Tomorrow starts the "show choir" season. Think "Glee" TV show, if you haven't seen it before. People love it or hate it.
Anyway, I usually record when I am allowed, and this particular venue won't permit it. But I'd love to get some action shots of my daughter dancing anyway--this is her first year with the high intensity mixed show choir group, and they do a lot of high intensity stuff that's fun--hair tossing, and spins, and kicks, and you name it. Anyway, I have had much more difficulty filming it than I ever did with her playing volleyball, or my son playing soccer, or taking photos of basketball or baseball games. All that is so much easier.
So I'm going to start over. Where do I begin? Usually I do the general program setting, and let it be automatic everything. Get a lot of blurred photos that way.
The good news is--tomorrow is show choir competition # 1 of 4 I'll be attending in the next six weeks or so. So when I screw up the photos, if I learn anything, I'll have a chance to fix it. I'm not looking for perfection, just non-blurred photos that can be emailed, etc.
Setting tomorrow:
* Indoor, but should be good stage lighting. It's at the Renaissance and Montgomery Arts Center, which is really nice.
* Guessing I won't have a great seat to take photos. Not sure what my zoom will be
* Fast action movements
Now--where do I start?
Do I start by selecting...
Aperture priority? If I choose that setting on the dial, I can change that from f2.8 to 8.0. And I have NO idea what that means. I can additionally select the ISO setting from 100 to 1600, or leave it automatic. And I can choose quality from 6 blocks or 3 blocks, or 6 block RAW, 3 block RAW, or RAW in big capital letters. It is currently at 6 blocks, not that I know what any of that means. There are other things like I.EXPOSURE, Metering Mode, etc. that I am afraid to touch.
OR
Shutter priority? If I choose that setting, I can change from 1 through a number of settings to a maximum of 1/2000. Same other options as above. No idea what the f2.8 to 8.0 aperture thing is when shutter priority is selected.
OR
Program AE? if I choose that setting, I can scroll down to a min. shtr speed and go from 1 to a maximum of 1/250. No idea what the f2.8 thing is on this setting either. Can choose ISO also
OR
Manual exposure? That allows me to change the shutter using the entire range to 1/2000. It says f2.8 at the bottom of the screen; not sure if that can be changed or not. Hmm. I have no idea what happened, but it changed to 43.0. Needless to say, I am very unfamiliar with this one. It also has some graphs or something where it looks like you can move something +1 or -1, etc. in various settings, but have no idea what that is, either.
OR
Sports setting, select Indoor sports, and leave the rest of it alone?
We will get there a couple hours early and see 2 or 3 groups and Ill practice a little with them first. But I am fully expecting to butcher these as I've done in the past.
Any starting point?
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