Shooting a Basketball Game at Historic Hinkle Fieldhouse

Last night I was in Indianapolis to shoot at Hinkle Fieldhouse for the Chattanooga Mocs. I have wanted to see a game in this historic stadium for quite some time, but it took a job to get me there. It was great to see this historic stadium, but I really did not enjoy it as much as I could have because I was focused on my job. One thing that I feel that I have to talk about is the lighting. The lights themselves look very cool from the stands. They give out a good quality of light when looking straight down. They are not the typical stadium lights though. The nature of the lights makes for a dramatic fall off in light near the edge of the court. This makes for interesting shooting, but has one other great effect. If you set up your camera correctly the player is well lit, and the background goes to nearly completely black. It is a very dramatic light that can make for very cool photos.

Lightroom 5 Now Supports the Canon 7D Mark II

Last night while my files were being uploaded I saw that RAW support for the Canon 7D Mark II was in the newest update for Adobe Lightroom. I would have used the 7D much more during the night had I known that the update was that close. The shadows on the faces required a bit of shadow recovery. I wanted the extra data of the RAW file so I mainly shot with my 5D Mark III last night. Now with Lightroom finally on board I feel like we can truly see what the camera can do. I have some shots from past events saved in RAW format. I may have a post in the next couple of days comparing the images. If you use Adobe Camera Raw that program now supports the new 7D as well.

Bonus Photos

As per usual here are a few bonus photos from the game last night. I have many more posted here on my website. I used a wide variety of camera and lenses to try and use the background to my advantage. For the first time in a long time I used a floor remote to capture the action with some of the iconic portions of the stadium in the background.