THE BALL BREAK SHOT
Getting a ball break shot used to be the end all, be all
tournament photo—the one you dragged yourself and
your gear to the field for ten hours a day for. A decade
ago ball break shots were so rare that if you got one or
two per 4000 images shot, you were doing great. And
now Gary, Zac, Glenn, Erik, Josh and the rest of the
crew spits them out like they’re nothing. In fact, they’ve
gotten this down to a science. Zac’s shot on this page
shows the ball, just after it hit the player and before it
splits apart. Gary, Glenn and Dave’s shots in the pages
following show how much paint you can capture with
a variety of shutter speed settings. Thousandths of
a second (shutter speed) will make all the difference
between stopping the ball mid-flight or mid-break, or
capturing the paint as it sweeps across the subject.
Photo By Zac Arbuckle, at Dreaded Legends, FL
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