Last Game
For the last two months I’ve been shooting Eastern Michigan University volleyball games for the Eastern Echo. Last night they had their last home game, which means the last game I shot. They still have two games but unfortunately I’m not gon be there to shot it. Volleyball become my favorite sport to shoot. Maybe because it’s very challenging, or because I become good at shooting it. I remember my first game, I was panicking because the ball was very fast and hard to capture. I shot more than 1,000 frame that night and I end up with about 150 useful frame. Now, I know how to...
Read MoreVery Busy Weekend!
It was a very busy weekend. shooting sport all the time. I shot about 2000 frame in 3 days. Processed 450 and the final result about 250. Sometimes sport isn’t about those action moments. The emotions inside the field is a good subject too. One of the best actions situations is in bright sunlight where you can shoot on 3200 shutter speed that can freeze a helicopter blades in the air, and I did that the same day. 70-300 f/4-5.6 is a good lens for outdoor sport. You have enough light to push the shutter speed and ISO far to freeze the action. Volleyball still my favorite sport...
Read MoreShooting Sport
For the last two weeks, I’ve been covering volleyball games for Eastern Echo. I have to say I enjoyed each game of them. The energy in the field makes me starve to shoot more. When I started shooting for a paper sport was the last thing in my mind for two reasons. First, shooting sport is very expensive. You need the best cameras and the best lenses out there in order to have a good photo. I didn’t think my Nikon D90 will really pull a good results (at least in my opinion). Second, I didn’t think I have the experience to do it. Yes I shot couple soccer games but there was...
Read MoreEastern Echo
Two weeks, I met Eastern Echo photo editor at the Saudi National day exhibit. He was there to cover the event. He saw me around with my camera so you talk to me about shooting for Eastern Echo. Short story shorter, I started shooting for them about a week ago. My first assignment was covering EMU vs. Ohio volleyball game last Saturday. Before I went to the game my Lukas (my boss) warned me that volleyball is now the toughest sport to shoot and man he was right. The ball was so fast, it was hard to freeze it. Especially when you shoot with D90 where you can’t rise the ISO too much or you...
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