HV71 - Sheffield Steelers (Champions Hockey League)

Yesterday i shoot the first game for this hockey season.
Assignment was from HV71, to deliver images to CHL (Champions Hockey League), via Getty images.
This time  was also able to use a remote.
As I've been writing about before. You can newer trust a remote.
You can read about that here:
http://blogg.photo-it.net/2015/12/newer-trust-remote-hockey-u18-hv71-malmo.html
This time i had some luck and got some useful images out from it.

Soccer J-södra - Sundsvall

“In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices.”

― James E. Faust

Workshop rekomendation (Soccer Örebro - J-södra).

“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

― Michael Jordan


Lars Dareberg & Jonas Lindqvist håller workshop igen.
Båda har gjort ett antal OS, och vunnit ett antal priser i fototävlingar i sportklasserna.
Både här i Sverige och internationellt.
Behöver jag säga mer!?
Rekommenderas skarpt för dig som vill bli bättre på sportfoto.

Team handball with a remote.

I don't shoot handball a lot.
But yesterday there was a friendly game between Sweden and the Czech republic. And i was allowed to use a remote.
Hope to be able to work more with remotes in the future.

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

― Aristotle

Choosing the "wrong" position - for the remote.

Earlier I've been writing about "choosing the right position" a couple of times.
Se here: http://blogg.photo-it.net/2013/07/choosing-right-position.html
and here: http://blogg.photo-it.net/2014/02/choosing-right-position-2world-junior.html
Recently i wrote about the importance of not relying on a remote to get the job done: http://blogg.photo-it.net/2015/12/newer-trust-remote-hockey-u18-hv71-malmo.html

Saturday i did a "self assignment" att a youth hockey game.
Where i "challenged myself". For the first half of the game i used a 400mm lens + the "roof remote". For the second half of the game. I only used the remote.
Now, there was in total 4 goals in the game. All in the "wrong" goal, which was not covered by my remote.
From a journalistic perspective. The last picture, where the winning team celebrates their victory, would work.
Other than that. I used a different setup than the last time i used a remote. This time i covered a smaller part of the ice.
Instead of using 70mm on a 1D mkIV (equal of 88mm on a "full frame"). I used 102 mm on a 1Dx.
(So now im planing on bying a 85/1,8 lens for my 1D mkIV. Equal to 106mm on a "full frame").

And as you can see, i couldn't resist to crop my images in a "Instagram style".

Newer trust a remote (hockey U18 HV71 - Malmö) - updated X2

When working with remotes there are two things to always remember.
1. Newer ever rely on them to get the job done.
2. Be careful with setting things up in a popper and secure way.
One week ago, i used a "roof remote". But messed up with the focus.
So no images from the remote was sharp enough to be used.
I nailed down to what mistake i had done.
And gave it a "new shoot" today.

When it comes to rule #2, i do have a business liability insurance.
With a limit of 10 Million Swedish kronor. That's about $1,2 Million.

I would strongly argue against setting up a roof remote without a proper liability insurance. Or without proper security arrangements.
Which includes setting up and removing the gear when there is nobody on the ice/floor below.
If you drop your gear. It can seriously hurt somebody.

I secure everything with security cables.
I.E. steel wires with a loop in both ends. One wire for my "friction arm".
One for my lens. With a hose clamp around the lens.
And one for my camera body. Attached with cable ties in the mount for the camera straps.
To secure the cables, i use lockable carabineers.
The friction arm i use: https://www.manfrotto.com/variable-friction-arm
With a super clamp in one end.
https://www.manfrotto.com/universal-super-clamp-with-ratchet-handle
To release the remote camera, i use Pocket Wizard Plus III. (Using, LR, Long range, mode).
http://www.pocketwizard.com/products/transmitter_receiver/plus%20iii/
The one on the roof remote is attached with a super clamp. Secured to a security cable with cable ties.

And, well, i could not resist the possibility to take a "remote selfie".