Before I went out I had ideas of what I wanted to achieve. Apart from improving my techniques to allow me to freeze the snow sports action, I wanted to capture snowboarding in its most natural surroundings.
The photos I have chosen in this album allow me to show the snowboarder and the skills involved but also the tranquility of the surroundings. I would describe this as a cross between landscape and action photography.
Whilst taking these images I tried to consider where on the frame the snowboarder (main subject) would be. Different positioning allows me to create or capture the expansive setting. The following link shows an example of this. This is referred to as the rule of thirds.
Having shot most of my previous work within the UK the first thing I had noticed and had to adapt to was the lighting condition. Obviously lighting conditions in the snow are much brighter. This affected the F-stops I used and as a result the shutter speed.
My first few images were over exposed. Example here.
As noted above, after a quick adjust of aperture and shutter speed I was able to re-shoot and get better results. Shown here.
Hi Carl,
ReplyDeleteAside from being really jelous that you got to the slopes as did not get to go this year. Really like the shots and the jumps look great. Like the one with the board in forground really gives the photo depth.
John
Hi
ReplyDeletethis blog entry with its links to snowboarding you did on location in Austria ticks off a large number of criteria, can you expand on the kit and equipment you used and thoughts and ideas as regards comparing your outcomes to what you have researched to add value and improvement to your own work.
This meets 1.1,1.3,1.4,1.6,1.7,1.8 mention health and safety and it will meet 1.9 as well.
2.2 as test shots are ongoing,
steve