City - Columbus State - OHIO Country - United States
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Here's a photo of my friend Eli doing an over to icepick at the Hitch Ditch in Columbus. This place was hard as hell to ride but I was thankful to finally be able to ride it. I've gone there about 12 times and its always been too wet to ride. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks again for your comments. i always appreciate them.
as far as metering, what would you suggest i meter off of? i split the difference between the sky and the quarter. as far as a flash goes, i have one but i need more practice with it. any suggestions to improve my flash skills? the brightness is always way too bright or no where near bright enough.
i think one of my problems is letting people rush me before i'm ready. i know i should take a few test shots but i give into people wanting to hurry up.
I think you might want to look at what your metering for in more of your photos. Your look back and this photo have the same characteristics of having this nicely light background and a mildly grey/black forground that should be the focus. Possibly changing what your metering off of, or spending the money on a flash or two would really spark up your photos. Again, nice trick, cool location, but it doesn't speak to me. Your photo of the tail whip off the bench/planters is, IMO, MUCH MUCH better. I can see the riders face clearly and the trick is also clearly defined.
I think you've got real talent, but you need to explore some more techniques as far as action sports photos go.
Try this page...
http://www.theskateboardmag.com/photographs/
There are great photos of skateboarders from some of the best action sports photographers out there. #9 strikes me as something you might like. Exposed for the background, the flash is set at an exposure for the same as the background. The result, as you can see is much more vividly stunning. If the rider was dark, or a sillouette, this photo wouldn't work at all. It might cost you some money, but with that digi camera you have, you should be able to tweak out your exposures and times to the point where you get every photo right on the money.
Make sure to shoot a bunch of test shots of your friends standing in the spot where its going to go down as a way of testing out your exposre before hand... it helps out bunches. May take longer, but in the end, you'll have a better photo.
I hope you're diong well and I can't wait to see some more work.
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