How to Photograph Basketball - BYU Photo
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- BYU Photo's Nate Edwards teaches a master class on how to photograph basketball. In this full tutorial he will go over everything from the equipment he uses, positioning, autofocus techniques, remotes, tips on capturing celebration and post production.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Telling a Story
02:15 Positioning
04:46 Equipment
08:38 Camera Settings
14:11 Pregame
15:31 Environment
17:53 Game Action
19:32 Reaction/Celebration
20:11 In-Between Moments
20:51 Remote Cameras
21:26 Locker Room
22:37 At the Game
33:46 Post Production
35:01 Good vs. Bad Photos
41:38 Editing in Photoshop
45:40 Finished Game Images
46:13 Outro
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This is by far the best sports photography instructional video I have ever seen.
Thanks Anthony! We hope it was helpful!
Agree!!!
Wow. Great video. Probably the best video on RUclips on basketball. Great audio, great video, great illustrations, b-roll,remote... Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super helpful. Thanks for going in-depth and giving away such fantastic and practical knowledge. Truly helps!
I really can’t be bothered to sit 45 minutes to watch a YT video. But with this one it was over before I knew it. This is the very best video on this topic, thanks for that! It felt like a free seminar on basketball photography. Very well done, and thanks a million.
Thanks for watching! I am the same as you... no time for a 45 min video on RUclips. Grateful it was worth it for you!
I'm a professional sports and athlete photographer from Spain (just 2 years since I turned pro).
I have to say this is by far the best video tutorial you can find on-line for basketball photography. It's amazing that this content is out there for free!!!!
Thanks a lot for sharing with us, I know that it's a huge task to create this quality content.
Looking forward to see more indoor sports tutorials from you guys.
Regards from Mallorca!
Thank you so much, and thanks for watching it! Best of luck!
What a great video! Well done! I'm a regular basketball shooter in Sydney and have been wanting for a while to make a how-to video for Basketball photography, but now I feel like I don't even need to. I'll just show people yours, you nailed every aspect of it!
Haha thanks James. I'm sure there is more to add from your experience! Thanks for talking a look at it tough. Much appreciated.
BYU Photo is straight-up gold standard when it comes to sports photo. Super nice folks there, and fun university to visit.
Thanks Tim!
Excellent videography.
Excellent dialog.
Excellent content.
Brilliant video!
Thank you very much!
This is an extremely excellent overview for indoor sports shooting, the variety of subjects to cover and quality of the dialogue and captures is awesome, thank you so much for making this.
S.J. Glad you liked it and that it was helpful! We hope to make more soon!
just like many other comments, this is by far the best tutorial for basketball photography but also applies to other sports. There's nothing that touches this one. The best part was seeing you in action and on the court so I can get a feel for what it's like to actually be on the court. I shoot our high school team and now realize that I need to not be afraid to get close and personal for some of the non-action shots. Thank you so much! Now on to your editing video...
Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching such a long video! We are so glad it was helpful.
I sat and watched this entire video, and all the while thinking just how compelling the tutorial is. Each explanation is with such clarity and balance in terms of emphasis, technique and expression (no sensationalizing or hyperbole). Thank you so much for sharing this with the world. It is truly invaluable!
thank you so much for watching! glad it was helpful.
This video is nothing less than amazing! The amount of knowledge you share including immediate proof of what you are talking about, the quality of production and the details in the video. Wow. It's incredible that this type of content is out there FOR FREE. Respect and greetings from Germany where I'll be shooting the German League playoffs tonight! 📸
So happy this video was helpful! Good luck with the German League Playoffs!
This is fantastic! I shot my first NCAA (and ever) Basketball games this season. I came from shooting NASCAR. I wish I would have found this earlier in the season when I was looking for information. This is a Master Class! Thanks.
That would be quite the transition coming from NASCAR to basketball! Glad the video was helpful!
I just want to say I’m not a basketball shooter but this was one of the best comprehensive breakdowns on who/where to be and what to look for while shooting! Thank you thank you for this. Great video.
Thank you! Glad you watched it and that it was helpful, even though you dont shoot basketball. You never know...
Awesome! Thx!!
This is absolutely the best and most informative sports video that I've seen. Thanks for doing this.
I appreciate that!
Amazing video!!!!! thanks.
super nice tips, thanks
Thank you, excellent info!!
Thanks Wayne. Hopefully there was something helpful in there!
Thank you Nate
Happy to help! hopefully there was something in there worth watching.
Fantastic video thank you!
Our pleasure!
Great content as always, guys! Appreciate it!
