Lighting with Flash: Sports from Action to Portraits

Photographer David Hobby employs multiple strobes to capture young soccer players in action and in portraits.

Introduction

• Setting the stage: Soccer kids
• Strategies for shooting outdoors with small flashes

1. The Photo Shoot

• The lighting plan
• First test shots
• A closer look at the lighting
• The photo shoot
• Lighting notebook: Goalkeepers in action

2. Portrait of the Soccer Kids

• Setting up for a portrait
• The photo shoot
• Lighting notebook: Soccer kids portrait

3. Photo Shoot: Fencers

• Setting the stage

4. Group Portrait of the Fencers

• The lighting plan
• The photo shoot
• Lighting notebook: Group portrait

5. Fencers in Action

• Hanging a strobe from a high ceiling without throwing it
• The lighting plan
• The photo shoot
• Deconstructing the shoot
• The photo shoot continues
• Lighting notebook: Fencers in action