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		<title>Shooting in low light situations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay in t Veen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the hardest things for a sports photographer, shooting in low light situations. For example, ice-hockey, basketball or any other indoor sport for that matter. If you are in a NHL Rink for example you have less problems, this is because of the TV lights available at such locations But the normal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one of the hardest things for a sports photographer, shooting in low light situations. For example, ice-hockey, basketball or any other indoor sport for that matter. If you are in a NHL Rink for example you have less problems, this is because of the TV lights available at such locations But the normal gyms or rinks don&#8217;t have very good lightning, trough our eyes it seems verry bright and nice, but for a camera which only captures a very small fraction of light it gets hard.<span id="more-42"></span></p>
<p><strong>Shutter</strong><br />
The minimum shutter speed you have to get is 1/250th. But personally i never us 250th for a sport. 1/320 is the real minimum for me. it depends on the sport i am shooting, Fieldhockey is a fast sport you defenitly need something like 320 400-&gt; for this. and still you wont be able to freeze the action. This gives you some creative possibilities. try play with it.</p>
<p><strong>Aperture</strong><br />
Go as wide as possible. i suggest 2.8 is the minimum here. Past week i shot a ice hockey game at ISO 3200 aperture 2.8 shutter 1/320. I really wanted to go up to 1/400th but this was a real no-go!</p>
<p><strong>ISO</strong><br />
When i am shooting indoor my ISO is always somewhere between 1600 and 3200. i usually start somewhere at 1600 and bump it up untill i reached the right exposure around 1/320th.</p>
<p><strong>Other tips</strong><br />
1. Shoot raw! &#8211; Since the reflection of the courts, walls and ceiling is different then just a bare sky, and the light sources are of a different color temperature your white balance will often be pretty screwed. you have 2 options, use a custom white balance with a Grey card. Or just go auto on this and do it in post-production.<br />
2. Keep your histograms in sight. check once in a while if your shoots are good exposed, since you are already in a high iso, boosting up your exposure/brightness with affect your image noise, and give you a hell lot more then just a good exposure.<br />
3. Be sure your shots a really sharp. with apertures 2.8, 2.0, 1.8 your often get of-focus shots since its focussing on the stick, or ball. This gives you a bad exposure. and photos just a bit of-focus can be good in good light situations (a bit of sharpening in post producton) but with these high iso&#8217;s you images will suck pretty much.</p>
<p>Good luck! and if there are any questions, feel free to comment on the article.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="Hockey evening" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3932537686_312fccd818.jpg" alt="" width="218" height="144" /> ISO: 1600<br />
Shutter: 1/250<br />
Aperture: f/2.8</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="ice hockey" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2432/3969265755_b71a5322d5.jpg" alt="" width="217" height="144" />ISO: 3200<br />
Shutter: 1/320<br />
Aperture: f/2.8</p>
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