Chapter 3
Action
IN THIS CHAPTER
Tracking and focusing on fast action
Working with a flash and fast shutter speeds
Positioning yourself to succeed
Soaking up great natural light
Capturing performing arts with professional equipment
If you want to take action shots, you should make shutter speed your top priority. All else is secondary. Use the largest aperture you can and raise the ISO as much as you need to for the best exposure. A blurry action shot isn’t worth printing and framing. I know. Believe me!
The other element to keep in mind is that capturing action is about motion. Put your camera in a continuous focus mode so that it keeps focusing as long as you have the shutter pressed halfway. Use a single AF point for the greatest focusing precision. If you need help tracking your subject, switch to a zone AF mode.
Tracking the Action
You can’t get much more action-oriented than the photo I took of this Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor performing a demonstration flight at an air show ...
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