Our pleasure!
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
Just AMAZEBALLS…perfectly put together and very informative, Nate. I’m shocked all your images are shot horizontal and here I’ve shot basketball mainly vertical. I’m definitely giving this a try with my new Z8, BABY, at today’s game!!!
Thanks again! Love your work and style!
Thanks! hopefully your game with the Z8 went well!
Great stuff. Many thanks for sharing.
Happy to help! Thanks for watching
Thanks a lot for this great video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for watching it Christian! Hope it was helpful.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Excellent.
Thanks Jay
this is an incredible resource, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so very much! Great video!!
thanks for watching!
Incredible how to! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks KJ!
Thank you so much for this! Awesome shots!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Incredible tutorial! Thank you!!
you bet Robert! thanks for watching.
Excellent tips.
Thanks Michael!
Amazing video!!Thanks for sharing all the process!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video!
You bet! Hope it was helpful!
This was superb and informative 👏
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video and tutorial. Thank you Nate and BYU Photo!
Glad you liked it. Hopefully it is helpful!
This video is a goldmine of info 🙏
So glad you enjoyed it
Very cool! Very Professional all the way around.
Thanks Bob! Hopefully it was helpful in some way.
Great tips
Thanks! hopefully it was helpful!
This is a masterclass!!!
hopefully it was helpful!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great vídeo, thanks from Portugal.
Thanks for watching!
Nice Job. Your doin great ❤
Thanks Dustin!
Great video! Thanks Edward Norton!
hahaha I definitely laughed when I read this comment. I used to get that all the time.
That was incredible!!! One of the best sport photography instructional I’ve ever seen!! Thank you!!
Thank you so much for watching!
Great stuff. Informative and a very pleasant narration. Thank you!
thanks for taking the time to watch!
Great video sir
Thank you! Hope it was helpful
Really enjoyed the video and I learned alot!
thanks for watching!
So much value. This video covers a lot of topics. I am watching it in little pills because theres a lot to absorb here. Thank you guys! Thank you BYU.
Thanks Marcelo! Yeah it is a little bit longer of a video but hopefully it is helpful! I think taking it in smaller consumable portions is a good idea.
The best video in the world
That is quite the declaration! Glad it was helpful.
Excellent tutorial filled with great tips. You covered all the details. Thinking ahead is truly the key
Thanks Chris! Hope you enjoyed it and that it was helpful!
This made a lot of sense, especially on story telling with lens of choices. Thanks
glad it was helpful!
Fantastic video! You couldn't have covered all the bases any better! Job well done!
much appreciated Jerry! Hope it was helpful
Boy, do I have a lot to learn on photographing basketball. Thank you again great video.
The best thing to do is just keep shooting. I still have a lot to learn as well! Best of luck!
Best sports photography how-to video I have ever seen. Thanks -- Aspiring Sports Photographer
Glad you liked it! Best of luck! We will be coming out with other videos for different sports in the coming years. Keep an eye out for those too!
Wow i learned a lot
So glad it was helpful! thanks for watching.
Great video. Love seeing the entire process from someone. Also you look like Ed Norton.
Haha Michael, I actually get that quite a bit! Hope the video was helpful as taught by Edward Norton.
This video was well put together! I especially appreciate your view on capturing emotions and the importance of painting a story. You gained a new subscriber!
Thank you. So glad it was helpful.
Hello. This probably one of the best if not the best video/tutorial about sports photography I have seen.
Good job.
Thanks Alex!
Wow! I was looking for Baseball photography tips but this is gold. Thanks!
So glad you found it and that it was helpful! Hopefully we will have a baseball one in the future.
@@mickanders2927 we will work on that for sure.
Wonderful video! I would like to see the same for volleyball! 😊
We are looking to do a video for a different sport each year. Volleyball is on the list for sure.
What a fantastic video, I shoot soccer for my kids, but got a whole lot of value out of this.
Glad to hear it was helpful! Best of luck photographing your kids!
I must say that I learned a lot from your video, even though I have taken photos for years. You do a great job!!!
Thanks Jacqui. Glad it was worth watching.
I agree with all the comments. This is the best RUclips video on shooting basketball. Game day action is awesome showing all the various technics etc. Especially the final product with the various variety of shots. Nice work.
Thanks Scott! Glad you liked it and hope it was helpful! More to come hopefully soon!
Another amazing piece of work! Thanks so much! The remote camera setup is brilliant. I normally shoot solo so having another angle of any sort is a great option for me to consider. Whoever decided to make this series has my undying gratitude.
