Which F-Stop to Use for Sports

This is a pretty easy one because for nearly every sport, we use the same f-stop—the lowest one our lens will allow (which for pro sports lenses is usually f/2.8). Shooting at this wide open of an f-stop will pay off in two ways:
- (1)This will blur the background, which helps visually separate your athlete from the background, and this is huge. When you get that separation, it creates a more dramatic, dynamic, and uncluttered photo of your athlete. Distracting, busy backgrounds are a big problem when shooting sports, and by shooting with a long telephoto lens at a wide open aperture (like f/2.8 or f/4), it gives ...