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.
For volleyball I learned to shoot with both eyes open, one in the viewfinder to focus and frame the shot and the other eye to watch the game and know when the ball was coming into the frame. It’s a weird experience, but it’s a skill you can learn. My hit rate increased dramatically once I learned how to do this. How said that, in college, back in the film days, my first two rolls of volleyball shots had no ball in any frame because by the time I saw the ball enter and press the trigger, the ball was gone.🤣🤣🤣