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I have been asked to help with some action photography, specifically a wrestling match, and I thought this would be some really good practice; as it's family and it's practice for me I wont be charging.

I'm posting on here for some tips on how to do some good shots. I have a Nikon D3200 with a 50mm 1.8G, 18-55mm (kit lens), 55-300mm. Some examples of the tip(s) i'm after are what lens I should use (do I go for a telephoto or do I stick with a prime for a larger aperture possibility), what is the lowest shutter speed should I use for action shots (so I can then compensate with higher ISO & aperture etc) and any other useful tips!

For information I'll be at ring side, walking around the ring to take pictures.

Any tips welcome!
 
If it's inside and low lighting you may think about going with a fast lens like the. 50. The problem with that is if you open it up to more light you will more than likely have a hard time hitting your focus points . You see your dof will be shallow and the subjects will be moving fast so you may end up with an elbow in focus and their face out of focus. I would consider a flash if possible and stop down the lens. At least this way you will have more usable shots when your done.
 
Thank you for the help; would you opt for the camera flash or an external one? I have an external, but it's made for a Canon (it fits and works - I don't know if I'm losing functionality as I've never used a Nikon one).

What I don't want to do is blind the wrestlers with the flash or affect anyone/anything else by doing it. By stop down the lens, do you mean stop down the F number?

So you would recommend the 50mm prime and not a telephoto lens?
 
Hi. This might be better posted in Talk Sports. However, fwiw, flash is probably a bad idea unless its some training session. Probably not allowed at a competition. Best angles tend to be low under the bottom rope. A 50mm may be fine if its all you've got. lighting tends to be poor at these venues, so zoom and kit lens may not give you sufficient shutter speed.
 
I was thinking flash not be best as it could blind or cause disruption, and that can caused injuries! So it's best with my 50mm at 1.8; what would you say the shutter speed should be at it's slowest? Or is that something I'll have to figure out on the day?

I'll post this in Talk Sports :)
 
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