Basketball. Why you need to constantly experiment!!!!!

JimKarczewski

So, tonight.. I shot @ my old high school. Unfortunately their 37 game regular season winning streak came to an end tonight ( a state record!) But anyway..

Typically in the past I've shot with 4 speedlights, 2 on on each sideline, set to 1/4 power @ 50mm zoom. I decided tonight to change it up to see what would happen (after playing with my new speedlight grids and zoom levels last night) So I shot tonight at 1/4 power, 70mm zoom vs 50mm zoom. All I can say....

WOW

So, at 1/4 power and 50mm I was getting 1/200 @ f/3.5, ISO 640. At 70mm, I was getting tonight, 1/200 @ f/4, ISO 400. I should had really dropped down to 1/200 @ 3.2 @ 320 but I didn't think about it to be honest... The 20mm zoom difference wasn't noticeable in the photos on the lighting itself, but the power difference was.

I always set my strobes to 50mm zoom because of all the articles I had read.. but just because what someone else did works, doesn't mean you shouldn't experiment!

Kikoprice

Every game has been an experiment Jim . I will add this to the list of things Im trying to remember but somehow forget.

Mohammed Alayali

I shoot indoor soccer I think its called ( futsal ) .. But during games I can't use anytime of flash because it might affect the players performance.. Anyways I'm thinking of using this method during training .. Can you help me in which equipment I need to preform this method ..

Will appreciate your help

Fogcity

Hey Jim,
Very interesting! I'll have to give that a try too. I usually shoot at 70mm but recently read somewhere it was better to shoot closer to 50, so have been doing that. So easy to get stuck in a rut!
Karen