Congratulations to the Commack Varsity Wrestling team on their win over Pat-Med. All of these photos were taken at ISO 5000, f/3.2 at 1/400 to 1/800 sec. White balance was set on auto because, under sodium vapor light you’ll have to tweak the white balance of every photo so it really doesn’t matter which white balance you have the camera set on. If you want...
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Wrestling is one of the easier sports to photograph. You’re close, your subjects can’t go too far, and the light is fairly good. Depending upon how well your camera performs in this type of light, you may or may not have to use flash. I try not to, since the single overhead lamp provides dramatic lighting that is perfect for wrestling. I’m not sure what...
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One thing good about photographing wrestling in the south gym is that the perimeter lights are turned off, at least for varsity. What this means is that light reflecting off the yellow walls is no longer a problem. Also, the large center light is turned on. Don’t know what what the wattage is on that sucker but I can get a good 1/500 sec. at f/2.8 exposure without...
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