How to Photograph Basketball
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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Are you new to photographing basketball or have experience, but you'd like to hear another perspective? This video teaches you how to photograph basketball through my recommendations on cameras, lenses, and settings, and how to photograph the game itself - including techniques and positioning.
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0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Camera and lens recommendations
3:16 - Recommended camera settings
4:16 - How to photograph the basketball game
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Hey everybody, thanks for watching this video. Please feel free to hit me up with any comments related to how you shoot basketball, any techniques you like to use, or any tips you think would help others.
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Very nice photos now i am having d6 plus 24_70 2.8 nikon now i have to try to take photos after seeing reviews tku once again
Perfect, great info thank you!
You’re welcome!
Very interesting! thanks for sharing :)
Thanks, and you're welcome!
Amazing photos!
thank you!
I like to go up in the stands at rim height and in line with the backboard with a 70-200 2.8. If you have a dunker coming in from the right side of the court, it makes for some great facial expressions. I also like to get directly under the basket with the camera on the floor and an 85 1.8, which is almost perfectly cropped for the free throw shooter.
Yep, both good suggestions!
Thank you!
You bet!
Thanks for the videos Jack. I watched this one, or maybe another of your videos several years ago when I started shooting my son's baseball and basketball games. The court location and camera setting information was useful for a beginner, especially shooting youth (grade school) age kids in gyms that varied in size and lighting (or lack thereof). I'm proud to say that last week, I moved up and shot our local freshman, JV, and Varsity games just for fun and to share photos with the kids for Senior Day. (I'm still an avid amateur, but toying with maybe starting a little photography side hustle up soon.) I think it would be great if you could share any advice on potential differences in shooting youth sports to high school, pro sports. Example: High School basketball allows for a lot more action at the rim where as grade school is happening at lower elevations... just a thought, but keep putting out the good stuff. Thanks.
That’s a nice suggestion, I’ll keep it in mind.
Great video, thanks! You know that poor girl at the 6:00 mark wants that free throw back! Lol, its on RUclips for eternity though.... :)
You are right!
If you're along the baseline, look for which side the ref at the end is tending to be. They're often enough in the way (and moving) that I'll shift over to the other side. I'll try to be on the right side for righties doing layups or slams.
Yes, when I say I sometimes scoot to the left or right, it's usually because there's a ref involved.
I like to sit along the edge of the paint. Next to the padding on the wall. Typically use an 85MM. Thanks for the content.
Yeah, if there's a padded wall nearby, that works great. I've seen some gyms where the wall was a solid 15 feet back from the baseline. 85mm is a good all-around lens for basketball.
I’ve always wanted to capture an image at the FT Line (see 6:00 mark). Besides using a 24-70 in terms of focusing how would I be able to capture that wide angle shot but keep the subjects in focus? or at least the FT player ?
It depends on what focusing mode you’re using and where you place the AF point. The camera is going to want want to focus where you set it. It may take some practice in figuring out where you place that AF point in the frame and capturing the main action.
Hey Jack, great video! I want to shoot video rather than take photographs, and for now will only have 1 camera and 1 lens to work with. What focal length do you recommend so that I capture both ends of the court? or perhaps I may have to switch sides at half time.
If I'm concentrating on one team, I switch sides so they are coming at me on offense. There are 120-300/2.8 lenses out there, but you're going to be paying around $9,000 for those lenses.
I shoot on the Canon R6 and am moving into my first basketball season. I already own the RF 70-200 2.8, would you recommend going 85 1.8 or 24-70 2.8 for my 2nd lens? Great video!
It sounds like you already have 85mm covered with that first lens. I would go for the 24-70.
Hey Jack I’m shooting with the D850 as well and a sigma 70-200 I was wondering which focus point size you use for different sports I’m having trouble getting the focus going with the smaller focus points and I’ll end up using the biggest focus point? Got any tips ?
It depends on the sport, but for most, I use D-9.
Thanks for informative video. That floor chair looks very comfortable for the application. What model - Amazon? Thanks
Since I made that video, I found a better chair - amzn.to/3bqHlIy
Can you do a video on your settings for basketball 🏀? Thank. This one was very helpful
I think you saw my other basketball video!
Where did you get your floor seat, what is the brand or name? Liked your vid. With this pandemic thing going on I have had to shoot from the corners, so it has limited my positioning.
Here's the item on Amazon - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K6KP42I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I will tell you that after a year of use, it's worn out and I'm about to buy this one with more padding - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DF0467O/ref=crt_ewc_img_dp_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Hello thanks for the tip I have an A6000 with the 17-70 2.8 Tamron this is really fast for bsketball I shoot at Highschool here in Texas I allways use center but when I am under the goal using 17 mm what focus point should I use knowing the person is going to dunk do i just use live view and hope for the best and aim that direction becuase if I use the viewfinder I might get trampled over.
I highly recommend you stop using live view to try to shoot sports. I don't know a serious sports photographer that does. Shoot with one eye in the viewfinder, the other open to pick up movements. It's a technique you have to practice. You'll be fine, trampling is rare and not that big a deal. As for the AF points, I tend to cheat it up in the frame to try to catch faces whenever possible - both in vertical and horizontal.
