How To Nail Jumping Shots? Help? Please?

So, I tend to do jumping shots whenever I shoot groups of people, but my only problem is getting them all to come out clear and not-blurry. Here is an example! I'd love too see some examples and hear about different ways to make the shot happen! Thanks all!

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You were shooting AV, it would have been best to either go fully mnual or TV so that you could get the shutted speed right. For example the abover shot was at 30th of a second ... you need about 250+ to freeze the action

HTH...

What Ryan said and also i'd use AI servo to focus

I feel a little silly, but thanks all the same!

As above - very high shutter speed required - I would go 1/500 of a second or more. I use AV @ f8 and then check my shutter speed and bump up my ISO as needed to get the speed. Also use multi shoots - tell them one, two, three, go and then shoot and just hold that button down.

im not sure if anyone mentioned a flash could help if the lighting is not the greatest.

I posted this image in another thread, and I know they already said it, but I would say high shutter speed is key. I took this shot at 1/1250 f4.5 iso 200 but I also really wanted to capture the water.

I totally cannot shoot a moving subject.. it just doesn't work for me.. but when it has worked.. I have used my flash... Something about that burst of light freezing the movement..... see here for an example... http://ksnyderphoto.sm​ugmug.com …G/1/#276806905_​fikip-A-LB

I hope you get some good advice, I'll be following along.

Stick that baby on manual. Then walk over to a person and let the camera meter so you can find out where you are. You could get away with 1/320, but you'd want to kick it up to ISO 1600 probably. Flash will help also, although more so with a speedlite than the on board flash.

This was shot at 1/500 and f/3.5 with AI servo.

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You could try 1/4000 like this
1/4000, F3.2, ISO 400

shutter speed, also some high speed sync fill light helps.

I am the last person in the world that should give photography advise, so I will just stay quiet and share a couple pics....

I think that a little blur is okay because it shows that the subject was actually moving. If the shutter speed is set too high it just looks like they are floating there.