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You probably get this question a lot but I'll ask anyway. I normally shoot motorcycle racing (ice racing) and have done a few HS football games in the distant past, rodeos, and daytime soccer. These were just regular home games. Suddenly I've been asked to do a state play-off game. This is on a college field, in a dome. Not sure how well lit. The school is getting me a pass to shoot from the floor. My gear is a Nikon D850, Nikon D500, Sigma 135mm f1.8, Nikon 70-200mm f2,8, Nikon 300mm f4E VR, and I do have a bag full of f1.4 shorter lenses if needed. I'm a fairly experienced photographer (weddings, portraits, racing) and have often shot at night (trains/railroad, night motorcycle racing, rodeos) My software is PS, Topaz DeNoise, Topaz Sharpen, Topaz Gigapixel, Portrait Pro. I use fast memory cards.
I've watched a number of Youtube videos so I'm now almost an expert! (Kidding of course.) My settings are auto ISO with cap at 10,000, S-priority with 1/800s as the slowest, continuous focus, set to focus-release. Camera can do 9 shots per second burst but with my racing shots I usually shoot timed singles. Could do short bursts on important action. The person paying me has a son that is a nose guard so I'm thinking mostly will photo defense plays. I plan on staying out of everyone's way, back a bit from the sidelines. This is a small town school so I'm not sure there will be very many other regular media photograhers there. (And this is in South Dakota, a small population state.) My plan is to not ruffle feathers at any rate. I am a pretty disciplined shooter. I'm going to a Walmart parking lot tonight to check how my camera settings are working in low light.
So, any general tips? I don't plan to make a career out of this but am getting paid and want to give reasonably good results. I almost always shoot raw (NEF) but the advice I've been getting is to shoot high res jpeg for this.
Kent in SD
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