Gymnastics

[JSPhoto]

Well after three basketball games that went down to the final minute it was time for a calm day of gymnastics.... did I say calm? It wasn't that calm though as the school I was shooting was fighting for a chance to move on to the regionals, and they did, by a mere 4 points. It wouldn't have been that close but the kids had problems on their best event, the balance beam as three of their top 4 fell at least once and the one who didn't did an amazing job of saving herself twice. :thumbsup: So nect Friday night it's off to the regionals

JS

[dhyravy]

Great work once again JS! It must be nice to shoot something that doesn't require you to dodge the action. :thumbsup: I was going to share this one with you from last night's game, I thought you might be able to relate.

[JSPhoto]

lol, I caught the ball three times in one game this week I also got kicked twice by cheerleaders and punched another.... I swear cheerleaders are blind!

JS

[dhyravy]

Actually, the ball is the smallest problem I have. It's those 6'5" 200 lb. kids with the 40" vertical coming down on my head or worse pinning me to the wall. And everyone wants to be a sports photographer?

[JSPhoto]

Actually, the ball is the smallest problem I have. It's those 6'5" 200 lb. kids with the 40" vertical coming down on my head or worse pinning me to the wall. And everyone wants to be a sports photographer?

I only got hit by one basketball player in 8 years..... and she had a soft landing and a big laugh after the game worse yet, she still brings it up 4 years later. Believe me though, it's much better to get hit by basketball players than by a midget race car that hits the catch fence right where your standing and your looking up at it's undercarriage. And it's better than being hit by football players too.... JETA, OT and I may need to start wearing pads on the sidelines

JS

[ciddog91]

Nice action. I like #3 best as it is a great angle and you can see her face. #1 is nice as well as most times on the vault you are not able to see a face. I also like #1 because it shows her attention to detail as you can see her hands are they way she needs to hold them as she lands.

Nice job.

What were your settings??

Phil

[JSPhoto]

Thanks Phil, it was an interesting day there, shooting conditions are lousy at best! I did however get more than the paper will ever use

#1: 1/200 f2.8 1600 EV +3

#2: 1/100 f2.8 1600 EV +3

#3: 1/125 f2.8 1600 EV +3

As you can see from the settings the lighting wasn't too good, however with propper settings and so forth things worked out very nicely. One of the things I did was to watch the warmups through the viewfinder and watch the light meter and decided from there on where to shoot from and what settings to use and adjusting from there for each participant. It really helped on the vault that no one was sitting in that area so I full run of the area as to where I shot from. I tried from the right of where I was for this one but it didn't work at all.

JS

[ciddog91]

In #2, the window is just in the right spot to be "in the way". That is so typical with this sport. I have found that some of the gyms I have been shooting in lately have allowed e to shoot at 1/320 with ISO 1250 or 1600. I get SOME motion blur but get better stop action on ariel moves like the flips and high bar for boys.

Indy Convention center was one of the best. Allowed me to shoot some at 1/400 ISO 1600 and be on with light meter.

Good job. Post some more if you get time.
Phil