p.1 #4 · HS Basketball-Collegiate @ Pinewood-Varsity Boys
Great shots, great action! Sharp, well exposed and all that.
As a photographer, I find the strong shadows somewhat distracting, but I also admit that is a personal preference. As a parent, I would be very excited about these images and probably not even notice the shadows.
p.1 #6 · HS Basketball-Collegiate @ Pinewood-Varsity Boys
Paul, thanks for the comment and I understand your comment about the shadows.. I shoot for MAXPREPS and we do not have control over this as this is what they require. I posted the picture above to show what parents get as opposed to what we get and sale..
p.1 #7 · HS Basketball-Collegiate @ Pinewood-Varsity Boys
RE: "If you want set up details let me know and I will post them." ... of course this board wants exif info and setup details...
I like the hard direct lighting, sometimes there are shadows on faces but still has impact.
p.1 #8 · HS Basketball-Collegiate @ Pinewood-Varsity Boys
I use two AB 800 about 5 feet past the baseline and about 7 feet outside the sideline on a 13 ft stand. I set them to full power and bounce to the top of the key using to Cyber Synch's to trigger the flash.
For this gym, I think I was at ISO 400-500, 1/250 F4.5 using D3S and a 70-200vr2.
I normally take a frame prior to using the flash to try and get a black image..so if I didn't have the strobes on then the above settings take using the ambient light would result in an almost black frame.
I know some don't like the flash look..I was once like that..but once I used it..you never want to go back and not to mention it's really nice not having to worry about color shifts and WB as much..I don't mind shooting it for college as having a higher frame rate at ISO 2000-3200 isn't that bad as long as you don't have a bad color shift.
Let me know if you have any other questions there are probably others who do this a lot better and some who shoot direct more than bounce...
p.1 #9 · HS Basketball-Collegiate @ Pinewood-Varsity Boys
These are good. Great color.
The horizon on 8 is way off, though. It looks as though you used the lines in the back wall for alignment, but I'm guessing a better guide would have been the black steel bars on the bleachers or the side of the backboard (if it's in the uncropped version).
EDIT: A-HA! I went back and looked through these. The reason the lines in the wall don't work is that the wall isn't straight. It tapers in. Look at image #1 to see what I mean.
Thanks for looking...
