As the winter sports are fast approaching Swimming & Diving is getting under way. As in most indoor sports (even at the D1 level) lighting is always an issue. The best way I have found to overcome lighting conditions at indoor arenas, gym and other venues is to make sure you have some sort of white balance card. I use the WhiBal card. This will insure your shooting is properly balanced and you have correct colors. Many people will just find something white in the shot (ie white shirt, a sneaker, part of a sock ect.)I used these items in the past with some degree of success. But, one thing your need to remember is how many times do you take something out of the laundry and say to yourself "Man this is dingy?" The WhiBal card is a true neutral, as with many other white balance cards on the market, so you know you your whites will be white.
As far as shooting and noise reduction. I will tend to under expose most of my indoor shooting anywhere between 1.5 and 3 stops. Doing this I am able to keep my shutter speed up over 1/500th of a second. This is essential for any sport at the college level. The younger athletes you can get away with slower shutter speeds. To get a image the is properly exposed I will do some post processing in Adobe Lightroom. This program is very good for batch editing. After I correct the white balance, I apply it to one image and adjust the exposure, noise and other levels to acquire an acceptable image. Then I will batch process all the images with the same adjustments made to the sample image. Some of the images may need further correcting but, 90% of the post processing is complete with batch processing.
I hope this little explanation comes in handy!! And happy shooting.
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