Posts for: Resqu2
Oct 9, 2023 17:24:34 #
I can’t find what I’m looking for anywhere and Samsung can’t/wont help. I’m an Apple guy but love the new Tab 9 Ultra for the big, beautiful screen. I have read that the Ultra doesn’t like the Canon .CR3 files but I can’t find anyone to confirm this. I just need to know if I can open LR and import my RAW files. I’m desperately needing a new tablet and with my $320 discount I’d really like to try the Samsung tablet. I edit hundreds and sometimes 1000’s of photos at a time and need something that works good. Thanks guys!
Jan 5, 2023 15:13:04 #
My dream sports camera! I’d love to be able to grab this! Maybe one day. Good luck with the sale.
Dec 31, 2022 08:12:38 #
Can’t believe the seller didn’t require a signature for delivery on a higher dollar shipment.
Nov 13, 2022 12:35:23 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
Just let me say calling it “spray-and-pray” is doing yourself a disservice. Burst mode is a valuable tool used by every sports photographer.
Maybe I miss spoke on that, I do use that but I try to not depend on it. The last big race I did that method got me some of the best shots I have ever took. The two guys were in full speed 100 yard dash to the finish and all I could do was hold down the button and hope for the best.
Nov 13, 2022 11:33:11 #
frankraney wrote:
I would pick some of my best shots and give to the coaches to guarantee another "ok". Post a few here. 
Here are 4 out of the 1000 or so.
Nov 13, 2022 08:08:33 #
Wanted to come by and update this thread and thank everyone for all the advice. I shot my first two games last nite and had a blast. I will admit the Men’s game was easier to shoot and of course more fun because of the high flying action. I went in and talked to the coaches and had complete access to everywhere I wanted to be. They had one other camera guy there and he stayed pretty much under the basket and I watched him get slammed a few times pretty hard. I choose to skip that area. I only took one body and my 70-200 f/2.8. I did switch to a 24-105 f/4 in the last half of the ladies game but it did run my IOS up to the 10,000 range but that was ok, I have shot way higher and never had any issues. I think I took around a thousand shots, I try to stay away from the spray and pray method myself but did that some for sure. This game would take me a good while to get really good at and I’m not sure if I will get that opportunity or if I even want that if offered but my first games were a blast and I feel like I learned a lot. Thank y’all for all the advice and the PM’s offering advice. This place is great!
Oct 11, 2022 18:10:01 #
rcorne001 wrote:
Thanks, Dale. I assume you were talking about my photos. A little late for getting the ref's name from that game, but I will definitely get them in the future. If not my Firebird photos, well nevermind! LOL!
-Rick
-Rick
Yes he had to be referring to your amazing work. I have looked at a bunch and will finish looking around tonight I hope.
Oct 11, 2022 15:34:53 #
lensmaster wrote:
IF you have never actually SEEN a basketball game live....you are in way over your head.
Same goes for if you never shot action, especially indoors.
Save yourself embarrassment and a bad reputation and pass on the opportunity offered.
Rather you say no than either not being able to deliver decent images, or deliver substandard work and that reputation will follow you for years.
Same goes for if you never shot action, especially indoors.
Save yourself embarrassment and a bad reputation and pass on the opportunity offered.
Rather you say no than either not being able to deliver decent images, or deliver substandard work and that reputation will follow you for years.
The Director is well aware that this is my first basketball game, I made that very clear. He seems like a great guy and basically told me you have to start somewhere and the games he’s given me are the first games of the season. Kind of a test of sorts.
He knows upfront that I’m into Track & Field and I have worked the finish line of a USA T&F National Championship so fast action is not a problem but I completely understand what your saying in your post. I will be reading and watching all the great advice passed on to me in this post. I’m also going to try to shoot a high school game just to get the feel of it.
Oct 10, 2022 21:00:52 #
rcorne001 wrote:
First thing, get their early! Watch the warmups, ... (show quote)
Thank You Sir! I’m printing this and taking it with me.
Oct 10, 2022 20:02:40 #
bsprague wrote:
The light quality and brightness inside a gym can be wonderful for playing basketball but horrific for photographing it. The color temperature can be a problem. With fast motion to capture, the lights may not be bright enough for anything we can consider normal apertures on any telephoto lens.
ISOs can be driven up high, so be prepared to post process for noise!
Basketball photography is hard! At least it is not as hard as college water polo!
ISOs can be driven up high, so be prepared to post process for noise!
Basketball photography is hard! At least it is not as hard as college water polo!
I was for sure worried about lighting. I’m not afraid to shoot high ISO, I just finished a race that was pretty much completely dark at the finish line. My two lenses are f/2.8 but I hate to shoot that wide unless I have to. Thank y’all for the advice. Great bunch here.
Oct 10, 2022 14:10:20 #
After shooting some big races a local college has ask me to shoot a few Basketball games to see how they like my work. We are also discussing Track & Field photography which I am comfortable with. Any advice for shooting Basketball? I will be shooting with two Canon R6’s and a 70-200 and probably a 24-70. I will admit that I have never been to a Basketball game so any advice will be helpful. Who knows, I may be in over my head but I’m willing to try anything once. Thanks guys!
Sep 12, 2022 10:17:16 #
Wasabi wrote:
You have a helmet number and a very good picture, bet you could find him if you tried. Get his story and give him a copy of the shot. Post it all here.
From the local paper, found him on FB and already sent him all the photos I have of him:
Every person had their own reason for being there Saturday. For Joe Horton of Tampa, Florida, the Bristol stair climb was one of more than 30 he has done since 2002. This was the third time Horton has done the Bristol climb. Although, climbers were cautioned the climb was not a race in the pre-race instructions, Horton, 60, was obviously no stranger to climbing stairs in full turnout gear as he quickly lapped the field at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Horton’s connection with the events of 9/11 is a sad one. He said his cousins were New York City firefighters who swapped time with two of the 343 firefighters who died in the Twin Towers that fateful day. Horton’s cousins were in Las Vegas gambling while the two firefighters who replaced them went to early graves. He said his cousins worked for 21 more years as firefighters with that on their consciences.
“They would have been on duty that day,” Horton, who served for 30 years as a firefighter in Largo, Florida said.
Horton said he climbs all around the country.
“I’m used to climbing high rises,” he said. “So the stadiums, they pose a little bit more difficulty. The stairs are steeper on the inside.”
Sep 12, 2022 09:02:46 #
davidrb wrote:
He shows no age. You have failed to see "experience." And he "mugged" for your shot. Nicely done, show very well. Complete your photograph with his "signature?
I’d love to have got that signature but with 600 groups climbing and it pouring rain I was lucky to get the 300 photos that I did get. I’d love to heard his story.
Sep 11, 2022 17:45:58 #
I took a ton of photos at The Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tn yesterday but this was my absolute favorite. This older Fire Fighter climber 110 stories in full gear and an air pack.
Aug 27, 2022 20:50:11 #
Warriors Path State Park in Kingsport, Tn. Arrived early to setup for a 5k I was shooting so I grabbed some lake shots.
