Fantastic thrift store find. This is a mechanical copy of a photograph by Rosenfeld mounted to masonite board. Has anyone ever seen this photo or know what the yachts name is? Thanks. It's a truly awesome image.
First time taking photos at a UFL game Any advice? Do we like these? Which one is your favorite?
Hey folks,
I shoot Junior C hockey here in Ontario, and the rink lighting is brutally dark. Because of that, I’m seriously considering swapping my 70-200 f/2.8 for a 50-150 f/2 just to gain that extra stop of light.
Depending on the arena, I'm usually shooting from the bench, behind the glass, or up in the stands (if I'm in the stands, I can switch to a 300mm f/2.8 anyway).
I know you don't see many pros using a 50-150 and the 70-200 is the gold standard for hockey, but they're also shooting in bright, broadcast-lit arenas, not local community centers.
Is this a smart move, or am I going to instantly regret losing that 150-200mm reach when I'm tight on the glass or the bench? What do you think?
As the title states I am asking what I can shoot in new york city. I need help finding more sports to shoot in the summer since I can't do school sports. I would like to do any of soccer, basketball, and softball.
I shoot mostly soccer from the sidelines with my Canon EOS R7 and the RF70-200mm f/2.8 lens. I use SERVO case 4 but struggling on which AF Area to set.
- Chat GPT recommends me: Whole Area AF
- Grok recommends me: 1-point or Expand AF area: Around
- Gemini recommends me: Flexible zone AF
I don’t know which AI to believe so what do you humans recommend I set?
Rest of my settings: Manual, 1/1250, f/2.8, Auto ISO, Elect. First courtain shutter, high speed continuous +, Evaluative meetering, etc
What do you all think? How did I do?
Saw a post about floor remotes for soccer, and decided to share some setups from Miami Open this year. Is this something people want to learn more about?
For stadium court, we had 6 concurrent remotes at all times.
*Reddit photo upload quality is awful for some reason.
Global Remote Camera Settings
Canon R1
Overall Settings: Aperture Priority, Minimum shutter speed locked at 1/2000
Autofocus: Preview AF [ON]
Whole Area Tracking Servo AF: [ON]
Servo AF: M - Tracking Sens -2, Accel./Decel. Tracking 0
AF Area: [Wide]
Action Priority: [OFF]
Subject to Detect: [People]
Eye Detection: [Auto]
Hey all! I joined the this sub somewhat recently and I’m awed by the quality of most of the shots in here! I take a lot of pics of my son’s baseball teams, so I’ve included a few shots that I’ve liked over the past couple of years. Though I work in communications and I’m not a stranger to photography, I’m certainly nowhere near the level I see in this sub so I’d like to ask for feedback on any aspects of these shots and any advice on what I might do to get better. These are shot with a Canon EOS R8 and a Canon 100-400 lens. Thanks for checking them out!
Hello,
I was shooting for amateur softball leagues to test my camera and lens in NYC but now, they really like my images and wanted to hire for paid assignments. Not every week and all games but not sure how to price it since it will be my first photography job I ever had.
They have tournaments every weekends and each day have up to 5 games. They dont need me to cover every weekend and games but it will be quite often to shoot during the summer and fall seasons. However, since they are an amateur league, I dont think they have a lot of budgets.
I dont expect to get a lot of payments as I only shot sports for 2 years and 10 times for adult games but it would be quite handy as a side job and portfolio. I'm based in NYC so the rate is gonna be high but still, I'll need to discuss with the league in detail to negotiate the price.
How much should I charge per day and game?
Shot this at the St. Petersburg Diving Championship in December. Sharing because diving is a sport I see almost nothing of on this sub, and the shooting problem is genuinely different from the field sports most of us cover.
Settings:
The actual problem with diving:
You can't react to it. The whole thing — takeoff, rotation, entry — takes about 1.5 seconds. By the time your eye registers peak inversion, she's already past it and tucking for the entry. So AF tracking isn't really the variable. The variable is whether you can pre-visualize where peak position will be in space and start your burst a hair before it gets there.
What I do: lock focus during the approach on the platform, hold it as she leaves, then burst through the rotation. The keeper is almost never the frame I thought it would be while shooting — you sort it later. Out of maybe 12-frame sequences I'd get one or two with the face actually toward the camera and eyes open. The rest are mid-rotation blurs of the back of a head.
On the light:
Indoor pools are darker than they look. You're working with whatever fluorescent/LED mix the venue gives you, and there's no flash. ISO 6400 at f/2.8 and 1/1250 was the floor — slower shutter and you lose the limb separation, lower ISO and you underexpose. The greenish rim on her legs is bounce off the water below, which I actually like — it tells you where you are without showing the pool.
One thing I'd do differently:
Should have moved 2-3m to my right. The wall panels behind her work as graphic lines but they're a touch busy near her head. A cleaner section of wall would have isolated the face better. Live and learn — diving doesn't give you a second take.
Happy to answer questions on positioning, why 70-200 vs longer glass for pool work, or anything else.
This season, I'm photographing the Twin Cities Gemini (professional women's rugby), and I'm finding my years of football photography skills are not cross-compatible.
It's the speed. With no natural stoppages to call plays, I'm finding it hard to find a time to review and tag images in-camera. Also, you know how it's hard to photograph a football team that just runs down the middle each time? This feels like that, but worse. Each ruck turns into a messy blob of bodies - tough to get isolated shots. I'm making it work, but I can improve.
Positioning is another challenge. If I post up behind the try line, I miss most of the midfield action. If I go up the sidelines 30 yards to cover midfield play, I have to sprint back when a try seems close.
European/Southern Hemisphere Redditors—I know you all do rugby a lot more than the USA. Any tips you'd like to share?
I have an R6M2 and primarily shoot with a 70-200 2.8 lens. My son is the keeper on his U12 team and I'm looking for tips on focal length, angles, etc. I can do a good job getting player action but I have a really hard time getting quality pics of him because of the distance and angle. I'm not planning on blowing any of this up larger than an 8x10 and I'm afraid to crop but wonder how many megapixels I can whittle photos down to before they become unusable. I also have a 100-400 and I've tried shooting with that, but the photos just aren't crisp. I would appreciate any feedback and suggestions!
Got to cover TNA impact in Sacramento this past week. Thought you guys might enjoy these pictures from the show!
Got to work for a conference for a track championship. Here’s some of my favorite ones!