by Sports Photo101 | Jul 14, 2017 | Photography
Best Settings Ok, truth be told, there are no best or even perfect settings for sports photography. The reason for this is that as sports photographers, we shoot in many different lighting conditions. One day we are outside shooting soccer in bright sun and the next...
by Sports Photo101 | Jul 9, 2017 | Constructing Exposure What is exposure, Photography
Exposure is the amount of light a digital camera’s sensor captures when a photo is taken. If you capture too much light, the results are a washed out photo or what is commonly referred to as overexposed. If you capture too little light, the photo will be too...
by Sports Photo101 | Jun 17, 2017 | Constructing Exposure ISO, Photography
ISO stands for International Standards Organization. It is a standardized scale for measuring film sensitivity to light. Today, film has been replaced by digital image sensors but the concept is still the same. To understand ISO let’s go back a few years. In the...
by Sports Photo101 | Jun 17, 2017 | Constructing Exposure Shutter Speed, Photography
Like aperture, shutter speed also affects how much light hits the camera’s sensor. It also does something else that as a sports photographer is pretty important. One of our goals as sports photographers is to freeze the action. Whether it’s a volleyball spike or a...
by Sports Photo101 | Jun 17, 2017 | Constructing Exposure Aperture, Photography
Basically, aperture is the opening within the lens that light travels through to reach the camera’s sensor. When I go to shoot, I usually start by adjusting my aperture first. I do this because aperture not only affects the amount of light hitting the camera’s...
