[Leica] SO YOU WANT TO COVER THE OLYMPICS????? :-)HOW TO: HOCKEY GAMES!! :-)

[Barry98 at telus.net (Barry Hinderks)]

+1 Dr Ted

BarryH


At 04:31 PM 30/07/2012, you wrote:
>Mark Rabiner OFFERED:
>>>>One thing I've never done but would love to do is shoot some
>Hockey. That would be a real test of ones reflexes.<<<
>
>OK so here's your first lesson on shooting ice hockey. :-) Piece of 
>cake really. You just have to be in the right seat and have the 
>right lens with the reflexes of a cat or faster! ;-)
>
>1/ YOUR LOCATION SHOULD BE AT THE BOARDS RIGHT INLINE WITH THE 
>GOALIE! In effect shooting across the ice and not behind the goalie. 
>You can move BEHIND for the third period just for something different.
>
>2/ A LEICA OF YOUR CHOICE WITH A 90MM LENS.  Motor drive or fast Tom 
>Abrahamsson's RapidWinder works beautifully! It's preferred, not to 
>machine gun film or pixels. But to shoot as fast as possible simply 
>because when the action gets hot in front of the net you want that 
>camera clicking quickly as things are moving and changing rapidly. 
>Don't think about it! Just shoot it! If you are wasting time giving 
>any thought, you will miss the puck as it goes in the net! It is 
>very important to be right in line with the goalie or the net posts 
>as this lens length will give you lots of nice full frame images as 
>the jam-ups occur in front of the net.
>
>3/ A second body, maybe with a 100mm for players faces and tighter 
>images of the goalie!
>
>4/ Some also use a 300mm for shooting toward the other end. I never 
>bother as rarely are they any good. Unless a fight breaks out on the 
>ice then it's of some use.
>
>My suggestion on this use is...... "whack the guy who started the 
>fight a good one on the side of his head!!"
>"A REAL GOOD ONE, THEN CLAIM ACCIDENTAL SLIP OUT OF YOUR HANDS! BUT 
>GIVE HIM ONE HE'LL REMEMBER THE NEXT TIME HE THINKS HE WANTS TO 
>FIGHT!  INSTEAD OF SHOWING HOW SKILLED HE IS AT... putting the puck 
>in the net!"
>
>Simply because ice hockey is about skill in skating, stick handling 
>and "PLAYING THE GAME!" Not the damn violence we see so much of 
>these days encouraged by the team owners who know there is nothing 
>like "a fight to bring out the "MENTALLY RETARDED PAYING MIND DEAD 
>MORON FANS " for the next game! IE: More money in the owners pockets!!
>
>It does seem I have a bit of an attitude about fighting and playing 
>hockey! :-) WHY? Its a beautiful game of a humans' ability for 
>speed, skill of body and stick in hands while putting the puck in 
>the net. I played lots of it as I grew up and onto high school 
>teams. Loved it for it's speed of motion and scoring a goal!
>
>There now, next time you hear of a hockey game being played, all you 
>need is a front row seat right at the boards and inline with the 
>goal mouth and a 90mm lens and yer off to some great action! Oh yeah 
>don't get all hottied-up about shooting through the rinkside glass 
>protecting you from sizzling pucks through the air and or a stick in 
>the head. You will probably be shooting wide open or nearly so and 
>the lens right at the glass. So anything on the glass will be out of 
>focus and if your using a Leica nothing will show but your great 
>skill at shooting hockey !! :-)
>
>So off you go now lad and post a few come the fall! :-) We'll be watching! 
>:-)
>
>cheers,
>Dr. ted.
>
>
>
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