Cochrane-Fountain City wrestling
My friend Mike coache’s wrestling at a nearby high school and told me they were having a meet soon. Seeing as I haven’t had the chance to shoot wrestling often I thought it a good opportunity to practice. It’s amazing how much energy is put into a match. This kid is ranked 5th in the state and can close a match with a pin easily (f/2.8 for 1/320 at ISO 1600).
Ellen Severson turned me onto your website. I’m a former student of hers and she thought we shared some of the same interests. I haven’t shot wrestling in ages but it would be fun to do again.
Do you dabble at all with off camera lighting? Knocking out those dreadful mercury vapor lights that most high school gyms would be nice. Mounting one strobe directly above for a spotlight effect could give some pretty cool shots. Maybe not what a newspaper would be looking for but cool none the less.
Still wanna get down and strobe McCown and mount a camera up behind the backboard or shooting straight down on the hoop someday.
I’ve used strobe before, but most of the time I’m shooting for fun these days, not for the newspaper. And I don’t have the resources to purchase that kind of equipment either. I believe during this tournament I was using my 580ex ii mounted on the camera to help.