@@JackBeasleyMedia Thank you Jack for the reply..thats the first time someone has told me that
Quick question I set my camera on a tripod in the corner to record some of my games for fun...use a 20mm for the offensive side close to me but the other half to get the offense on the far side what do you think would be a good focal length to shoot.. I have a 20mm and a 50mm and my Sony A7C can also do super 35 mode which I guess turns the 20 to about a 35 cropped..thanks again!
If you're hand-holding and following the action, I would think you'd need 200mm on a crop framed camera to go from one baseline to the opposite side of the court. If you're putting it on a tripod and not following the action, something a little shorter would do, like around 150mm.
Get in the stands and shoot the whole thing on the 50 mm like an nba game
@@gabebarmerii I'm playing in the game lol....I just leave it on a tripod to record...trying to figure out the best lens lengths overall for each half
@@sblackmagics between 24-35mm on apsc camera is your best bet 👍🏽 can capture the full game from any angle
Jack when I shoot in continuous mode in some gyms the shots will be darker and then lighter then a little darker how can I adjust settings to correct this? I use. Nikon d7500.
I'm wondering if it isn't a light flicker problem. I don't know if that camera features an anti-flicker setting, but if it does, turn it on. Also, many cameras have a setting that maintains the exposure settings for each frame when in continuous mode and auto ISO. If your camera has the ability, I'd also turn that one on. Finally, if the gym has consistent lighting throughout, you can take a few test shots when you first go into the gym and figure out the correct setting. Then, just leave it there and fire away.
Hi, I have the Nikon d5500 and I'm having problems with grainy photos. I'm using a nikon 18x300 lens so no 2.8 on this lens. My pictures aren't crystal clear. I don't know what I'm doing incorrectly. I have the iso on auto and my speed is set to 1/1600.
1/1000 should be sufficient in most cases, plus will give you about 1/2 stop more light. And yes, that lens is not serving you well for indoor or nighttime photos. It really is a daylight only lens.
Hi Jack Good video. Curious why set the noise reduction in camera to normal instead of high. Shooting in these dark gyms I need all the help I can get with the noise reduction. I shoot with a Nikon D4. Thanks a lot.
Hey Jules, I’m changed my procedures since I shot this video. Short answer - yes, I’d probably use in-camera high ISO reduction with JPEGs. However, these days I’m more likely to shoot RAW, cull in Photomechanic, run the culled RAWs through Topaz Denoise saving as DNGs, then editing in Lightroom. I’ve found those results look better than shooting JPG with in-camera noise reduction.
Should I be concerned about being hit with the ball or players. As you said the best spot is the baseline and I’m a beginner,just a little nervous that I might get hit.
Well, in my 15 years of shooting sports I’ve been run over probably 10 times on football sidelines. I took a baseball line drive off my monopod and I’ve had several others whiz past my head. I also had an NBA player literally land in my lap. So far, no real injuries and none of my gear has been destroyed.
Having said that, shoot with both eyes open - which you should be doing anyway to follow the action. If someone or something is headed your way, you have to be able to react and move.
I shoot the same positions you do. What chair is that you are using?
Actually, I’ve replaced that one with a much better model - more padding! The link is in the description.
Thanks for the video. Just one question. Why shoot in jpeg? I always for everything in raw. I'm not an expert it's just the way I learned to shoot. Thanks!
I recommend jpeg with in-camera noise reduction, especially for newer shooters who don’t have a lot of experience in editing. It does a good job of cleaning up noise. If you add Topaz Denoise after, it’s even better. At the time I made this video, Denoise didn’t handle RAW images well. Now, if you watch my recent video on Tooaz Denoise, you’ll see that the new RAW model in that program is significantly improved and I now say that’s a good way to go.
I always shoot RAW vs JPEG. Post editing advantage :)
If you watch my Topaz Denoise video, you’ll see I’ve had somewhat of a change of heart.
Why would you recommend to shoot JPEG and not raw?
Because at the time this video was made, in camera noise reduction was better than the noise reduction software on the market. That’s not true anymore. See my more recent videos.
Why wouldn't you set noise reduction to high in camera?
I’ve found it varies by camera model. On one of my camera bodies, if it’s set on high, it over does it and I start to see that “painting” affect on JPEGs. On my current models, “normal” works fine.
Baseline , half court , stands
yep!
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Hold on pal JPEG?!?!? R u a noob? I ONLY SHOOT RAW BABYYYY!!!! 😂 but y jpeg over RAW?
JPEG with in-camera noise reduction works excellent. Many pros go that route. I normally shoot RAW for daylight photos.
@@JackBeasleyMedia ok thanks, nice video I’m about to shoot indoor basketball shots for my high school on Tuesday and your tips really is helping me get prepared for this event. Also I’m using 70-200mm 2.8 and so far it’s been giving great crisp photos
Advice is good but make a new one, the masking business makes everyone now look like fools.
I did!