Action Shots Indoors

[beachbeanb]

Hi everybody - I have been using my Canon Rebel XTi for action shots outdoors ( surfing, skateboarding etc) but my son is on the yearbook staff and he has been trying to shoot basketball games indoors and the pictures are awful. They are blurry and unusable. I have been through the manual but can't find the answer. If any one of you have a suggestion - please let me know. As you can tell - we are REALLY novices but anxious to learn! Thanks in advance!

Beachbeanb

[jdepould]

Fast shutter speed, wide aperture and high ISO. It's pretty tough if you don't have good glass.

I wrote this tutorial over at digital photography school that touches on the subject a little bit.

[andrewdavisphotography]

Get a flash and a diffuser to freeze the motion, then drag the shutter to bring in ambient light.
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2007/09/li ... bient.html

[sean_mcr]

You're going to go to places where flash is simply not allowed and where you can't get in to a position where flash is a viable option. As jdepould pointed out, you need fast lenses if you're going to shoot that subject successfully. Flash alone is not enough

You can't apply that set up on strobist to a fast paced basketball game with no fixed subject

[photoguy9]

You're going to go to places where flash is simply not allowed and where you can't get in to a position where flash is a viable option. As jdepould pointed out, you need fast lenses if you're going to shoot that subject successfully. Flash alone is not enough

You can't apply that set up on strobist to a fast paced basketball game with no fixed subject

[sean_mcr]

You're going to go to places where flash is simply not allowed and where you can't get in to a position where flash is a viable option. As jdepould pointed out, you need fast lenses if you're going to shoot that subject successfully. Flash alone is not enough

You can't apply that set up on strobist to a fast paced basketball game with no fixed subject

Ideal, i have one myself