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An insight into my first senior Bristol Rugby home game. Arrived @ 6.45 ish. Goto media room and create meta data/file info in press room on lap top. As always free hospitality, food and beveradges. Programmes and team sheets given to snappers in attendance as well as SKY and local news coverage.
7.15 into the ground. Light shocking. Set up in manual mode and @ 2.8 with ISO @ 1600 only getting shutter speeds of 1/50th. I am thinking what the hell is this lighting all about. Thats not right. 5 minutes later I remember thay my rear fitting polarizer is still in my 300mm 2.8. Laugh, I nearly cried. Sorted. Still only getting 1/320th at a push so choose to underexpose, go to 1/500th and PP. Then the lights go up a touch But happy with exposure so I leave it as set.
See my old mate Shaun Perry, Bristol captain and future England captain, the hot prospect in English Rugby at the moment. had a run in with him about 6 weeks ago at a reserve game. He told me that I was in his way as he was watching and that I should move. I refused. He then called me 'big ears'. Quite randomly I add as my ears seem fine to my plastic surgeon. I then retorted, 'well, you must be inherently thick if all you can do is throw a ball around a muddy field!' All sorted now though in that he later apologised and seems like a good bloke. Lucky really, he is a big old unit, but then, so am I - and I used to play Rugby - so ha!
An essentially dull game with Newport Gwent dominating the second half with Bristol looking average with Perry taken off at half time. Still, they won and the crowd went home happy. At one point my mate Kev shouts at me from the grandstand, I wave and say hello.
Back at the media room, I pack away my gear and note that 3 or 4 of the snappers in attendance shoot with either 350'ds or 20'ds, though the big agency players shoot D2H or D2x and Canon N's (me). A welsh tog asks me about my Sigma prime and has a look/feel. I advise him of the quality. He is suitably impressed, citing it as his next buy. Having just worked with the n's for the first time tonight. I am impressed. I read some threads on here the other day reference to 8.5. Sure its nice, I fired in burst and I think the great thing about these is the speed in which they nail 3 shots in the time others may nail 6 - if that makes sense. ISO much better than expected too. Camera is a dream to work with and if anything aimed at the experience user as it seems harder to put things wrong as multiple button/dials are required to change settings. I know that sounds backwards but I am trying to say that you need to know your lemons to set these machines up. My only dislike is that I would love a delete button like Nikon.
I then put my Lowepro photo trekker on, get to the car and drive the long, long journey home, it took 3 minutes 45 seconds. My Mummy asks if I would like a cuppa. Nice one Mum.
Overall another good nights work complete. Images subbed to clients as required. Despite having shot at much bigger events, I was a little nervous as very close to home and heart tonight.
Here are some images, enjoy. Apologies for the copyright this time. As I said Perry is the big name in Rugger at the moment and would not want some machavelian type pinching my images now would I! (ps Titan Images is my little company).
Perry releases the ball.
Nathan Budgett looks to break through.
Gang Tackled.
Evasive action.
Listen to me will you.
Agree to disagree
Perry dishes out the orders on pitch.
Release that ball!
The Line Out
7.15 into the ground. Light shocking. Set up in manual mode and @ 2.8 with ISO @ 1600 only getting shutter speeds of 1/50th. I am thinking what the hell is this lighting all about. Thats not right. 5 minutes later I remember thay my rear fitting polarizer is still in my 300mm 2.8. Laugh, I nearly cried. Sorted. Still only getting 1/320th at a push so choose to underexpose, go to 1/500th and PP. Then the lights go up a touch But happy with exposure so I leave it as set.
See my old mate Shaun Perry, Bristol captain and future England captain, the hot prospect in English Rugby at the moment. had a run in with him about 6 weeks ago at a reserve game. He told me that I was in his way as he was watching and that I should move. I refused. He then called me 'big ears'. Quite randomly I add as my ears seem fine to my plastic surgeon. I then retorted, 'well, you must be inherently thick if all you can do is throw a ball around a muddy field!' All sorted now though in that he later apologised and seems like a good bloke. Lucky really, he is a big old unit, but then, so am I - and I used to play Rugby - so ha!
An essentially dull game with Newport Gwent dominating the second half with Bristol looking average with Perry taken off at half time. Still, they won and the crowd went home happy. At one point my mate Kev shouts at me from the grandstand, I wave and say hello.
Back at the media room, I pack away my gear and note that 3 or 4 of the snappers in attendance shoot with either 350'ds or 20'ds, though the big agency players shoot D2H or D2x and Canon N's (me). A welsh tog asks me about my Sigma prime and has a look/feel. I advise him of the quality. He is suitably impressed, citing it as his next buy. Having just worked with the n's for the first time tonight. I am impressed. I read some threads on here the other day reference to 8.5. Sure its nice, I fired in burst and I think the great thing about these is the speed in which they nail 3 shots in the time others may nail 6 - if that makes sense. ISO much better than expected too. Camera is a dream to work with and if anything aimed at the experience user as it seems harder to put things wrong as multiple button/dials are required to change settings. I know that sounds backwards but I am trying to say that you need to know your lemons to set these machines up. My only dislike is that I would love a delete button like Nikon.
I then put my Lowepro photo trekker on, get to the car and drive the long, long journey home, it took 3 minutes 45 seconds. My Mummy asks if I would like a cuppa. Nice one Mum.
Overall another good nights work complete. Images subbed to clients as required. Despite having shot at much bigger events, I was a little nervous as very close to home and heart tonight.
Here are some images, enjoy. Apologies for the copyright this time. As I said Perry is the big name in Rugger at the moment and would not want some machavelian type pinching my images now would I! (ps Titan Images is my little company).
Perry releases the ball.
Nathan Budgett looks to break through.
Gang Tackled.
Evasive action.
Listen to me will you.
Agree to disagree
Perry dishes out the orders on pitch.
Release that ball!
The Line Out
