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12-12-2013, 04:02 PM #1
Photographing a football game - in a blizzard
- when your autofocus won't work:
http://petapixel.com/2013/12/11/lion...ting-nfl-game/
Not Ravens-Vikings, but still very cool stuff. Just like the olden days, when we all had to focus manually."This space for rent" - Roger Goodell
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12-12-2013, 04:11 PM #2Hall Of Fame Poster
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12-12-2013, 05:27 PM #3Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Photographing a football game - in a blizzard
Football is an especially difficult game to photograph, due to the size of the field and the fact that action takes place all over it. Ive never shot an NFL game but have shot lots of college football and other pro sports. The cameramen and photographers were the first ones I thought of Sunday (I was in the stands) because of how hard it was to find the ball.
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12-12-2013, 05:32 PM #4
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12-12-2013, 06:04 PM #5Veteran Poster
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Re: Photographing a football game - in a blizzard
Moose, are you the photographer?
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12-12-2013, 06:11 PM #6Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Photographing a football game - in a blizzard
Didn't take my nikon but I wish I had, but with the weather this year I haven't taken it much. Anyway to me the main issue would the lenses & veiwfinder fogging up. Early and if not the whole 1st quarter you could barely see the upper deck. After that it just seems like a battle with the elements. My hands were frozen even with gloves on so hitting the shutter release without shake would seen to be an issue. But going old school & going manual focus is probably easier because the AF is not hunting so much. Also helps if you focus where you think the action will be and can use a smaller f-stop like F8 or more to stop the action but still use hyperfocal focusing. The 1st shot has that hyperfocal focusing feel where Foles is about to throw and you can see the WR & DB moving into position but still somewhat in focus in the foreground. I loved seeing the snow shots that people took with their I-phones on FB but I was also glad I didn't have to worry about my gear getting wet & damaged. One of these days I'm going to get a cheap body like a d-70 just for those type of situations because there were some cool scenes Sunday
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12-12-2013, 07:44 PM #7
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Re: Photographing a football game - in a blizzard
great shots, thanks for posting.
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12-13-2013, 12:42 PM #10Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Photographing a football game - in a blizzard
I have a Canon that's about 5 years old. When I bought it the salesperson said it was a beginning professional model. I've purchased a few lenses since for different types of shots. Needless to say, I'm strictly amateur and always shoot on autofocus.
Just curious if there are any more advanced photographers on the board than me that can recommend equipment/settings for shooting a football game from the stands?
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12-13-2013, 03:42 PM #12
Re: Photographing a football game - in a blizzard
Any digital SLR would require an extremely long (and expensive) lens when shooting from the stands, unless you're just after shots that show a good % of the field. And you'd never get a long lens past security.
Some of the new point-and-shoots, and even some phone cameras, have extreme optical zoom ranges (up to 40x); I'd look at those first."This space for rent" - Roger Goodell
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