Strobing Indoor Sports

Posted by Dave on January 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Anyone that has tried to shoot sports at indoor venues knows how hard it is to make good images. The lighting is normally very limited. To overcome the lack of light, photographers use camera bodies with high ISO capabilities and fast lenses. An alternative would be to use a flash. The problem with on-camera flash is that images look very flat and 2 dimensional.

This week I decided to strobe some wrestling and basketball. In the old days, we set up 4 studio strobes at indoor venues. The set-up was a bit time consuming. Jordan and I were short on time so we used two lights (Nikon SB800). Set-up was very quick and we were able to use an ISO of 800 rather than 3200.

Here are 2 example images.

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About Dave
Dave Scott is a photographer based in Vancouver WA, just outside Portland OR. Dave has been taking on commercial, corporate, editorial, and private commission photo assignments since 1985.

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