Filming

[Jason Mills]

Can you video a game from centerfield according to nfhs rules?

[maven]

I'm guessing that you mean the area that is out of play behind center field? In that case, of course—all that's prohibited is using the video for any purpose during the game.

[SeeingEyeDog]

I would also add that there is a consideration for "The Batter's Eye"...and for that matter, The Umpire's Eye and The Catcher's Eye, too.

If there is a reflection or distraction by said camera then the umpire can order that it be removed or relocated. I have had this occur with still photographers taking photos from behind the fence in CF but, they chose an angle that was causing problems for those at the plate and they were re-located.

~Dawg

[johnnyg08]

3 hours ago, Jason Mills said:

Can you video a game from centerfield according to nfhs rules?

Sure. 

[Velho]

1 hour ago, SeeingEyeDog said:

I have had this occur with still photographers taking photos from behind the fence in CF but, they chose an angle that was causing problems for those at the plate and they were re-located.

Noise distraction too. I've had a photographer with rapid shoot that sounded like a machine gun going off from a very close backstop. I moved that guy real quick.

[Kevin_K]

1 hour ago, Velho said:

Noise distraction too. I've had a photographer with rapid shoot that sounded like a machine gun going off from a very close backstop. I moved that guy real quick.

You really have rabbit ears if you can hear a shutter from a camera that's beyond the wall in CF.

 

[Velho]

2 hours ago, Kevin_K said:

3 hours ago, Velho said:

Noise distraction too. I've had a photographer with rapid shoot that sounded like a machine gun going off from a very close backstop. I moved that guy real quick.

You really have rabbit ears if you can hear a shutter from a camera that's beyond the wall in CF.

 

I got too concise given a context switch. The camera was behind the backstop.

[The Man in Blue]

5 hours ago, Velho said:

Noise distraction too. I've had a photographer with rapid shoot that sounded like a machine gun going off from a very close backstop. I moved that guy real quick.

It's a digital camera, he can shut the sound off.  Unless he is just trying to be cool and show off his long lens for the ladies.  🙄

I keep it off when I shoot, but I do turn the sound on when I send my students to shoot (yearbook class).  Otherwise, they just hold the button down and don't think they are getting any pictures.

 

[The Man in Blue]

6 hours ago, SeeingEyeDog said:

I would also add that there is a consideration for "The Batter's Eye"...and for that matter, The Umpire's Eye and The Catcher's Eye, too.

If there is a reflection or distraction by said camera then the umpire can order that it be removed or relocated. I have had this occur with still photographers taking photos from behind the fence in CF but, they chose an angle that was causing problems for those at the plate and they were re-located.

~Dawg

 

I'll add another odd situation when I have shooed fans out of centerfield . . . When dad comes from work to his daughter's softball game and is still wearing his high-vis yellow shirt.

[834k3r]

13 hours ago, The Man in Blue said:

It's a digital camera, he can shut the sound off.  Unless he is just trying to be cool and show off his long lens for the ladies.  🙄

If it's a news or other professional photographer--or even a serious hobbyist--he'll use a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR). If that's the case, the clicking is a function of the physical shutter and can't be turned off.

[Velho]

54 minutes ago, 834k3r said:

digital single-lens reflex (DSLR). If that's the case, the clicking is a function of the physical shutter and can't be turned off.

True and he sure went and did it somewhere else 🤣

[The Man in Blue]

8 hours ago, 834k3r said:

If it's a news or other professional photographer--or even a serious hobbyist--he'll use a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR). If that's the case, the clicking is a function of the physical shutter and can't be turned off.

Yeah . . . I'm an amateur who just had this handed to him this year . . . 

[beerguy55]

On 1/14/2025 at 7:41 PM, The Man in Blue said:

It's a digital camera, he can shut the sound off.  Unless he is just trying to be cool and show off his long lens for the ladies.  🙄

I keep it off when I shoot, but I do turn the sound on when I send my students to shoot (yearbook class).  Otherwise, they just hold the button down and don't think they are getting any pictures.

Just for something to say, there are countries (like South Korea) that require smartphones to keep the "click" sound on - to combat problems with uninvited upskirt pics.