Ok I think I need some advice/help here. I keep getting wildly conflicting advice about shooting high-speed sports at night or low light.
Ok here's the deal. I am shooting water polo with low light or sometimes at night. I have been told to raise the ISO as it get darker, others say that wrong. I am told to use fill flash when I can, others say never use it.
At present I am using a 40D with the 70-200.
I get the fact the people have different opinions. Yah I get that. I guess what I am after here is some suggestions from those of you who are successful in this area to give me some basic do's and don'ts that are based on fact, or the science aspect of light and movement.
I do appreciate the help in advance and am happy to share some of what I capture as examples.
your best bet is to raise the iso up, this way you can get a fast enought shutter speed, but raise the iso to 3200 or higher will give you noise in the photo but if there is a high amount of noise you can get this down in post. is the 70-200 f2.8 of f4?
i dont use flash but in england most of the major sports wont allow photographer to use flash so i just have to put up with noise.
Flash/no flash. High ISO/low ISO. Fast shutter/slow shutter.
With all due respect these things sound like the basics of exposure. If you don't have a firm grasp of the elements that factor into exposure, I would suggest heading to your local library or book store and finding a book about exposure. There are plenty out there.
I'm not trying to be flippant, but based on what limited info you have, that seems to be the issue here. I frequently shoot indoor HS sports wiht strobes, but I also am comfortable knowing how to shoot ambient if the situation calls for it. Some people never strobe sports. There are just so many variables that go into what works or doesn't work for a given situation.
Ok thanks for the help and advice. I will try and get a better grasp of both ISO and SS. The 200 is the F4. I will post a few shots from this weekend and see what you guys think.
I think you're going to find that you need an f2.8 lens, and maybe something even faster than that. Raise ISO as high as you can, shoot lens wide open, and if people are moving you will need at least 1/125 sec. and 1/250 would be noticeably better. You're doing to find out that it's all about how fast a shutter speed you can get.
