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| civilian2b |
 Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:02 am |
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seriously though...do you guys just shoot on a stricly 'auto' mode..or do you open up the aperature a little or what...just trying to get some tips..i figure with a digi, the biggest thing to get use to would be the delay in digi's
anybody pro's out there using 25mm slr's? what setting are you using
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| ShackleMeNot |
| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:10 pm |
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| I'm still trying to figure out if this is sarcastic or not, lol. |
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| letsgoskatepool |
| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:48 pm |
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| well, usually if you have a nice camera, you will get nice pictures, but the best way to get good pictures is take them with good skaters. |
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| Queue |
| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:17 pm |
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Seth is right about the "good subjects" concept.
In addition, take LOTS and LOTS of shots. You will delete/throw away 80-90% but the others will be good.
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| ShackleMeNot |
| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:51 am |
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| As far as slr's go, get something with a good fps sequence rate, like 4-5 or better, and use fisheye. For shots where fisheye just looks terrible, use a telephoto from a few yards away. As stated by queue, shoot alot more than you think you want to. The average return of good shots is 10%. If you shoot a roll of 36 shots on film, expect 3-6 to be very good shots, the rest you'll probably toss. Same with digital. But as far as most street skating goes, as well as a lot of ramp and pool, fisheye is the key, and make sure you light your subject properly. 2 off camera flashes usually do the trick. Now, i admit i may not know what i'm talking about, but my buddy tom shoots for me all the time, and he gets some killer shots using these techniques |
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| LLpeteJ |
| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:27 am |
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| run about 1600 speed film |
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| ShackleMeNot |
| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 3:03 am |
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| ok LL, that has to be the best avatar ever |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:10 pm |
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OK , well the first thing depend on what kind of photo work you want to do .If it's personnal you got to keep your material .If it's more professional , you will have to buy many many things .A new body with a high flash sync and some high power flashes with some radio slaves that will fire the flashes taking photos far from the spot .
With the gear you own i would say it's better to take some photos when the weather is quiet sunny , this way you will be able to get a good enough speed .
That's it ...of course always reject auto mode , that's what i do .
You can find many answers on this webs www.skateboardphotography.com |
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| that guy |
| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:28 pm |
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| Cement Roots |
| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:47 pm |
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I find knowing your subjects lines help a bunch.... If your using a digital camera that has shutter lag, one work around is to know where your subject is going to pull that move your looking to shoot, first focus on this spot by pushing the shutter down halfway, once the camera is focused make sure your finger keeps the shutter button halfway, follow your subject (this is called panning) till he/she hits the spot where you focused then snap the shot and keep panning past the shot a bit. this also helps give the shot a nice feel of action and speed. this shot below was taken with a Sony S85 (not a real fancy digi cam)
for more pics i've taken check out http://skategeezers.com/ |
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