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Tim Hallam
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p.1 #1 · Bmx

Looking for some C&C on these...

I don't generally shoot sports but I used to ride a lot of bmx and I enjoy shooting it when I can.

This is one of my riding buddies...

Juan Carlos at the Klamath Falls skatepark in Oregon:

These were shot using natural light. with a 17mm on a D60, ISO 400.

Thanks for looking -

Tim

Edited on Nov 04, 2009 at 04:43 AM · View previous versions

Nov 01, 2009 at 01:09 AM

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p.1 #2 · Bmx

I like the first one a lot. I would just say shoot more and get more vairations of angles. When I posted bmx shots, everyone said I was too far away...but thats my preference to show perspective...so i learned some people like the in your face shots. I dont think there is anything wrong with these two though.

I shoot a lot at a cement park similar to this and I always find that the shots are kind of boring becuase of all the dull tone from the cement....searching for a way to get these kind of images to pop more and I think off camera flash is the only way to do that.

Nov 03, 2009 at 05:06 PM

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p.1 #3 · Bmx

They are nice, i almost feel they are too isolated, as said a flash to help pull the rider from the bg might help

solid shots tho

Nov 03, 2009 at 05:18 PM

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p.1 #4 · Bmx

Thanks for the comments guys... Yeah, I flash would have been nice. These were taken using natural light. The built in flash and the flashboot on my D60 aren't functional. I have since acquired a better, fully functional camera. But, the 17-35mm I used for these shots broke. So currently my widest lens is 28mm... Which just doesn't quite cut it for this stuff.

People do like in your face action... Shooting a sport like bmx I think you have to have in your face action in the photos for people to really appreciate them, unless you're showing other riders a "spot" in which case you'd want to show more perspective. People who don't ride don't see a location the same way as a bmxer does, therefore you present them with a tighter framed image that shows the apex of the trick or the facial expression of the rider.

That's my $0.02...

Tim

Nov 05, 2009 at 06:18 PM


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