I’m planning a future article on lighting in the rink. Something I want to try is slowing the shutter to 1/30 while taking the custom white balance off the ice. I’ve heard this might even out the colors and make it less likely to get the pink or blue ice with the fluorescent lights. I’ll put my results in the article.

Why would you want to do that? Well, some arenas are lit by lighting systems that change color temperature many times per second. Depending on exactly when your camera’s shutter is open, the color of the light might be different. Mercury-vapor lights are notorious for showing this problem, and adjusting the white balance on a per-frame basis can be the only way to produce shots with the correct color.