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Just been and taken a few golf picture. Was early evening 6pm ish. Trouble I was having was with the light. The sun was low and I was nearly always shooting into the sun, obviously my position couldn't have been changed and as I was also playing didn't really have much time to play with settings. Anyone Able to offer some advice or setting required. Shots were coming out really bright or with a real haze over them. Would be nice to go out next time and if the lighting conditions whee the same have a rough idea of what to start off with.

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The first bit of advice is the obvious:

Either take photos or play golf. If you try to both, then both will suffer.

If you have time, meter off the grass and shoot in manual. If you can get permission (& the players don't mind) then try using some fill flash, but only if you are talking the pic after the stroke has been played. :)
 
Yes understand your point, fortunately for me my golf will be fine but the photography will naturally suffer when trying to do both.

The issues I was getting where mainly through the player being in the shade but the camera behind pointed directly in the sun. Was at a bit of a loss as to what to do to counter it.
 
Wait until they are taking a shot and you're not pointin towards the sun
 
Shoot in manual mode and expose for the shaded subject. Set the aperture to be what you want, then adjust the shutter speed and ISO accordingly. To get the exposure right, use trial and error or, more effectively, look for an area of shade and take your exposure from that.

Alternatively, use one of the automatic modes, look for an area of shade, lock your exposure using the exposure lock button which hopefully you've got on the back of the camera somewhere, and then take the shot.

The background will be overexposed if you're shooting into the sun, but the golfer will be correctly exposed.
 
Tobers said:
Shoot in manual mode and expose for the shaded subject. Set the aperture to be what you want, then adjust the shutter speed and ISO accordingly. To get the exposure right, use trial and error or, more effectively, look for an area of shade and take your exposure from that.

Alternatively, use one of the automatic modes, look for an area of shade, lock your exposure using the exposure lock button which hopefully you've got on the back of the camera somewhere, and then take the shot.

The background will be overexposed if you're shooting into the sun, but the golfer will be correctly exposed.
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Cheers thanks for that. Will give that a go later this week. Unfortunately my course is a traditional style 9 holes out 9 holes back so for half the round I will always be facing the sun!

Thanks for the help.
 
What about deliberately exposing so that the golfer appears as a silhouette?
 
Leslie said:
What about deliberately exposing so that the golfer appears as a silhouette?
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This was something I was thinking about doing as well. Will be giving it a go next time.
 
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