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Originally Posted by houstonwhodat
Every NFL game I shoot this year will be at 2.8 unless it's a close up group shot.
2.8 is where all sports photographers live.
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EXACTLY... People often ask how "pho-togz" seemingly get so much better pics with pretty-much the same relative hardware, and these are the little tricks, and they're aren't mind-blowing, that are the difference between a snap-shot and a photograph.
Like you, I've been doing this for a while, Since the 80s in my case, made it through film to today's platforms, thought it and love it. I still love a lot of things about film too!!! But more than anything, I love passing along what I've learned. Be it shooting plates from a submarines periscope to 110 (LOL!!). Hell I even taught black-and-white theory in the 80s! But nowadays I love handing my cameras to mothers and kids at these events and letting them give it a try. Most worry at first, then they just have fun. After that, I setup the camera for the shot, give them a rule of 3rd's lesson, and let it go. And they love it. And i love their perspective. Some buy their own gear, others just have a memory of what it was like to shoot 5fps, and that's cool too.
So alas, keep capturing the moments and sharing as appropriate... Most are good moments....
Enjoy my friend...