Today was an amazing day! I was able to go out and shoot some good friends of mine longboarding. They have truly amazing skills. They are out everyday boarding and sliding and just everything you could think of, when you think of skateboarding.
Today their skating spot was the top of Piedmont. A lot of of the newly paved roads are at the top of Piedmont which make it the best place to skate, everything is a lot smoother and cleaner. Peidmont isn't the ideal spot to skate though because people complain a lot and the police come up and kick us out, which causes us to keep moving to different streets. The cool thing about being at the top of Piedmont is you can see the whole bay in the background, unfortunately today was hazy and cloudy so it wasn't the best view. But I got some really good shots, like the one below, processed it hella much, but it looks really good.
This is Syd and Evan sliding at the same time with the bay in the background but it was really hazy so I cut the bay out of the shot.
A few months ago when I first got the camera I was able to shoot my friend Syd in the same location. I was first learning how to use the camera and had a lot of trouble getting clear pictures. This time I had two other friends with me today, Tomio and Evan. I was able to get 4 times as many pictures as I had gotten before. I took roughly 600 pictures this time and they all turned out rather nicely. The camera that I have right now, the Canon xsi, has only a 3.5 or so, but it worked out really well considering how slow it is. Here are some of the shots I got......
Syd coming around a corner.
Evan doin a slide hanging way out behind it.
Syd coming around a corner, he was trying to do some slide where you would do a 360 and recover going down the hill, crazy shit.
Tomio coming around a corner at like 30 mph, he was goin hella fast!
These are some of my favorites. I processed almost all of these pictures because it was really sunny and hazy making some of the pictures rather bright and washed out.
This is Tomio doin a slide down the second hill after the cops came. It was a good hill and had some good angles. I processed this shot a little and it ended up looking really good.
Evan doin a huge slide. I processed this shot a lot but it looks really good.
Any advice would be great, I am starting to go with them more and more to shoot them skating so there will be more photos in the near future of them.
-Kellan
Your links are broken again, but your work is looking good. Not over processed. looks clean. Your shots are well composed, but most photographers have this kind of freezeframe. You need to do something to make your work stand out. Get in and get low, shoot with a slower shutter, etc. Just some ideas. Do something no one's done before.
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