HS Boys Basketball (Strobed)

Shot a different HS tonight and was quite lucky in that the game was very high scoring with a lot of action. Comments and critcism always appreciated.

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Excellent focus and timing. Color is great and lighting is perfect.

May I ask what your letting configuration was?

which strobes and power were you using (full, 3rd, etc?) Looks good on my comp, background is lit up as well making it a bit natural of a look.

Lighting was accomplished using two AB800's with 11" reflectors set at full power. The strobes were mounted to the side of the stands about 5 rows down from the top.

Used a 70-200 lens which I am slowly getting comfortable with. I had shot only primes in the past (without strobes) to allow for ambient light shooting. If you have strobes, it looks like the 70-200 is the ideal lens.

Great pictures... Do you think that two AB-800's would also work well for wrestling?

crazyskillz07 wrote in post #4735106
Great pictures... Do you think that two AB-800's would also work well for wrestling?

They should work great for wrestling, just mount the AB-800's at your back (keeping yourself bewteen the mat and the strobes).

Merciez wrote in post #4735164
They should work great for wrestling, just mount the AB-800's at your back (keeping yourself bewteen the mat and the strobes).

Thanks. I was looking into it and someone recommended the the AB1600's but I was not sure if that would be more power then I would need. Would you ever bounce the AB's off an umbrella for basketball or wrestling?

crazyskillz07 wrote in post #4735174
Thanks. I was looking into it and someone recommended the the AB1600's but I was not sure if that would be more power then I would need. Would you ever bounce the AB's off an umbrella for basketball or wrestling?

Two AB800's should be enough power. One of the gyms I shoot is pretty large, if I use the 11" reflectors I am able to shoot iso 800 and f3.4. If you go with the AB1600's you will have more power but the flash duration is slower (1/600 sec at full power compared to the 1/1100 for the AB800). If you maintianed the AB1600's at full power you should be fine for wrestling but still might see some minor motion blur in the hands and feet for basketball.:

Beautiful images........very well done.

Well done, love the AB's.
Number 4 - bet the player had a bit of trouble running after he landed. Sloppy pants are one thing, but while playing sports.

Jack

Wow! Super images. Great job.

UI love the way photos come out when strobed...I hope more and more people get used to this idea and let more photographers do it...locally they don't allow us to use any flash or light of any kind to do photography...would you say the flash is noticed by the crowd or players or coaches?
=-Joey

Oh and you should take a picture of the setup next time to show the people...I would like to see how you ahd the reflector and lamp setup on the bleachers to where it wasn't bothering anyone or being bothered by people
-Joey

jsanz11 wrote in post #4737259
UI love the way photos come out when strobed...I hope more and more people get used to this idea and let more photographers do it...locally they don't allow us to use any flash or light of any kind to do photography...would you say the flash is noticed by the crowd or players or coaches?
=-Joey

You will notice the parents and kids with their cell phone flashes more then these strobe shots that are happening in 1/3300 of a second lol, at least I do.

Plus these are being bounced and has NO effect on the players

Great great shots. Love them all. The light is wonderful! Nice job. Looked like a nice white building and low ceiling, I love those!