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I will be taking some hockey/wrestling photos again this winter but I will not be using auto settings all of the time this year.

For hockey, do you think I should be up at the top of the stands or rink side? I’m relatively new to sports photography (almost 1 1/2 years) so any feedback is appreciated.

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[–] wreeper007@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

With sports the general full of thumb is playing surface side (sidelines) or lower (basketball, volleyball, baseball if lucky).

That’s not to say you can’t get some neat shots from not at those angles but they are usually either exceptional (lens mounted directly above home plate shooting down, behind basketball backboard) or part of a larger story (Nebraska volleyball in their football stadium this year as a wide shot showing the scale).

I’ve never shot hockey but there should be cutouts for lenses. Luckily you don’t need a large opening to shoot through.

Wrestling could be much trickier as they pivot so much