Photography…The way I see it.
Here are the first basketball shots from the season. These were all shot on November 16 during the first day of the Sodexho Classic tournament.
Canon EOS 1D Mark II 70mm ISO 1600 1/200 sec @ f/2.8
Canon EOS 1D Mark II ISO 1600 1/200 sec @ f/3.2
Canon EOS 1D Mark II ISO 1600 1/200 sec @ f/3.2
Webster U. started in on its basketball season this weekend by opening up with the Sodexho Classic tournament between Dennison, Transylvania, Hanover and Webster. The tournament started on Friday night and ended Saturday afternoon. This was my first chance to shoot basketball since last season. I ended last year by putting up my first backboard remote. I learned a lot during that experience. I learned that I should have given myself a little longer than 1.5 hrs to set up the remote by myself. Also, the Canon EOS D30 is not the best remote body. Actually, it is a very poor remote body. It wasn’t designed to to remain on for hours on end and be ready to fire at any moment. Also, its high ISO performance isn’t great above 800. I did get a “useable” image for newsprint.
Canon EOS D30 15mm ISO 800 1/125 sec @ f/2.8
Now you can definitely see some of the flaws in this image. The most obvious thing is the focus. It sharply focused on the rim of the basket rather than the player. Also, if you look at the ball and the thicker part of the rim, you can see reflections in the glass. I needed a dark mask around the camera to help eliminate those reflections.
This semester seems more promising. I have staff that can help me get everything set up quicker. Also, I know many of the mistakes I made last time so I can avoid them this time. One of those mistakes is using the D30 in a dark gym. I will be using a 5D, 20D, or a 1Ds to ensure the camera fires when I tell it to.
Congratulations to Webster University’s volleyball and women’s soccer team. Both teams won the SLIAC conference tournament. I rushed around all day to cover both games.
Canon EOS 1D Mark II 200mm ISO 100 1/2000 sec @ f/2.8
Webster goalie Jessica Kozeny punches the ball away from the goal Nov. 3 at the Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park.
Canon EOS 1D Mark II 155mm ISO 100 1/4000 sec @ f/2.8
Members of the Webster University women’s soccer team rush to hug goalie Jessica Kozeny Nov. 3 after she blocked three of Maryville’s penalty kicks to secure the SLIAC conference title.
Canon EOS 1D Mark II 125mm ISO 1600 1/400 sec @ f/2.8
Sophomore Ashley Scanio bumps the ball back over the net Nov. 3 during the SLIAC championship game in the Grant Gymnasium.
Canon EOS 1D Mark II 15mm ISO 1600 1/400 sec @f/2.8
Head volleyball coach Merry Graf jumps out of her chair Nov. 3 as the Gorloks defeat Principia College 33-31 in the third game. Graf was awarded the honor of SLIAC Coach of the Year.
Thanks for visiting the Gersh Photo Post (GPP). On this blog, I hope to share with you recent work, helpful tips and techniques and anything else that seems relevent.
My most recent project had me shooting from 2,000 feet. I took on the task of mounting a camera to a Cessna 172 Skyhawk. With a Bogen Superclamp attached to a small tripod head, I put a Canon 5D out of the wing strut and triggered it with pocket wizzards.
There was a lot of gaff tape to hold everything in place. It is easy for bolts to rattle loose with 130 mph winds blasting them but with the tape in place, there is no worry. I also had three steel saftey cables designed to hold theater lighting attached as an extra precaution.
Canon EOS 5D 15mm ISO 200 1/400 sec @ f/10
This is when we were coming back for a landing and crossing over the Mississippi. That morning, it was about 25 degrees. The cold air over the warmer water made a swamp-like fog rising off the river.
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