Happy it has been helpful! Hope to add more each year.
Thx
Awesome video. Feel like I learned a lot. Haven’t started shooting sports but I plan on it. And will definitely be coming back to this
Go try it out!
Thank you! This is a great tutorial. Really covers everything with plenty of detail.
Glad you enjoyed it Scott. Hopefully there was something helpful in there!
@@byuphoto One question just came to mind. Is there a technical reason for using the Sony A9 behind the backboard or on the floor?
@@scottabbottphoto Great question. The main reasons I have used the a9 are: that is just the extra camera we had at the time and it can fit in smaller places that a full pro body can't fit. I could use the R5 but it is not really a sports shooting camera. That being said, I haven't tried using the R5 as a remote yet for shooting sports, but I for sure do not like using the R5 for regular game action. The focus isn't fast enough.
I'd probably turn that blurry dunk image into a 90's disposable camera kind of feel. I think it'd look pretty cool.
This recommends can be used to all sports and non-sports events. Thank you! I shot paintball games and i'll be use your recommends! Thank you again!
So glad the principles were helpful! Paintball would be fun to photograph.
Oh god what a video! Hope you get millions of views. Keep it up!
Haha I hope we get millions of views too. At least in the way that it will help people as they are learning to photograph basketball. Thanks for watching!
This was a great video. I believe it will help me take better photos. I will try to keep in touch with your videos to help me improve.
Glad this was helpful. Best of luck!
Easily the best basketball photography video I’ve watched - and I think I’ve seen them all. We’ll done!
Mike, thanks for the kind words. We hope it was helpful! Where do you shoot basketball?
WOW, I just stunbled on this video and boy am I glad I did! This was both indepth and succinct! I don't shoot basketbal, but now I wish I did! Still, your valuable insights can be applied to other sports. Subscribed and looking forward to more of your videos!
You never know, maybe you will pick it up in the future!
I dont shoot basketball but this is realy useful for all sports, thanks a lot
glad to hear! hopefully you get to shoot basketball at some point (if you wanted to)
Thank you so much! Our athletic director at the local high school switched up the seating during the games and now the cheerleaders stand where I used to stand, to the right under the basket. But your video gave me a different way to look at it and get more pics of the coaches/team.
Denise, so happy to hear it was helpful.
Like to honor your work here. The time, patience and planning put into this. I shoot sports as a hobby. This video is stellar, eye opening and vivid.
much appreciated! thanks for watching
the most helpful video out there for basketball photography, thank you for the calm and comprehensive run through. You're a legend.
haha for sure not a legend, but grateful for the kind words and for your watching the video.
@@byuphoto too humble! I'm sure I'll be referring back to your videos in the future!
I love this! I teach photography and yearbook at the high school level, so my students are lucky enough to get access to the entire gym. I will be showing them this video!
That is awesome! What a fun job. Glad this video could be helpful!
Incredible video! Goes nicely with the 'How to Photograph Football' videos. Very comprehensive...especially the storytelling approach and strategies. Thanks so much for sharing these techniques, especially in such a professional manner! Kudos to all involved with this video!
Glad you liked it!
GREAT VIDEO! BEST VIDEO ON HOW TO SHOOT BASKETBALL GAMES. Quality>>> Thank u so much and now im so motivated. Thank you. won a subscriber.
So grateful you enjoyed it and hopefully had some good tips to help you out. Thanks for subscribing!
Excellent video and welcome to the Big 12! K-State photographer here!
Thanks Ray, looking forward to visiting you soon.
wow! Tremendous! 👍👍 and Sub! thanks for sharing.
glad it was helpful!
Just getting started photographing my grand daughter's high school basketball games. I'm not the team photographer so I don't have full access to the players and court. Also I'm limited to one Sony A7iv (10 FPS) camera body and 17-28, 24-105 and 70-180 lenses. Will definitely buy Photo Mechanic. Your video is the BEST I've seen. I only got about 1,000 pointers for better photography.
So happy this was helpful! Good luck with your grand daughter's games!
I am just now seeing this video as I am hoping to pivot into a career in sports. It was insanely helpful.
Best of luck! Glad the video was helpful. Be sure to check out the others, and more to come!
An absolute pleasure of a video and thanks for putting it together. I’ve missed a dunk at my last game (shooting from the stands and as you say, just learn from it). I think this is the most complete RUclips video I have seen and a sport close to my heart. Some top tips too and it’s good to know my shot selection is spot on also.
