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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 708557" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>As for what settings, what gear will you be shooting with? That's really just details but we could probably be more specific if we know more about what you'll be using.</p><p></p><p>It's hard to suggest specific settings because I don't look at photography as set of "recipe cards" where a bunch of predetermined settings are what's needed to get a high keeper ratio. That being said, I'd probably be in Manual with Auto-ISO. I'd want to shoot with a relatively wide focal-length which will lessen the chance of cutting off important details on the edges of the frame and will give me lots of leeway when cropping the shots in 'post. I'd want an aperture small enough to keep the entire board (from front to rear) in absolutely sharp focus but no smaller. I'd want to keep the shutter speed at 1/1000 or better though I suppose, in a pinch, I might let that drop to 1/500. Keeping to this shutter speed may very well drive up the ISO but hey, welcome to the Juggling Act that is Photography. I'd tweak these setting as needed based on results. In short none of this would be set in stone; everything about pretty much every setting I've mentioned could go right out the window based on even one tiny detail that reveals itself on location.</p><p></p><p>As far as composition goes I would be going for <em><strong>clean</strong></em> backgrounds (huge IMO), decisive-moment shots and shots showing intense effort or emotion on the skater's face. Using angles would be huuuge, getting the camera down to ground level to increase the feeling of height and excitement of the tricks, for example; though shooting from above could be just as interesting depending on the angle, location, etc. And clean backgrounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 708557, member: 13090"] As for what settings, what gear will you be shooting with? That's really just details but we could probably be more specific if we know more about what you'll be using. It's hard to suggest specific settings because I don't look at photography as set of "recipe cards" where a bunch of predetermined settings are what's needed to get a high keeper ratio. That being said, I'd probably be in Manual with Auto-ISO. I'd want to shoot with a relatively wide focal-length which will lessen the chance of cutting off important details on the edges of the frame and will give me lots of leeway when cropping the shots in 'post. I'd want an aperture small enough to keep the entire board (from front to rear) in absolutely sharp focus but no smaller. I'd want to keep the shutter speed at 1/1000 or better though I suppose, in a pinch, I might let that drop to 1/500. Keeping to this shutter speed may very well drive up the ISO but hey, welcome to the Juggling Act that is Photography. I'd tweak these setting as needed based on results. In short none of this would be set in stone; everything about pretty much every setting I've mentioned could go right out the window based on even one tiny detail that reveals itself on location. As far as composition goes I would be going for [I][B]clean[/B][/I] backgrounds (huge IMO), decisive-moment shots and shots showing intense effort or emotion on the skater's face. Using angles would be huuuge, getting the camera down to ground level to increase the feeling of height and excitement of the tricks, for example; though shooting from above could be just as interesting depending on the angle, location, etc. And clean backgrounds. [/QUOTE]
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