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Response to Street photos of skaters, how could I have done this better?

from John Kantor (jkantor@mindspring.com)
This is obviously a scan of prints (done on color paper?). All I saw at first (and second) glance was tiny figures with little detail next to an indistinct blob that I only later recognized as a skateboarder.

How about doing it in color (get them to wear something bright) with strong fill flash with a dragged shutter? Cliched - except that against the grey buildings you'd get something really interesting. (Also do it as a horizontal, from farther to the left with the skater just off-center to the right. Try it from an elevated position so that you are on the same level and with a normal lens. Try a colored gell on the fill. Try it at night with gelled strobes on everyone. Tony's idea about shooting from next to the spectators is also really good. Shots like this have to be staged to have any decent chance of succeeding.)

(posted 8784 days ago)

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