I’m using my R7, do you switch to one shot, slower shutter speeds and iso (say set on a custom mode or button in your R3 body) for the time outs to capture the surrounds and bench, I do and find it works for me. In fact I might store the portrait setting on C3 since I rotate the dial incorrectly sometimes from off fast sports C2.
I had the pleasure of using the 28-70/2 with an R5, it’s fantastic, I’d love to have it along with an R3. 1st time watcher and subscribed!
Glad you enjoyed the video! I do not switch to one shot... ever. Just personal preference. When photographing the fans and during a time-out, I will drop my shutter speed down to around 1/800 sometimes because it is a little darker. Thanks for subscribing!
That was easily the best YT tutorial on Basketball photography. Super informative and comprehensive! A question I had though was with regards to file sizes.. Do you shoot full size raw, JPG or a combination? Would shooting in JPG compromise your post edits if the images were used purely for socials?
Gro, great questions! Thanks for asking, and glad you enjoyed the video! We shoot C-RAW+JPG (we noticed there is not any noticeable difference with compressed and full RAW images, so we switched to save space on our server). The JPG is sent via wifi to our website during game and we use the RAWs to make full edits after. If it is just being used for social posts, the JPG is fine, but for me personally when I am making edits, I would much rather play in a sandbox (or pixel box) that is 4 feet deep rather than 4 inches deep. That is why I always edit the RAW. I am also thinking long term archive purposes. I would rather keep the negative over the print. But honestly, it is all relative to what the job requires. We just need to make informed decisions on what would be best for our individual circumstances with also thinking of the future. I hope that helps.
Hands down the best RUclips video on shooting and editing basketball! I've been wait for a high quality video such as and searching and searching. Finally you've done it! Thank you for doing this!!!
One question, when you get all your settings on the camera locked in, do you change these settings at all to shot fans, or the team during time outs? Like lower the shutter speed and ISO. If so, how do you set that up on the Canon for a quick change?
Oh man that is so kind of you! And yes I drop my shutter speed a stop or so when I shoot the crowd. Great question.
This was an outstanding video. Way to show the life of a basketball photographer. There is nothing like the challenge of college basketball and the pressure to make unique images game after game. Every detail of this process is right on point. I enjoyed every minute as the team photographer for 12 years at NC State and 4 years at Wake Forest.
Thanks Mark! Sounds like you would have some extra insight to add to the video as well with all of your experience! Glad you liked it. Did you know our good photographer friend Ken Bennett at Wake Forrest before he retired?
@@byuphoto Nate I am sure we ran into each other. I photographed Wake Forest during the Tim Duncan years and then moved on to NC State. Those early years were all on strobes which was a different beast altogether.
@@markmcintyre427 I have only been here at BYU for just over 6 years, but I am sure you would have ran into either Mark Philbrick or Jaren Wilkey over the years sometime. Mark has since retired and Jaren is running the show over here now.
Nice vid, I think tat a lot of what you said could translate over to other sports. One thing I would possibly mentioned about remote shooting, is check and see if anyone is also using remotes and what channel there on as you don't want to fire there camera and them yours!
Agh! Another one of those great little details that got missed! I will have to include that when we make a video specifically on setting up remotes. Thanks for the feedback!
I've come to this video multiple times. I love it. Do y'all have plans for videos for any other sports like volleyball or football? Thank you!!!
Football will be posted by the end of the month!
we are looking into coming out with a different video for a different sport each year. volleyball will be one of them at some point!
Thanks for the great tutorial. Can’t wait to watch some of the others. Question: Are you shooting with electronic shutter?
Glad it was helpful! Yes I use electronic shutter (unless I am using ht e 1DXmkIII). With the R3 it shoots 30fps... that is another reason I have so many images I have to go through after a game! haha
Love the video. Could you make one on remote camera setups?
Yeah we will for sure work on a remote specific video at some point. Anything specific you are wanting us to cover?
Thanks! And I’m guessing more on equipment and tools needed for the set up and for attachments to backboard set ups . I shoot canon eos r so not sure if there are particular brands needed for certain cameras or is it pretty much the same setup .
I’m gonna shoot my first game on thursday with a prime 90mm and a 35mm, I don’t expect a lot but this helped a lot
nice! how did it go? shooting with a 90mm and 35mm would be fun.
