went out with a buddy today cause i wanted to play with the burst mode. took about 100 shots. heres my favorite.

hopefully more to come this weekend if we can get a group of people together at a good spot.











as always, tell me what you think. thanks

 

I know these shots require quick reations, but the uneven horizons take away from the pictures quite a bit.
Also, the subject could be emphisized more by a different angle.

On the positive side, the color is absolutely awesome, beautiful contrast. the last pic is a tad bright but its still not bad. The horizon in pic 3 in really good too.

 

Awsome pics loved the angles wish had had landed it though. What kind of camera did you use.

 

i dont understand the horizon thing. explain?

also yes i know the angle isnt the best but its my first time shooting skateboarding so ill work on it. i didnt like the angle much either but i wanted to catch him landing it

 

thanks and yea it sucks that he didnt land it. its a wierd gap if you know about skateboarding. i dont know why because its not even that big but its just odd. but he will get it on a better day.

ohh and shot them with a nikon d60 with kit lens

 

definitely needed to get much closer! cant be afraid to get in the action with the camera!

and I explained to you the horizon thing. Making/keeping it level, use that ruler tool, then rotate image "arbitrary" and then crop out the white corners. or draw out the crop, then use the arrow at the corn when it's curved and you can rotate it that way.

 

Get closer and watch the background, like the tree for example, it kinda pulls focus away from the skater.

 

read a transworld, skateboard photog is fucking raw but its a whole diff ball game then car shoots, look up atiba jefferson amazing photographer man i wish i still skated i could deff flick that gap lol

 

ok guys. ill work on it. might go skating today or tomorrow so ill bring the camera with

 

When taking the picture, you want the camera as vertically (or horizontally) straight as possible. You can also fix them in photoshop or the likes, but its just easier to do when you take the picture.

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Im not telling you EVERY PIC HAS TO BE PERFECT!!! lol sometimes you may even want this effect. It all depends on the subject and your preference.

And the angle this inst too big a deal either, its all preference. In this situation I would have centered the skateboarder over the blue sky or in front of the buildings walls for an awesome contrast and to keep the focus on him rather then the large tree behind him, or the bright car.

Before I get called out, it is all up to you, you take the pictures the way you want them, but these are just some smaller details to help you out.