Indoor Sports Photography
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Indoor sport photography is tough arena to master. I was at an indoor soccer game yesterday taking pictures for a local team. I decided to experiment with different lenses. While there were quite a few differences between lenses my main desire was to test each lenses difference in aperture.
Site upgraded
I just upgraded Wordpress to 2.9.2. Let me know if you see any issues.
Examples of great night photography
Each type of photography present it’s own advantages and it’s own challenges. Night photography is no different. For sports photography I am almost always enjoy the full sunlight. Low light is challenging and there is really is not advantage to the low light levels.
Most other photography I really like the lower light situations. They can still be a challenge to get a crisp shot, but the tones are generally more pleasing. Night photography can produce some very cool photos.
Canon 7D Image Quality
I have seen a couple people complain about the new Canon 7D image quality, but only a couple. Most of the time I see people who love it. Over at Canon Field Review they have some awesome photos showing the quality this camera is capable of.
Canon scored very well is customer service
Canon were far and away one of the favorite brands in a PC World survey, earning high marks across the board on measurements of both reliability and service. Canon dominated the field in printers and cameras.
Dofollow, CommentLuv, and KeywordLuv
I installed a few new feature on MattMcGuire.com. This blog is now Dofollow, CommentLuv, and KeywordLuv enabled. Here is soem information on these features.
DoFollow – Now links in comments are dofollow, really they are no longer nofollow. This simply means search engines will see the link and give the site your linking to a little credit which will help that site’s search engine ranking.
CommentLuv – This feature will automatically your your site when commenting and pull in your last blog post. It will give your site some credit without the need for you to try and spam this site.
KeywordLuv – This will allow the link back to your site have appropriate keywords in it. Now you can post your name as something like Matt@Sacramento Photography and the link to your site will look like this Matt from Sacramento Photography
Canon SLRs get new wireless transmitters
Certain Canon DSLRs can not take advantage of a brand new wireless setup. Among other things you can now shoot with unto 10 linked camera simultaneously. The wireless file transmitter devices, which mount to the SLR camera bodies, are the WFT-E2 II A, available this quarter for the EOS-1D Mark IV; the WFT-E4 II A, available now for the EOS 5D Mark II; and the WFT-E5A, available now for the EOS 7D.
The new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Yesterday Canon released news of a new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens. This is the newest model of the lens I have been saving for. It looks like they made some nice improvements.
This news lens has reduced the minimum focusing distance to 3.9 feet. The new lens incorporats a fluorite element and a fifth UD element. The result is a better image quality with improved contrast and resolution.
Site Update – New Theme
MattMcGuire.com is finally starting to come together. I am using Wordpress to run the front end of the site. Basically everything outside of the photo galleries. For the photo galleries I am using SmugMug.
How to take better pictures
So you want to improve your photography skills and you are wondering how to do it? There is no get rich quick scheme for taking better photos. Sure better equipment will probably get you a better photo, but that is only part of the equation. A skilled photographer can produce much better photos on marginal equipment than a beginner on professional grade equipment.
