I photographed the Colorado High School Volleyball Playoffs this weekend at the Denver Coliseum. The playoffs feature five courts playing simultaneously all in the main arena of the Coliseum. This makes it easy to switch between courts and jump from game to game. The weekend started with pool play and advanced to the championship round. As usual, volleyball was full of exciting moments and emotion to photograph. Unfortunately, most of the drama seemed reserved for the earlier rounds as most of the finals were over in 3 straight sets. I shot the 5A final and 1A finals. Congratulations to Grandview and Fleming for repeating as state champions.
I alternated between shooting the action from the floor and going up into the stands to get a bird’s eye view of the action. I prefer to shoot from higher up so I can see the players’ faces above the net. I also took the opportunity to try out a new Canon 7D MKII camera. The autofocus performed flawlessly. Finally, Canon has put high end technology in an affordable body. The Coliseum isn’t the best lit building so capturing action requires using high ISOs and fast lenses. I was shooting at ISO 3200 at f 2.8.
