Waking up HDR Skills
3 months ago almost all the photos I was taking were an HDR. However, after starting taking photos the paper, I was busy to to do any personal projects. Last week during EMU basketball game I decided to try a 3frames HDR to practice and remove the rust off the little skills I have. When I started working on these frames, I couldn’t believe how rusty I’m! I could’t even remember how to create a black mask on Photoshop! This is the final product after post processing with: HDR pro (form NIK software) and Photoshop. It’s a bad HDR. I don’t like it. It has a lot of...
Read MoreWide Angel
Although many sport editors in magazines and papers prefer close shotes over wide shotes, sometimes wide shots can stand among them. It’s not necessary the case in the photo above. It’s an experimenting with the Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 which is so far do an amazing job! But that maybe a topic for deferent post. What I hate in using deferent lenses is changing the lens during the game. Because amazing things happens when you are looking away!
Read MoreShooting Basketball
When it comes to shooting sport nothing is easy. Your eyes have to be on players all the time waiting for that second when the magic happens. However, some sports are easier to shoot than others. Outdoor sport in a day light is usually easier to shoot because you have enough light to increase the shutter speed and freeze the action with minimum ISO. But if you are shooting indoor where you depend on the available lights inside, you will need fast lenses and more post processing. Especially if you use a cropped sensor camera. I’ve been shooting volleyball for a while now. It’s hard...
Read MoreFrom My Library
I was cleaning my photo library when I saw these old photos from EMU last home football game. I didn’t process them at time because the priority was for the game photos. Last home game it’s also the senior day. EMU brought this big eagle for senior students to take pictures with. It was the first time I get this close to an eagle. Didn’t wast time, I just start shooting like crazy from different angels. These two are the two I like most. Shote it with D90 Nikon 70-200 2.8 ISO :160 Shutter speed:...
Read MoreBig Games
I started to shot basketball recently. It’s much easier than volleyball for sure but it require a different angles and techniques. Last Sunday was the big game between EMU vs. MSU. For the first time there was a spots for photographers. Now I’m not used to that! I like to move around and take shotes from different angels. But because the game was important and the media were all over it, there was a limitations for photographers. Lessons to learn from this experience, GET THER EARLY...
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