New from Vancouver

[Bill Yeung]

Visited this wonderful forum for few months, found here until now!! Even forgot whether I have say hi to you all before!?
Hi everybody...
Bill is living in Vancouver for 20 years.
First owned a 20D, kit lens and sigma 200mm zoom.... GOt enough pictures for daily life, travel, family pictures.
Changed to 7D, 24-70mm F2.8, 70-200mm F2.8 laslt Christmas because the old gears definitely don't work in indoor skating rink. The f2.8 served me much better now.
the 8fps of 7D also amazing.
anybody with the similar situation, let's communicate and exchange technique around this aspect of sport photography.
I found it is a pretty minor group of people in figure skating photography...
hope that you can tell me I am wrong.

[jeeperman]

Hi Bill and welcome! Sorry I don't have a clue about figure skating. I am sure there will be others though that shoot similar situations. Hockey, indoor soccer and the like will have some similar pitfalls. Low light is likely the biggest of them. Then I would guess distance and it sounds if you have a start to a handle on both. Enjoy!

[Diane Darlow]

Hi Bill, I hale from Sunny South Africa so figure skating to us means roller skates or roller blading! However, I love photographing these. Skate boarding is especially popular here and a skate park is a great place for photographers. I like frozen moment photos, but saw some panning photographs that appeal to me even more. Is this your sister or daughter? She is so pretty. The photo of her on your profile is great.
Di

[Bill Yeung]

Hi, Diane:

She is my daughter, - Rainbow is her name, she figure skated for 2.5 years, started at 3.5 yrs old.
We have skate board in Vancouver too, some skate board park where they can go crazy.... I like them more in those park more than in the side walk, drive way!!!!!!!!!!!
So, you mainly shoot outside sport. then, you are lucky in don't need a big aparture (= expensive) zoom lens to have great pictures....
Bill