I love the rare opportunity to shoot high school football in daylight! These three were captured with a Canon 1DX III body equipped with an EF 200-400 f4 with integrated selectable 1.4X extender. I love the versatility of this lens and it is wonder...
When a soccer match breaks out on the volleyball court... This is the first time I have shot a header in volleyball and it occurred during the first game of the regional championship and her team won.Captured with a Canon 1DX III and EF 70-200 f2....
Friday night I took a nice 65 mile road trip to shoot a high school football game and before the game the AD and one of our senior players asked me if I would mind helping a new photographer. The "new photographer" is the youngest brother of one of ...
Suitable for the Halloween season, #13 has big orange #32 behind him ready to pounce! Captured with Canon 1DX III and EF 400 f2.8 @ 1/1,000, f2.8, ISO 12,800.
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I spend most of my time with action photography on the field like the first photo where the defender stretched fully and got fingertips on the runner's leg that was enough to send him out of bounds 5 frames later and prevented what would have been a ...
I agree with Stevet1 that face detection isn't the best for a LOT of sports because lighting and fast changing action forces you into a lot of decisions better made by you than the camera. With low lighting and fast action, both ISO and aperture are...
I agree with Rick about his recommendations to maybe try to save a bit more because a low cost budget and high school sports are not a good combination. Fast action and generally poor illumination are very demanding of gear.Does your school have a j...
If you haven't already, reformat the card in the camera before using your PC to write the update files to it. Make sure that the update file is in the root directory of your CF card.
If you have already done this, delete the update file from your do...
Did you get to the low battery warning point before switching packs? Battery life goes from low to nothing extremely quickly in very cold conditions and the battery monitor firmware isn't calibrated for these conditions. So one possibility is the ...