Tips for shooting in the gym

Shooting in high school gymnasiums are always tricky. But if you use a few steady rules, you can capture action and adjust the colors later.


Tip One: Change the ISO setting. The higher the ISO, the better your photo will be in a dark environment.


Tip Two: Use the Sport Setting. This will give you a faster shutter.


Tip Three: Turn the flash off. The standard flash only works up to 25 feet anyway. Using the flash is actually making your photos darker.


Tip Four: Brace yourself or use a monopod. Shaky hands make blurry photos.

Tip Five: Try using MANUAL FOCUS. Sometimes this is the best way to capture fast motion. You can focus on the lane and then capture a lay-up next time they are down that direction.

Tip Six: Shoot reactions after shots. Shoot the bench. Shoot the coaches. Shoot the cheer leaders. Shoot the time outs. Shoot before and after a big shot. These shots capture emotion. Action shots are great... but when paired with an emotional shot, stories can be told.

Tip Seven: The platform that the pep band trap set is on can be used in the second half of home ballgames. Its a great way to get a new angle.

Tip Eight: Upload shots EVERY DAY after the game and lable the folder when the game and date. This makes life way easier.

Tip Nine: Take a program from the game and keep it so we can write captions later.

Tip Ten: Write on the program what the final score is and any important details like winning shot and exciting moments.