Well. RH didn’t win. Lets leave it at that. Culling photos now. With photography practice never makes perfect, because there is no perfect. But I’m getting better at reading the game and anticipating shots.
Still need to get more aggressive with my shots.
Weel see how they come out!
Well. I took over 1,000 pictures at Spirit Fest. But more important than the pictures was seeing people from the cheer community that I sincerely care about!
Hopefully I’ll get the best of the photos posted tonight!
Between the parade, pre-game presentations and the game itself I have posted nearly 600 photos. I cannot guarantee that they’re all great, but if even one person likes a picture, its worth it to me!
Enjoy!
You would think, that an IT guy would have all of his personal sites in a unified, easy to manage structure. Well, not me. I’m getting there, but its not quite yet what I want it to be….
14 hours, 150+ teams, 4900+ shots, this was the first competition I had the chance to shoot from beginning to end.
Lots of lessons learned. Some things done right, others where I need to improve.
Setup
Basics like actually printing the performance schedule I remembered. I didn’t forget any gear. I got a good seat.
The Competition
I shot in RAW. It’s been a debateable item for sports photographers: RAW vs. high quality JPEG. The argument for JPEGs is that they need to be published more quickly, and that less is done in post for sports photography when timeliness is critical.
I get the argument, but in the end, my upload speed is what it is. Adobe Lightroom converts from RAW to JPEG on the fly so it really makes no difference from that perspective.
The other argument, that for a Nikon D90 the shots per second shooting in RAW goes down is likely true, but I’m not sure it was a make or break issue.
I am certain that I hit the low light limits of the D90. The combination of 1/500 and ISO 1600 even with a really fast lens worked but left little room for fixing things in post.
My biggest oopses were in not being diligent in writing down the shot numbers, and quite simply not having the right capacity cards. RAW eats space alive, and caused me to change cards on the fly too much.
Post
I’m still learning how to best work the Lightroom / Smugmug combination in post. Lots of choices. How to categorize, how to rename, how to keyword.
My biggest issue is upload speeds. I know that I can post thumbnails and put up large size originals for those who order, but downloads are real-time.
My final challenge is emailing all of the teams. I should have gotten my list together before the competition.
In Summary
I’m not a pro, but my shots are better than some so called pros. I’m having fun. Shot after shot. More fun than the last.
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