BobC123
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My first staff photograper gig (got free admission and a nice "staff" Tshirt) at a wushu competition in PGH. These are not posed photos, they were taken while the kids were competing. The lighting was horrible in this venue... it was a cavernous hall in a civic arena, very dim, with lighting coming directly from above. To try to manage without a flash I had the ISO bumped up to a ridiculous level (3200), wide aperture (2.8) and relatively slow shutter speed (1/60). Hence, lots of grainy noise, and a lot of blurry shots due to focus and motion. I took almost 950 photos, but only 80 or so are usable. Live and learn. If I have to do this again, I think I'll spend some time learning to shoot and process 12-bit RAW images, as I've read that you can then underexpose (e.g. faster shutter speed in this case) and yet still rescue the dark tones with postprocessing.
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My first staff photograper gig (got free admission and a nice "staff" Tshirt) at a wushu competition in PGH. These are not posed photos, they were taken while the kids were competing. The lighting was horrible in this venue... it was a cavernous hall in a civic arena, very dim, with lighting coming directly from above. To try to manage without a flash I had the ISO bumped up to a ridiculous level (3200), wide aperture (2.8) and relatively slow shutter speed (1/60). Hence, lots of grainy noise, and a lot of blurry shots due to focus and motion. I took almost 950 photos, but only 80 or so are usable. Live and learn. If I have to do this again, I think I'll spend some time learning to shoot and process 12-bit RAW images, as I've read that you can then underexpose (e.g. faster shutter speed in this case) and yet still rescue the dark tones with postprocessing.