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For a while, strobing football was all the rage. Maybe it was partly driven by Maxpreps requirements, I'm not sure. And while I saw a lot of folks post strobed football here, it was the rare person who did it well-I was not one of them. There was ghosting, red eye, a lack of action, etc. The link PureMichigan posted has some of these same issues. The only peak action shot posted is not very good - looks like some ghosting and motion blur seen on the guy making the tackle. And when the author in the linked article wrote: "Because my ultimate goal this year is to be shooting night high school football with multiple, off-camera lights"....well he just kind of lost me. Strobing can be an annoyance at an indoor event, where they are less noticable, but start blasting a football field with multiple strobes and I think you have recipe for trouble, especially if several shooters are doing the same thing.
As for when I did do it, I never thought about gridding it, and most everyone I know was putting the flash as far as possible off the axis of the lens, clamping flashes way above or below on our monopods.
So, while I used to see folks strobing football and occasionally did it myself, I seldom see others on the sidelines around here doing that anymore. Most doing this professionally have bodies that can shoot ISO 8000 or so really well, and in my judgement, effectively negating the need for flashing football. I take that back, I do see one of those large school photo companies shooting football with a flash, but then again, they are using a old body, with the flash on the camera and a kit lens....and their images, well...I'm sure you get the idea.
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