Helena, MT. This last weekend I took over to Helena, Montana to ride in the rail jam at the Great Divide called Wild Wood. There were a ton of kids just getting so gnarly there it was super sick to see. With the guys that I went over with, we had a ton of fun just messing around in the car ride over and what not. The riding conditions were pretty icy but it was still super worth it. About half way through the Jam, I busted out the camera gear and started shoot. Thanks to a fellow photographer and friend Essex Prescott (http://s6photoblog.blogspot.com/) I got to use his fish eye which was super fun and I’m thankful for him letting me borrow that. I was shooting with a flash the whole time which was also really good practice for my photography. This weekend shooting was sick because I was trying way different angles than the other photogs there. I wasn’t really trying to get anything super awesome but when I was on the trip back, I was pretty amazed on how some of the shots turned out. There are a lot of them, but here are the photos:
Those are them. I also have 1 other I’d like to share, gettin artsy.
Thanks a lot for viewing!
-Steve
Brotripping… It’ll change your life hahah
I’m digging the shot of Colin Collins(blue pants)
One thing to watch out for, the butt shots, you really wanna make sure for action sports shots you have their face in most all the shots, It’s one big thing I learned from Wheels&Wax.
The fire shot is way good too. I love shooting with the fisheye cuz flash can’t usually cover your entire frame because the lens is so wide. That last shot really shows it, on point lighting is the word that comes to mind. Nice Work
sick shots!!! I really like the ones with cory towards the end.
And I agree with the infamous “S6″ stay away from the butt shots, get their face, that must be why i like the ones with cory a lot
killer shots again
Wow, I was going to say the exact same thing- you have to have faces in the shot, otherwise it is an outtake. I have lost many shots this way. It is like in sports where there are balls, you have to have the ball in the frame or else the photo gets pitched. Also, watch the exposure on some of these- there is too many to scroll back up
but I remember one up there where the exposure is on the sky and the rider gets lost in the darkness of the trees. About the only time a butt shot can work is if the rider is a smaller part of the whole photo- think about the movie poster that I have in the room for Pretty Good. I don’t remember if the rider’s face can be seen or not, it is not important in that shot.
Lastly, be careful with the number of shots that you post. Post too many and it looks like you don’t have the ability to edit down your shoot. Edit it down.
You have some really nice shots here. Good work, keep shooting.