Hello everyone. Yesterday it was the first time for me shooting sports. It was Volleyball. How the *** do professionals get solid photos with all the faces, people running around, athletes getting in your shot while you are focused on a subject, limited space etc? I took around 1300 photos. Only like 300 of them are usable. It was extremely tough anticipating the ball and trying to capture the action. And when I did… the faces… Oh my god. And not only that… it was women playing…you can imagine how many of the photos they will like. Some are pretty good athletic photos not gonna lie. And to my defense I had only one lens a 24-105 f/4. I am waiting for the new Sigma for Sony mount. I think it will help a lot. Anyway I would love some advice. Thank you.
Edit: By saying it was women I wasnt trying to be sexist at all. But my girlfriend was playing and when see saw the photos she would look at every minute detail of her body.
If you can move around, try different perspectives. From behind each team, at the net between both teams from the side and look for the best angles. You are the photographer, so find the best shots.
You must use f-stop lenses at or below f2.8.
When I’ve shot volleyball I get maybe 50-60% of the shots are keepers. I try to get faces between plays when they are smiling at each other or high fiving. Action shots are much harder but the more games you shoot, the better you get at anticipating good action. Maybe 1 in 3 are good. And I’ve found that if you can’t get faces, get butts. Your GF might not like that, but a spike from behind to me is easier to get and just as interesting as from the front…just saying.