Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon 18-70
f/9.5 at 1/320
ISO 100
My interest in photography started way back when I was 14 years old. Back then I was a skateboarder and had a subscription to Skateboarder Magazine. I was always impressed with the pictures of people doing crazy things like this BMX rider I present here.
I took this picture at a skate park near the PNE grounds. I went there to shoot the Italian garden but once I saw what these guys were doing I ignored the garden completely. It kind of took me back to my youth.
In terms of technical considerations, it was a bright sunny day so I had no problems getting a fast shutter speed while still on a low ISO setting. I had never shot something like this myself. I watched the riders for a while and learned the routes they would take and then positioned myself accordingly. This shot is a horizontal image that has been cropped to vertical to increase the apparent height of the rider.
Did these guys mind you were shooting them? What kind of skate boarding tricks did you know to do? We should talk shop :-)
ReplyDeleteThese guys liked me taking their pictures. They all wanted me to send them copies. However, I lost the piece of paper with their contact info so I could not follow through. No one ever took my picture so I have no record of the tricks I used to do on a skateboard.
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