Cheer team competittion

I had the pleasure of shooting some cheer teams this weekend at a competittion. I must extend my thanks to Brian from On Sight Photography for allowing me to shoot along side of his team for the event. I was there to get some practice and see what one can expect from this type of event since next weekend I am headed to Athabasca to help Burnadette shoot a cheer event up there. Upon arriving, I saw that there was a pro dedicated to shooting the event, and out of respect for their contract, I sought out the person in charge of the photography to introduce myself, and ask for their consent to allow me to shoot there. While they were not too keen on the idea of having someone else 'eat their sandwich' so to speak, I was able to convince them that I was not there to cut in on the gig. In fact I offered to shoot for them, as an additional photographer. So Brian gave me a shirt and a memory card and sent me out there. I did what I was told, 3200 ISO f2.8 1/320 sec at 4200K for proper exoposure, and went to it. After filling the card and returning it to the event shooter, I decided that to get faster shutter speed I could use the 85mm F1.2, where I could get the shutter up to 1/640 th at f 2. This limits the DOF, but really makes for some nice action grabs. I was going to try some additional strobes to cross light, but I didn't want to make a scene. I may try it next weekend, but I am unsure if I will be able to have the lights keep up to the frame rate on the Mark III. Any rate, the lesson here is be respectful, up front, and personable when shooting at an event that is being covered by another photographer, and let them know what you are doing and why you want to shoot there. This holds true for all events, especially weddings, where it is not uncommon to have several people shooting the same shot over the hired photograhers shoulder. Give the main shooter room to work and don't be a distraction.

Jeff

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