I gave my students the option to learn about Photoshop editing their own photos. I find that works a lot better than merely editing the photos of another from the textbook examples.
Although the day was not as wildly popular as I had hoped, we did have a chance at taking photos in the field with all of its challenges. Special thanks to PVCC Coach Solis and Athletic Director Silcox for giving us on-the-field access before the game. During the game, we were confronted with a huge problem of shooting through the chain link fence! That little challenge rendered many of my photos useless, but I had some work arounds.
I shot using a Canon 7D. On this day, I brought three lenses: the Canon 28-135mm for on field close ups, the Tamron 70-200mm, and the Tamron 200-500mm.
Frustrated with trying to shoot through the fence, I saw a berm that could take me over the eight foot high outfield fence, so I walked out to right field and mounted my Canon 7D and Tamron 200-500mm on my Manfrotto monopod. I was able to get some good shots unobstructed by a #$%$ fence! The challenge here is camera shake at the longest focal lengths, so I set my shutter speed to around 1/1000 of a second.
In a perfect world, I'd have loved to be in a cherry picker high above the action!
Happy Shooting,
Jim Patterson
http://JamesGordonPatterson.com
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