Shooting good looking action photos in a gym without supplemental lighting is tough. Here's how to get the best possible exposure.
- Set camera exposure mode to "A" for Aperture Priority. This means we are going to choose (in Step 3 below) how wide open the aperture is and let the camera choose the shutter SPEED (how long the shutter is open.) See picture on left. Your knob may vary.
- Set your ISO to the highest number on your camera. depending on the model this will be 1600, 3200 or 6400. This setting determines high sensitive to light the sensor in the camera is. We are cranking it up to max sensitivity.
- Set your aperture or f-stop to the lowest setting. (the lowest number is the most wide open setting)
- Set your White Balance to Auto unless you know how to create a custom white balance for the light in the gym. The color temperature of sodium vapor and mercury vapor lights often found in gyms doesn't match up well to any of the usual white balance settings.
- Keep the flash turned off .
- Take lots of pictures. Three good reasons: Photography is a skill that takes practice to improve. Uploading them will drive sales and it improves the odds of getting a great shot.
Thank you. I have an Olympus and able to set the exposure to "A", however, unfortunately, the camera settings other than that are not an option.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to write Chuck. If the "A" stands for Aperture Priority (also abbreviated Av) it would have to have a way to set the aperture. It would also have a way to set the ISO. I can research the location of these controls if you will write back and let me know the specific model of Olympus camera you have.
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