Published
 

After much effort I was able to get a few of my volleyball photos published in a newspaper. I posted the first photo here initially over one year ago.

I wrote a freelance travel article on the pro beach volleyball tournament in Chicago. I was able to sell the article and photos together as a package deal. This is the fourth freelance article that I have written. Here is the article: Article

Below are some photos I took at the recent event. Enjoy!

p.s. I have not given up my day job yet. There are too many excellent photographers as evidenced by this site and many others.


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This player appeared in Playboy recently. I did not know it when I took her photo.

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An offering to the volleyball gods:

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A little eye candy:

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hey, those photos are awesome...no wonder you got them sold. I don't do much action shots, but I'm about to do a rugby game for a friend, and would like to know some basics before I go in there so...

What is your ISO speed usually? I was planning on using 400, is that the norm?
What do you aim at for shutter speed? I know many things can affect your range, but what is your slowest that you will settle for?
And I know this one depends totally on how you want the photo to look, but what do you usually set your aperture at?

Rugby
 

Rugby is a great sport. I love looking at rugby photos because you don't have a helmet or pads blocking the subject's expression.

With volleyball at the beach in bright sunlight I usually shoot at 400 iso. Based on trial and error I have found that a shutter speed of anything slower than 1/2000th of a second is too slow. At that shutter speed I can catch the logos on the ball without any blur and can also capture the compression of the ball when it hits the player's hands.

The f/stop issue is a tough one. The problem with beach volleyball is that the background clutter (logos, signs, spectators) is usually very distracting. In order to keep the clutter to a minimum I usually shoot at f/5.6 to f/2.8. But on the landscape shots above my f/stop was usually f/8 to f/16.

Low light volleyball is another story altogether. Hopefully your rugby match will be during the light of day. Then you will have a lot more creative latitude.

Congratulations! :cool:
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Always have enjoyed viewing your work.

Great work! Love that 3rd one down with the girl all sky high going for the ball. Such great musculature in her back and I love the how the sand shows the takeoff.

The dude with the afro is great too. What a wonderful expression capture.

And well... of course... that ass collage is quite something too :)

Thanks for sharing these and congrats !

Nice shots, norske. I know that beach well. I haven't been to the volleyball tournament, though.

Also, congratulations on getting those published. One of these days I hope to join the ranks of published photographers.

amazing photos, I liked them a year ago and I like them more now :)