Skate Photog - November 2009

[hopanG113]

Me and Dom and my friend Dion went to Battleground Skatepark in Battleground, WA and shot some photos. Got some sick ones I believe, heres a few. Mildly edited in Lightroom.

All shots were taken with a Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5 lens, attached was a wide angle fisheye screw on attachment.

Iso - 800
Aperture - 6
Shutter Speed - 600
Exposure - -.2


Backside 180 - 2 flat 2 set - Dom


Frontside Lipslide - Ledge - Dom


Kickflip - 2 flat 2 set - Dion


Heelflip - 2 flat 2 - Dom - slightly more editing


Frontside Ollie - Dom - lots more editing.

[BigTayTay]

Pretty sick man, It's pretty hard to get shots of people doing anything on a skateboard.

Seeing these makes me miss skating.

[hopanG113]

Skate more then
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And thanks for checkin them out.

[hopanG113]

I do not wish to "show off." I wish to progress in the field of photography.

Looks like those who take this seriously do not deserve the attention of this ridiculous fucking forum.

[DelThaFunkeeHomosapien]

Who said that you're a showoff

[infidelities]

Wow these are really good, I've tried taking pictures of my friends skating, and it's really hard sometimes. I want your fish eye lens, I have one, but its in my moms closet until Christmas.....

[junior-mafia]

Frontside Lipslide - Ledge - Dom

that would've looked good with a fish eye

you should go to the forums i visit for tips
http://www.skateboard.com.au/forum/list.cfm?forum=20

[TheWall_]

get yourself a real fisheye ffs

[hopanG113]

get yourself a real fisheye ffs

Oh yeah as soon as I can just magically make 600 bucks appear out of my wallet.
douchebag

[junior-mafia]

get a cheap one off ebay

[hopanG113]

get a cheap one off ebay

For how much? 300 dollars?
They don't even make true fisheye's for the d40 body I don't think....

[junior-mafia]

http://shop.ebay.com.au/?_from=R40&_...All-Categories

[hopanG113]

http://shop.ebay.com.au/?_from=R40&_...All-Categories

Ok those are attachments exactly like the one I use now...lol.

[junior-mafia]

i donno bro

[lovexisxdead]

very inspiring, i love how you captured the motion and everything.
clear action shots are hard to achieve.

[Pirouette]

Where did you get your fish-eye attachment?
I've been trying to find something without shelling out $800 for a lens

[WajtTraesh]

Nice.
Your skating photography turned out better than mine.
Of course, the people that I was photographing weren't really doing a whole lot of skating because it was like...50 degrees or colder.

[hopanG113]

Where did you get your fish-eye attachment?
I've been trying to find something without shelling out $800 for a lens

I actually just traded this dude on craigslist some headphones for it, but the one I got can be found here

http://www.thefind.com/sports/info-titanium-lens#page=2

Theres a shit load of attachments there.

[hopanG113]

Nice.
Your skating photography turned out better than mine.
Of course, the people that I was photographing weren't really doing a whole lot of skating because it was like...50 degrees or colder.

WHAAA?! Dude thats the best temp to go skating! Chilly enough to keep you moving

Thank you for your kind words, where is your stuff located? I wanna see

[WajtTraesh]

WHAAA?! Dude thats the best temp to go skating! Chilly enough to keep you moving

Thank you for your kind words, where is your stuff located? I wanna see

Yeah, unfortunately, the little rubber things around the trucks and wheels and shit...somewhere in that area...got completely busted up on my husband's skateboard, so he couldn't do a lot of skating. It was also pretty difficult for me to stay out in that weather and try to manipulate myself into good positions at the skatepark. I happen to be rather pregnant, so it was rather uncomfortable. It sucked.

You're welcome to critique and give me advice though.
http://www.teenspot.com/boards/showt...5#post15963595