Big K wrote in post #8737923
Hell, you should have said hello. I was the guy with the 400 around you most of the day on Saturday at Wabash. I think we laughed at that stupid sideline interference penalty call.
Off topic: Wabash is a very good place for football photography, as long as it's not Monon Bell week.
On topic and referring to the main question in the thread: adverse and non-perfect lighting is just part of the game. Some of the trick is to let the camera do most of the metering work so you can concentrate on framing and action. Sometimes, Program AE, with judicious exposure compensation to handle lighting extremes, is the best choice.
And sometimes you can't do anything about the light and you need to improvise.
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From a 2008 game when the sun was setting and just above field level. No amount of exposure compensation would help. This was a matter of angle and technique: no way to be successful when a low sun was in your face.
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The trick was to move and choose an angle where the sun wasn't directly opposite the shooting location. It was still backlit, but the camera could handle this situation.
