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A little help with placement and usage of strobes

 
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Jan 19, 2010 20:18 |  #1

So I think I have a new way of shooting youth basketball that seems to work. But I need a little help fine tuning things in. Here's a thread that'll show you what I did last Friday night. Obviously a huge improvement from my last attempt before this:
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=811722

So I have a whole light more light to play with, but I think that some of my shots would be better with some better placement and/or aiming of the speedlites. Would aiming them higher on the wall help things out and what effect does that have?

Any suggestions would be great.


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Jan 20, 2010 09:35 |  #2

Not sure if this will help or what you're asking for but here's a thread I started with some of my setups for different sports.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=635625


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Jan 20, 2010 16:04 |  #3

I guess I was asking more about the aiming of the lights. I don't think I have enough power to bounce off the ceiling so I'm pounding them off the back wall.
Should I aim them higher on the wall? I had some issues when the kids were down in the corner moving toward the paint being too hot. How should I get that evened out more?


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Jan 20, 2010 21:16 |  #4

Have you tried pointing the lights directly onto the court? I know it can create some harsh shadows but it still can produce good usable shots.

What I do is mount my speed lights on the top rail of the bleachers even with the base line and point them towards the the top of the key. I normally shoot at half power at 50mm. Only problem with shooting at half power is if you dont have some sort of external battery (ie quantum packs) the recycling time is going to be about 1.5 seconds depending on your flash and how new your batteries are.


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Jan 20, 2010 22:15 |  #5

I haven't tried the speedlights pointed directly at the court. The main reason is that I don't have bleachers on both sides of the court. This is MS Bball. The Mid Schools have just one set of bleachers. I can mount one speedlite to the bleachers, that's easy, but the other side is really hard. There is no room on the side without bleachers and it's hard to get the lights high into the air. I don't have stands that tall. That's why I went with the double speedlite per-side and bounce them off the back wall behind me. So far every MS I've seen has the same setup. This Friday's game is at a much older school with less ambient light with walls that are more yellow. So balancing the WB might actually be easier, but we'll see.
I'll just play a bunch.
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