Long Beach Middle School Div I Volleyball Championships Rogers Mustangs vs Hughes Owls

I had a very busy weekend with volleyball and flag football. Although I'm sharing the volleyball first, it was the flag football I shot first.

Here are some shots from the Division I Volleyball Championship.

Long Beach Middle School Division I Volleyball Championships

Stanford Hawks vs Hughes Owls

To view and order pictures from this event, just click on the post heading.

These games marked the end of a very long day. Both of these two teams played outstandning. They play the best of 5-games for the championships and they tood advantage of each and every game. Very exciting to watch, let alone capture the action. I often found myself watching and thinking to myself "That would have made a great picture", and here I am with two camera. You just got to love the action, I know I do.

This first set of shots were taken from center court behind the score keepers. This position gave me great flexability to shoot either team during play.

All of these were shot with my 300 f/2.8. I also shot with my 70-200 f/2.8, which was on my Canon 40D and will add those to this post when finished with my editing.

This last set of pictures were taken from the far end of the court. I just came from the balcony where I wasn't happy with the shots I was getting there, so I decided to shoot from this angle to capture some spikes and blocks at the top of the net. I also was hoping for some individual player shots as the last two show.

Middle School Volleyball - "First round playoffs"

It's the first round of playoffs for our middle school volleyball teams. I needed one more game for my commitment with a paticular school so I shot the first round at their school. I will be shooting the championship games in early November at one of our local high schools.


Any hoot, here are some action shots from tonight game. For this game I shot at aperture priority at f/2.8, ISO 1600, with a shutter speed of 1/400 or 1/500.

Middle School Volleyball - Game I

It's late (11pm) and I just finished going through 800 football pictures from todays game, but that's not what this post is for. Yesterday I shot the first of two middle school volleyball games. I kept the 70-200 f/2.8L on and shot manual again. ISO was at 1600 and the shutter went between 1/400 - 1/500, aperture 2.8. Here are a few shots from the game.

No action in this shot but I just like the way it came out.