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Hi, i am new to the forum and was hoping for some advice. I have recently bought my first dslr (d3000) and i am loving it, but there is one thing i am having trouble with.

I want to be able to take a dynamic photograph of a friend in the middle of a golf swing during daylight, obviously at the moment impact the golf club will be travelling at almost 100mph, however when i increase the shutter speed the image is always too dark, what should i do? Any responses would be hugely appreciated, Thanks Gav.
 
Make sure you shoot on tv( shutter priority setting). This means you can choose the speed you want and the camera should optimise aperture and iso to expose the shot correctly. This assumes there is enough light.
 
I would of thought frames per second would be a big factor here, d3000 has 3fps, i would definitely shoot on continuous mode.

Maybe try on the driving range to get more practice as on an actual round of golf the amount of shots you get to take to get practice on is limited
 
If it's too dark, you need to increase the ISO (or use a wider aperture setting if it's not at its widest). Of course if you go too high, the image will be noisy. I imagine a golf swing would need a shutter speed of about 1/1000, which isn't impossible if it's a nice day.
 
I was scrolling down wondering why flash had not been mentioned and then Jason got in there. Use flash of course.
 
I see two ways....

Firstly, up your ISO to give you a fast enough shutter speed to freeze motion AND get a half-decent aperture for reasonable depth-of-field. That's the low-tech approach that will get you a shot but you may find that in anything but flat, overcast light you'll have shadows that will be hard to keep control of.

The other way is to add flash into the shot. This will kill shadows and even things out. If you can take it off camera then that's better for lighting the subject evenly, as opposed to flash coming from the camera position and probably hitting the clubhead first where it will probably blow out the highlights. Side-lighting using a TTL cord or a trigger system gives even lighting across the subject but if you're going dow the non-TTL route then watch your sync speed (usually 1/250th).

Personally, if you have access to off-camera flash, then I'd go that route for a more impactive shot. Use a lower flash power with the flash set to manual mode - 1/64th, something like that - as the lower flash power will freeze action better, although you may need to up your ISO and open up the aperture a bit more than you'd like. Also, don't use so low a flash power that it doesn't register in the expsoure. Meter the flash and set the exposure around that I'd say...

Timing is going to be key, so practise, practise, practise. I do a lot of casting shots for angling mags and these are the shots that often need the most work to mix good body position, facial expression and lighting.
 
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Would photographing on a tripod and using a remote shutter cable help here?

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johnnypanic said:
Would photographing on a tripod and using a remote shutter cable help here?

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Not particularly. The trouble is he needs to freeze the motion, but at that shutter speed there's not enough light to get a properly exposed photo. A tripod will ensure that compositionally it's consistent, but it won't really help in giving more light to freeze motion.

The main options are to either get a faster lens, or have more light (either go when it's a nice sunny day, or a flash as others have mentioned).
 
I would deffinately go for the flash option, flash will freeze the subject perfectly.
 
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