Thank you Jacob, very informative video. I'm shooting Sony, but would you elaborate a bit on the focusing mode/technique you use for those excellent shots? Thank you
Wished you place at least some settings over some pictures to see if that could help me with mine. I just take pictures for friends, no money involved,but would like to give them good pictures instead of blurry ones
when i shoot volleyball on nikon Z9 gen 2 FTZ Sigma Sport 120-300mm or mirrorless 28-75mm F/2.8 for both lenses. but 120-300mm on Z9 10lb and hand hold it all day long.
The video was very helpful, but my problem is mainly with the camera settings you use. I know it's a tradeoff between shutter speed and IS0 using the widest Aperture possible. it looks like you shoot Canon as I do. Any tips on the settings? thanks.
You have great lighting in that gymnasium. Where I shoot volleyball at local high schools, the lighting is crappy. So, my shutter speed has be between 1/640 and 1/500 and ISO of 3200 with a 24-70 mm lens. Speedlites and strobes are not allowed inside the gymnasium either.
@@raymika2804 I am a Sony shooter. Right now, I'm using an A-mount Sony a77 Mark II with a Sony 70-200 mm f/2.8, but I am hoping to upgrade to the Sony a7iii.
My company sells onsite at vball tournaments. We shoot a bit differently than you. For one thing, we don't shoot a lot of burst shots. And we have almost all of our shots in focus (the kids look at their images at our sales desk, and we can't have a lot of out of focus shots, or burst shots of the same play, or they will get bored quickly) Our vball images are here: www.flickr.com/photos/sjhfoto/albums/ There are other work related photos, but you can find the volleyball albums easily
I didn't see much difference in quality of pictures. Main difference is that your company takes a lot of pictures before the game starts which helps get that "perfect" shot. I was confused in y'alls use of flash in some pics. However, the action shots were comparable. As for your business, do your customers expect edited pictures with colors that pop or are they okay with pictures straight out of the camera? How do you present your pictures to the customers at the event? Alot of people attend these games and i can't imagine them sticking around much in line to view the pictures. Do you end up selling more online after the event?
@@3-piece129 I'm sorry-I did not see your reply until just now. So, at tournaments, the teams have "off" for part of it (they don't all play continually, although there are games going on the whole day), and that's when the kids come to my booth (you can see examples of this on my yt channel), and then get their parents to spend money. At games, we do HS games by being hired in advance (sometimes by the school, but usually by the parent booster club). They get the photos on flash drive at the end of the day, and I get a cheque. So, in answer to your question, all pics are Straight Out Of Camera. We do no editing, or even culling of photos taken (besides a few in-camera deletions if we know we messed up a shot). I've been doing this about 20 years, and it really does pay enough for me to do it full-time as my only income. I keep expenses down, and I thank God that I am able to support myself with this
@@jacobgetsbetter4400 with the lens that you use, you should decrease the iso, and put the aperture in 2.8f, specially if you have a crop body where high iso leaves noise...
Thanks for sharing, good information, I will shoot my first vball game tomorrow night, this will help me formulate a plan.
This was a very good presentation. Love the GoPro on top of the camera.
Thanks for the tip! I've done this a lot since I photographed Volleyball, Basketball, and football
During my high school year
Thank you Jacob, very informative video. I'm shooting Sony, but would you elaborate a bit on the focusing mode/technique you use for those excellent shots? Thank you
Very good shots!!!! I love volleyball and sometimes I try to take some photos for my friends! Thank you for all the good tips!!!
What body were you shooting with and what were your camera settings
Great shots!!
Wished you place at least some settings over some pictures to see if that could help me with mine. I just take pictures for friends, no money involved,but would like to give them good pictures instead of blurry ones
when i shoot volleyball on nikon Z9 gen 2 FTZ Sigma Sport 120-300mm or mirrorless 28-75mm F/2.8 for both lenses. but 120-300mm on Z9 10lb and hand hold it all day long.
Very helpful, thank you! Do you normally use a monopod?
WhT lens are you using
The video was very helpful, but my problem is mainly with the camera settings you use. I know it's a tradeoff between shutter speed and IS0 using the widest Aperture possible. it looks like you shoot Canon as I do. Any tips on the settings? thanks.
See my reply to Dennis Lindsay's post.
You have great lighting in that gymnasium. Where I shoot volleyball at local high schools, the lighting is crappy. So, my shutter speed has be between 1/640 and 1/500 and ISO of 3200 with a 24-70 mm lens. Speedlites and strobes are not allowed inside the gymnasium either.
What sort camera body you have? Heard canon 1dx camera is a good sports camera for indoors
@@raymika2804 I am a Sony shooter. Right now, I'm using an A-mount Sony a77 Mark II with a Sony 70-200 mm f/2.8, but I am hoping to upgrade to the Sony a7iii.
Many thanks, Jacob.
Good tips!
This helps tremendously! Thanks Jacob. :)
Great video on your approach. Thanks!!
Great video
Maybe I missed it. What settings do you use?
Thanks for sharing. Great tips.
Imma shoot my friend's team tomorrow I wonder if only kit lens will be enogh? I don't have any telephoto lenses but 50mm and kit lens.
what lens is that? f2.8 or F4L ??
What mode do you shoot in?
what lense are you using?
Great tips! What camera did you use here?
+Osase Noma-Owens I use a 1DX, primarily with a 300mm for volleyball
My company sells onsite at vball tournaments. We shoot a bit differently than you. For one thing, we don't shoot a lot of burst shots. And we have almost all of our shots in focus (the kids look at their images at our sales desk, and we can't have a lot of out of focus shots, or burst shots of the same play, or they will get bored quickly)
Our vball images are here: www.flickr.com/photos/sjhfoto/albums/
There are other work related photos, but you can find the volleyball albums easily
I didn't see much difference in quality of pictures. Main difference is that your company takes a lot of pictures before the game starts which helps get that "perfect" shot. I was confused in y'alls use of flash in some pics. However, the action shots were comparable.
As for your business, do your customers expect edited pictures with colors that pop or are they okay with pictures straight out of the camera? How do you present your pictures to the customers at the event? Alot of people attend these games and i can't imagine them sticking around much in line to view the pictures. Do you end up selling more online after the event?
@@3-piece129 I'm sorry-I did not see your reply until just now. So, at tournaments, the teams have "off" for part of it (they don't all play continually, although there are games going on the whole day), and that's when the kids come to my booth (you can see examples of this on my yt channel), and then get their parents to spend money.
At games, we do HS games by being hired in advance (sometimes by the school, but usually by the parent booster club). They get the photos on flash drive at the end of the day, and I get a cheque.
So, in answer to your question, all pics are Straight Out Of Camera. We do no editing, or even culling of photos taken (besides a few in-camera deletions if we know we messed up a shot).
I've been doing this about 20 years, and it really does pay enough for me to do it full-time as my only income. I keep expenses down, and I thank God that I am able to support myself with this
@@SJHFotoWB is off?
Iso, aperture and shutter speed please.
+Dave Kaos 1/1000 3.2 6400 ISO
@@jacobgetsbetter4400 with the lens that you use, you should decrease the iso, and put the aperture in 2.8f, specially if you have a crop body where high iso leaves noise...
LOL sounds like a sniper
Because of the shallow depth, it looks like you're using a much longer lens than a 70-200. A 300 maybe?
The judges? Know your sport.
Nice lens
Dude what are the settings lol