Photographing Good Event Shoots - Updated

2012-2013

Sports - Action and Variety

Only have 1-3 people in the shot Profiles or faces, not just jersey

numbers Candid, not posed Alternate between portrait and

landscape

Get Close!

Use Zoom Lens Cameras #1-7

Stadium = on the field Field pass is on camera cases

Gym = sit at bottom of bleachers

Camera Settings

Level 2- shoot program Level 3- shoot manual/shutter

priority

ISO 1600 and above at night outside 800 and above in gym 400 and above in sunlight in gym

Example #1 - Daylight

Click icon to add picture•ISO 400•Face shot•Frozen action.

Example #2 -Night

•ISO 3200 or 6400•Face visible•Frozen action

Example #3 - Gym

Click icon to add picture•ISO 3200•Frozen action•Face shot

Example #4 - Theater

Click icon to add picture•ISO 1600•3 people•Nice shallow DOF•Faces show emotion

Classroom Shooting

Classroom Guidelines

1-3 people in shot

Faces or profiles

Alternate between portrait and landscape

Students should be working in shot

Get a variety of different students/ activity

Examples of Classroom Events

Click icon to add picture•ISO 400-800

•There are 1-3 people in photo

•It is easy to tell what the students are doing.

•Also, each photo has a different angle.

•In classroom shots with no action, use a variety of angles including shallow depth of field, high and low angle, subject positioning, etc.

General Guidelines

Sign up on SuperSaas for events

Sign out zoom cameras on clip board

Make sure at least one student in each photo is of our high school students Parents, teachers or community photos

don’t count unless one of our kids appear!