Tag Archive for: motion

Skatepark….

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Well ok I promised to not go to our skatepark again for some time…..
But let’s be honest where else to shoot a skateboarder.
Last week I was asked by one of the attendees to teach a 2 day 1:1 workshop about the different ways I shoot motion. Now as you know I love shooting motion so I was really looking forward to these workshops, and although I was suffering from the flu we still carried on 😀

 

These images were shot on the local skatepark.
The trick for mimicking air time can be very easy. Just use a wide angle lens and sit really low.
I used two Elinchrom ELC units here with maxi lights on an Inovatronix battery pack.

Melvyn Pluijmers Maart 13 2014 (69 of 81)-Edit

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Shoots with impact

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Often people ask me “Frank, how do I create a shot with more impact?”
My answer is often incredibly simple “Shoot something with impact”

 

Sound obvious right?
Well it actually is to be honest, it’s an answer that is used so many times by the great photographers in the world, “if you think your images are not interesting enough, make sure you shoot something that interesting”. For model photography that means I love to work with strong colors, and my personal preference…..well red.

 

So today some images “with impact” shot during a session with Nadine.

Nadine Maart 7 2014 (2 of 130)-Edit

Now the real fun starts when you add a little bit of motion.

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Creative with the ELC

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Sorry for the overload on Elinchrom ELC posts, but I’ve had to keep the effects secret for a very long time and now that the strobes are officially announced I’m just very excited to show the possibilities of these strobes to you.

 

Today a very simple effect.
In this setup I used 2 ELC units, the first one fires at the start of the 2 second exposure, the powerful modeling lights create a “blur” effect while the model (Nadine) moves around and at the end of the exposure the second ELC fires to freeze the final pose. It takes some practice but the effects are pretty cool.

 

These shots were taken during the workshop “Movement and coaching” from last Friday.

Nadine Maart 7 2014 (48 of 130)-Edit

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