Having fun at Fencing once again!

I have always had a good time photographing Fencing at the Olympics, and try to make it to that venue at least once per Olympics. Yesterday was that day for me. 

One of my favorite photos from the Tokyo Olympics was this multi-exposure shot. You may remember seeing it. The unique thing about the fencing venues is that they have always been theatrically lit, with dark backgrounds and nice lighting on the athletes. This is perfect for photographing these athletes dressed in white.

For these Olympics, the sport of fencing is being held in the amazing Grand Palais. As I walked into the press center of the building, I was in awe of the beautiful architecture. When entering the competition area, I was surprised to see it in regular daylight. That is definitely different! 

For the fencing images, I decided to use the Canon R5 MKII once again. And since we are so close to the action (basically sitting next to the teams), I used a combination of the RF 24-70mm lens and a RF 70-200mm lens. 

It was fun to photograph the athletes, but once again I was left flat and kicked into multi-exposure mode. This is the same mode I used in Tokyo.

I did bursts of 4 images at a time and really liked what I was getting. Unlike previous Olympics, with the dark backgrounds, I was able to get decent results with the crowd in the background. But then I thought "I am in this amazing building, I should shoot wide to show more of it." So...

...that is what I did. And to remind you all, this is all done in the camera. There is a setting called "Multiple Exposure" on most newer cameras and you can set how many images you want to overlap. I was shooting in a high speed burst mode to get the action captured and stacked quickly.

I got these two wide multi-exposure shots and was happy with them. Fun stuff huh?

Then I had to get out of the venue and make the 2 hour long trek back to water polo to photograph the next game. 

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