The last three days of work have been under very different lighting conditions.
A cheerleading competition, with studio strobes set up on the railing of the balcony. Set to just under full power, I was able to shoot at ISO 320, 1/250th of a second at f/3.5 and get results like this:
The next assignment was to shoot 64 swimming races, thats right 64! I was tired and wet at the end of the day.
Under probably the worst lights possible, fluorescent lights, only around the outside of the pool, with no lights over the water. As well, there was a very large set of windows behind the starting blocks. There goes all the good starting block shots.
I had my camera max'd out at 6400 shooting at 1/640th, wide open. using a custom white balance on the bad lights... Now, some of these swimmers were really good, but most were beginners and could barely bring the heads out of the water for me to get action shots. And I had to deal with a really nice reflection from the windows! I'll look for a sample from this event.
Next we go to shooting green-screen portraits of a small basketball league. 3rd grade to 8th grade boys and girls, about 20 teams. Setting up the green-screen is like second nature, and not difficult. Keep the large shadows off the background, use a lighting pattern that shows a main light and control the shadows with a fill light, about 1 stop less than the main. On the meter, it read f/11 on the main and f/9 on the fill. I added a grid spot to the top of the backdrop holder to offer a a hair light and a little separation from the backdrop. Here is a shot of the set-up.
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