching staff.

For the football game I'll be shooting from the sidelines, and behind the coaching staff as well.

Mark1616

You are really going to struggle with a max aperture of f4 at 70mm dropping to F5.6 at the long end for volleyball. If you plan to shoot more then having something like the 85mm f1.8 will help giving over 2 stops gain. For football if it's a day game you will be fine but under the lights will wan f2.8.

With the 300 keep your shooting within about 35 yards, past this you will find added softness. Set exposure for faces, manual exposure is majorly helpful if not use aperture priority set to your widest aperture.

Hope we get to see some shots.

Qarik

that lens is just not going to cut it except in broad day light or very well lit gym/field unless you have d700.

Mark1616

Qarik wrote: »

that lens is just not going to cut it except in broad day light or very well lit gym/field unless you have d700.

Depends on the definition of cutting it, for the OP, in normal daylight getting 1/1000 will be easy enough, sure it's not the sharpest bit for someone learning technique it will weild acceptable shots until a faster/sharper piece of glass is available.