Back to basics: The results
So, I (somewhat self-righteously) wrote a couple of days ago about how I was growing tired of the remote-flashed mountain bike shots that were seemingly the new vogue among new shooters in the industry; of course I neglected to mention there’s a ton of guys who are doing it really well, managing to keep the ‘feel’ of what it is to mountain bike, for me at least, while still getting to play around with some really creative lighting techniques. Seb Rogers is one, I’m sure I’ve linked to it to before, but if you haven’t seen the fantastic blog he writes about being one of the UK’s top working pros, it’s a must read.
Anyway, the point of this post is that I got the slides back from the lab a couple of days ago, and felt it only right to post a few. The best shots I’ve squirreled away to send off to mags, so unfortunately you get the second bests here, but what do you expect for free? With any luck, the ‘A’ shots should be on newsstands at some point in the future.
Knowing how nice the foliage is out on the ‘Sunshine’ Coast, I packed a couple of rolls of Velvia 100, famed for its transformation of greens and red into super-saturated blocks of vibrance. I needed more speed than ISO 100 in the trees, though, so I pushed the film 2 stop to 400 to get the faster shutter speed required (I said ‘faster’, not ‘fast’ - I don’t think I got above 1/60th all day), the added benefit being an extra bump in contrast and saturation, just what I was looking for.
Needless to say, the scans below don’t do the original slides justice, my crappy flatbed scanner really needs replacing with the real-deal at some point, but for now, it’ll do.
Those are indeed great photos. I’m trying to learn how to use remote flash with my photos in a subtle way but keep getting the full-on flash effect instead. Looking at your photos, I might just go back to not using flash at all
June 21st, 2007 at 12:23 pmWow, the guy with the bucket sure is dreamy.
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