davenfl wrote:
Ron my friend you have done it once more, simply outstanding. You get a lot of excellent comments and deserved praise. Myself having done a lot of live action sports I have to say your sense of timing is incredible. Shooting a couple of people attacking a ball is hard enough but try that with 10+ people and get their movements and in particular their eyes in sync is something special. So much as it pains me to say, , you are a very special guy. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and the family.
Dave
Thanks, Dave! That really means a lot to me. Happy holidays to you and yours, too!
Great set of pictures! My daughter dances and is starting to get serious with ballet. I enjoy taking their pictures but struggle with the settings. What do you use for the metering? Our lighting is usually not that great and have struggled with the metering.
ryanp wrote:
Great set of pictures! My daughter dances and is starting to get serious with ballet. I enjoy taking their pictures but struggle with the settings. What do you use for the metering? Our lighting is usually not that great and have struggled with the metering.
Hi Ryan, thanks for the compliments.
I don't use metering to set my exposures. The problem with that is the constant movement with dance and the variance of light throughout the scene. Instead, here is what I do. I always shoot performances wide open. I then use whatever ISO I need to in which to have the fastest possible shutter speed. IF there's lots of action, I want to be at 1/320 or faster. If it's little kids and they're not moving that much, I can bring my shutter speed down to 1/125 or so.
In a perfect world, I'm shooting at 1/400 at ISO 1600, but that was back in the days when I was shooting for the Houston Ballet on world-class stages with immaculate lighting. For these shots here, I was usually around ISO 2500 or 3200, and shutter speed anywhere from 1/200 to 1/320, though there are some with ISO up to 8000 and shutter speed at 1/60.
, you are a very special guy. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and the family.