Rain, rain and rain on the "remote lens".

Todays game should have been played in Värnamo yesterday.
It was moved to today, and another venue. Due to rain...
And during the game. There was some more rain.
Some hitting the lens on my "remote" camera....
Got some kind of "nice" effects out of that.

Preseason hcokey (HV71 - Linköping).

Heavy rain - or how to set up a soccer remote. (Husqvarna - Östersund).

First of all.
Due to heavy rain. Yesterdays soccer game was not only delayed with 4 hours. It was also move to another venue.

To set up a remote. You need two transceivers. And a "remote camera cable".
I use two Pocket Wizard plus III.
The most simple way is to put one of the transceivers in the hot shoe of the "main camera". And the other transceiver with the remote camera cable in the "remote camera". Just connect the cable in the transceiver and the "remote terminal" of the camera.
With this setup, as soon as you take a photo with your main camera. You will also take a photo with your "remote" simultaneously.
This means that you will get a whole lot of "crap" in your remote.
Which is the reason that makes me use a custom cable at my "main camera".
I have built it myself. This allows me to decide if i want to "fire" both the main camera and the remote. Or only the main camera.
Meaning i will get less crap images in the remote.

When setting up a remote for soccer.
I use "fix focus". And put some gaffers tape on my lens. To assure that focus will not be changed by accident.

If you want to know how i built the "floor plate". You can find that here:
http://blogg.photo-it.net/2013/04/how-to-make-stable-remote-standbygg-ett.html

When using a remote. You need to have some luck to get a nice picture.
Some games. Nothing will be useful at all.

Also, it is important to have fully charged batteries in both the the remote camera and the transceivers. I use to set my transceivers in "LR" mode. Which means "Long Range".
And of course. If somebody else works with remotes. To check that i wont use the same radio channel as them.

Udda blåljusjobb - udda brandkårsutryckning.

När jag skulle till affären i Huskvarna och handla.
Så konstaterade jag att brandkåren, och polisen. Står med blåljusen påslagna.
Bokstavligt talat, precis utanför brandstationen.
Den enda "kameran" jag hade med mig. Min iPhone.

"Branden" var begränsad till en plasthink.
Skönt att det inte var något värre. Och för brandmännen ifråga bör det tillhöra kategorin "udda utryckning".

Soccer J-södra - Ljungskile

Challenging myself, soccer in "single shoot mode" (Husqvarna - Sirius).

After reading several discussions, (and writing in one), about the "need" for many FPS (Frames per second in "serial shoot mode") for shooting sports.
I decided to challenge myself. With shooting todays soccer game only in "single shoot mode".
(That's expect for my "remote" camera, the last photo).
It actually worked out a whole lot better than i had expected at first.

When it comes to "action photos". I had more off that, than in any other game for a really long time.
Probably due to the fact that i had to be more focused than if had shoot the game in "high speed mode". That´s 12 FPS with my 1Dx bodies.

I do love that my 1Dx cameras has 12 FPS. When used in the right way. It does make a difference.