Event Name: FAU Beach Volleyball
Location: Boca Raton, Florida
Congratulations to the number 12 ranked Florida Atlantic University beach volleyball team (6-2, 2-0 in Conference USA) extended their winning streak to five after earning two sweeps on Saturday. On the second day of the FAU Beach Burrow Bash, the Owls swept both UNCW (3-3) and Palm Beach Atlantic (7-3), 5-0. The Owls are now a perfect 4-0 at home.
All of our digital volleyball action sports photography tips are included below. All of these volleyball photography ideas can help you improve your action photography.
First and foremost, you will require a fast digital camera.... You'll need a quick camera to take nice sports pictures, one that can shoot at least 5 frames per second (FPS). You'll need it to be able to take multiple photos in a row in order to pause the action and get the perfect action shot.
You will need quick shutter button finger.... To acquire fantastic action sports photos, keep your finger on the shutter button at all times and hold the shutter button down until the action stops, such as a volleyball player making a terrific spike or dig, or a football player scoring a touchdown or making a great catch.
You'll require a large amount of memory card space.... When taking images, you should always have spare memory cards and batteries with you. Nothing is more frustrating than having a fantastic photo opportunity and discovering that your memory card is full or your camera or flash battery is dead. It is not expensive to have a backup, and it will save you a lot of time and aggravation.
You'll need a lot of photos.... When photographing action sports, you must take a large number of images in order to get a good result. It's always preferable to have more. You'll have more options if you take more shots, and you might capture something you wouldn't have if you only snapped a few.
Fast lenses are required.... When you say quick lenses, you could be referring to one of two things. One reason it could signify quick is that it has a large maximum aperture, such as f/1.2, f/1.4, or f/2.8, which lets a lot of light into the camera and allows for a fast shutter speed. Because large lenses are required for sports photography to zoom into the action, the majority of the larger and more expensive lenses have maximum apertures of f/2.8, f/4, or f/5.6. They let a lot of light into the lens, allowing for rapid shutter speeds of 1/250th or greater.
Fixed aperture lenses are the most effective.... When you set the aperture value to the smallest number, like f3.8, with the lens at its widest zoom position, the aperture value will move up to like f5.6 when you zoom out to the telephoto position, reducing the amount of light entering your camera.
Don't let daydreaming keep you from getting great shots.... If you want to acquire some fantastic action sports shots, daydreaming and sports photography are not a good match. You must always be on the lookout for the next good action sequence. You'll miss some terrific action pictures if you're thinking and staring at some pretty chicks in the bleachers.
Make certain that the viewfinder is filled with action.... When photographing exciting sports activity, it's critical to make sure the viewfinder is completely filled with the action. When you look at professional sports photography, you'll notice that the main subject frequently fills the frame and is in sharp focus. There's never any doubt about who the major topic is. So many amateur sports images have major subjects that are so little that they are simply a dot in the picture, and then there is so much wasted space surrounding them.
At Least 1/250th Of A Second Shutter Speed.... You'll want to freeze the action and capture a good crisp clear photo in most action sports photography, but not all of the time. Your shutter speed should be at least 1/250th of a second to halt the activity and have minimum blur.
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