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Photographing Indoor Sports: The Right Settings, Gear, and Tips for Shooting Basketball, Martial Arts, and Other Low-light Sports
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Photographing Indoor Sports: The Right Settings, Gear, and Tips for Shooting Basketball, Martial Arts, and Other Low-light Sports

by Alan Hess
March 2014
Beginner to intermediate
66 pages
1h 41m
English
Peachpit Press
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Boxing

When photographing boxing, you need to watch the gloves and start to shoot as the boxer starts to throw a punch. If you wait to see if the punch has landed, you will be too late. That’s where the frames per second and the speed of the memory card come into play.

Punches can be a lot faster than you think, and the knockout can come in a split second. You want to keep your eye to the viewfinder and track the action with your camera—even if the boxers turn their backs to you. They can turn around again and you need to be ready.

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1/500, f/2.8, ISO 1600

I kept my eyes and camera focused on the gloves to capture this shot as the right cross slipped ...

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ISBN: 9780133829181