On the 27th, the sun was out, and there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a beautiful day -- about 65 degrees -- and I was miserable. The worst thing in the world when shooting sports is harsh sun light. Especially when you are confined to one sideline and the players are back lit. Its not fun.
You end up with two choices. You can either meter for the background, like so:
or meter for the players, as I did here:
My suggestion is to expose for the players and in your raw photo options bring the exposure back down for the sky. The other thing you could do is expose for the background and then use a fill flash to expose the players, but that's almost impossible to do with action sports.
- Nate
Hey everyone, this is Nathan Smith, senior photographer at The Daily Collegian -- and former Photo Editor. Just wanted to give you an update about the trip to the Rose Bowl. Below is a photo of the equipment that I took from Penn State to my house in sunny southern California.
I brought 3 camera bodies, a video camera, seven lenses, one doubler, two flashes, two mono-pods, and four chargers. In order to get all this equipment across the country, I put it all in my carry-on, a "Rollie" bag and my Domke bag. With all that equipment I also had to carry my Mac Book. I chose not to check anything to avoid losing a bag or damage to the equipment.