No superlative can convey how much I appreciate this video. Thank you. One question I have is you mentioned how people sometimes ask you for specific players from the past. What is your process to identify and make finding these photos easy? Thank you again
Ha thanks David! Glad it was appreciated. Our process really depends on how old the photo is. We have a film archive that we can pull from, and that is mainly looking through slides (or having the client come in and look through slides) and negatives during the seasons the specific athlete played. We can check their stats to see what games they played in to narrow down our search. Or if it is in the digital age, we have all of those images on hard drives and on our server. Our graphic design team also does a great job at creating folders of best images of individual athletes. There are also new technologies that use AI to automatically tag your images with the athletes name, etc that is added into the metadata. We tried one out for our PhotoShelter site during the NCAA men's basketball tournament a couple years ago that was pretty impressive. stories.photoshelter.com/march-madness-photoshelter-ai/
Definitely learned a lot from this video. But we all aren't blessed with an R3 to shoot with. Maybe a general focus mode discussion is in order. Some cameras that have eye AF aren't as good as the R3 for basketball. I used single spot center as my mode of choise since eye AF was just jumping all over the place.
Thanks for the suggestion. Yes using a spot focus in the center is a great way to start. That would have been a nice addition to the video. That is safe and you can always crop it later to get your composition better. Before I used the R3 I would still move my focus point around depending on which side of the court I was on and where the plays were happening so it forced me to compose my image in the 3rd rather than the center. Hopefully this video will be helpful in the future when most cameras will have a decent eye AF.
Ive been shooting HS round-ball, but woah, this ... blew ... me ... away! Liked your comment about telling the story. Ive learned that every good action scene has two shots: The action and the reaction. It's easy to get focused on perfectly catching the action, and then tip your camera down when you should be searching the floor for the reaction.
Your feed to social media process is impressive. Questions about that: 1) Does your team compress the JPEGs first (like you would for facebook) or do you just post a big file. 2) Where can I learn about creating the path from camera wifi to web? 3) How do fans learn about your photo delivery access point? 4) Do the fans that check this tend to be at home or in the stands? 5) How many views touch this?
So glad the video was helpful and thanks for watching!. To answer your questions: 1) we do not compress the JPG. We just set the JPG size to a smaller file in camera, so it is only sending a size that is needed for social media. 2) we have our FTP videos on our RUclips page ruclips.net/p/PLkMmnnBtuBZlUMAibXlrJk86rFT99isGN and downloadable PDF's to walk you through the process byuphotos.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000XRT2ztsIJbY/G00008LP9KLxWkrs/Wireless-Workflow-PDFs . 4&5) We are not sending photos ftp to our gallery for the fans. We are doing it for our social media team to pull from and post so the fans can see it on IG and X, etc..
Wow you guys are a MACHINE. 😂 Thanks for the speedy response. Thank you too for the gift of your experience, knowledge and insight given freely on your videos
@@byuphoto BTW Re-watching the intro to this video I see that you do mention having videos on how to do the wifi connections. I guess it just didnt sink in when I heard it the first time so thanks for answering. The work flow sheet is pretty readable and I appreciate the work you put into that. Later gator. Thanks for what you do.
100% YES this video was helpful as are all of the BYU videos. While watching this video, I started to get the feeling of " I can't wait to photograph the next game". I am working on remote shooting on high school level in basketball as I've done in baseball. I have the equipment with pocket wizards etc and have the permission of the AD however my problem is where to mount the remote camera. The nets and backboards at our school swing down into position from the ceiling so there is no base on the floor in which to place a camera. The school yearbook photographer said he would help me go to the gym when there isn't anyone around, lower the nets to playing position , get a 12 foot ladder and mount the camera, using that black foil material and tape, and of course my Majic arms and safety cables, check focus. I really like the idea of the "cutout" in the cushion you demonstrated in this video. Where would I check to purchase these cushions for my school which I can place on the gym floor and against the wall behind the net. I would donate the cost to our local high school ( if not out of my ability ). The school has been so helpful in allowing me access to games and events. Anyone with an idea, please chime in. thanks to the BYU staff for producing these videos. Ted in Sebastian, Florida
I'm not sure where you would purchase cushions just to put against the wall. Sometimes when I am sitting on the baseline, I just put the remote camera next to me wherever I am sitting. That way I have a wide and a tight shot.
Wow! So glad I came across this video. Extremely well done from content to production. Very professional. I have a question regarding comfort. I am shooting my first college basketball game next week. Is it normal for the photographers to be sitting or kneeling on the floor? Is a small pad advisable to cushion against the hard floor?
Your first college game? That is exciting! Especially this time of year. It is normal to sit on the floor, but if you want to be comfortable you can use a pad or a really small camp style chair that sits on the floor. You can google what others have been using. There are a lot of options out there. It you are an awkward floor sitter like me, I recommend getting a chair. Good luck! Glad the video was helpful!