Skateboarder shot


I was at my buddies house yesterday, when his son asked me if we could get some shots of him jumping off the skateboard ramp. Who am I to deny him. The sun was really bright at that time, but that doesn't stop creativity. I am really loving the ability that I have with my Elinchrom Ranger RX kit and it's ability to match the sun with little problem. I used a Nikon 14-24 lens because of it's wide angle and ability to correct for distortion. Laying on the ground, I adjusted my exposure to f/22 to bring everything in focus and my shutter to 1/250 to freeze the action. If I had the Freelight A head (hopefully soon) I would be able to bring my shutter speed up to 1/5000. This would allow me to bring my ambient exposure down by at least 4 stops. That would make the sky almost completely dark. Something very cool when dealing with south Florida mid-day sun. For this scene 1/250 was just fine.
We did about 10 shots of Cameron jumping from the board before getting this shot.
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Stef said…
Hi Aaron, I've been following your blog & consistently awesome shots. You've previously also referred to the 'A' head's 1/5000 sync speed. This just doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever. It's not up to the flashhead to determine sync afterall- it's the camera body. The only exception to this is the propriety manufacturer flash (Nikon does this) that 'pulsates' as the shutter moves across the sensor. I highly doubt the Ranger would do this. Anyway, just my opinion, keep up the great blog!
May 6, 2009 at 9:29 AM
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