@pjos111 The camera will try to set the lighting on the sky making the bicyclist a silhouette and the flash brightens the bicyclist so that we can see the expression of their face.
@pjos111 I guess you can call it "manual" you just want to set your Aperture and flash power...etc but you don't want too much flash in their face because it tends to wipe away the quality if it is too harsh. just use the settings you prefer for that shot.
I dont recall photographers at professional sports games shooting with iPhones. Great captures are possible with any camera, I completely agree. But you can't win a NASCAR race with your gas friendly hybrid that you drove your family to the track in. If you want the best quality to compliment your seriousness in the trade, you spend the money. Why even argue this?
@shawneboy Yes, it helps to have good equipment. But do you need it? No. True photographers don't need stuff like that. But, I'm getting off the topic. You said "First, if you want quality shots, you need professional glass. This means you have to have thousands of dollars PER lens." This is far from true. People are too worried about sharpness and grain and they forget about what photography is about, fun.
@shawneboy Watch DigitalRev's "Pro Photographer, Cheap Camera" series. That will show you about it. Especially the Chase Jarvis one. He uses a LEGO CAMERA to shoot a skateboarder and even some martial art stuff.
Well, usually flashes are used when there's little or no available light (i.e., light already there like the sun or lights indoors), but in this case the flash was being used as a "filler" light to prevent the cyclists from being too dark in contrast with the sun behind them. It just prevented them from looking like silhouettes and preserved detail in the front.
For an open course like that, I think three bodies is really overkill. It's one thing to shoot it for 'art', and another to cover it as a sporting event. Twenty minutes to the start? You better hurry up and get there! :^]
@hoowy How do you make money out of photography? Unless someone is paying you to document an event, wedding or modeling. No one buys images these days.
@hoowy lol, theres some skill involved too, from my understanding photography was the result of science scoring with art and photography was the child, lol
@MI6CORPORAL I've been shooting for a while. Skill in photography isn't relative to how it is in art. First, if you want quality shots, you need professional glass. This means you have to have thousands of dollars PER lens. Understanding shutter speeds, fstops, ISO.. That's all stuff you can learn as a teenager. You want to be different than the teens, do what the guy in this video did and drop over 10,000 dollars on your equipment. There is your real skill and "pro" photography in a nutshell.
@shawneboy I would like to argue that the skill is the measure of professionalism (case in question Jared Polin) but yes, gear makes life easier in certain regards. But also, gear does not promise profit right off the bat, it is the driver that does that as well.
@shawneboy Skill does not come by having the best equipment. I'm sure an iPhone can take the same photos if you know how to use it. It's not the camera that produces excellent photos, it's the photographer. Any "pro" photographer can use ANY camera to produce excellent photos.
@PhotoFrankie sorry but i completely disagree , you can get the sme angle but your not getting the quilty and the focus of one of these dslrs if a pro photographer could get the sme image on an iphone then hee wouldnt spend thoushands of ponds on lenses and cameera bodies
@jamespinderphotoman First, please type right. It was hard for me to read. Anyway, photography isn't about the quality, the sharpness, etc. It's about fun and getting "the" shot. Expensive lenses and cameras help, but you really DON'T need it.
@PhotoFrankie im truly sorry i shall take my time this time , kit is very important , for me photography is about getting the right shot . whilst im doing this i am having fun but thats not why i shoot, i shoot for a good result and building up my photographic knowledge , sorry but as i know ( i have a fujifilm hs10 looking to upgrade very soon ) if you dont have the kit you wont get that shot you want . :D
@jamespinderphotoman Watch DigitalRev's "Pro Photographer, Cheap Camera" series. That will show you about it. Especially the Chase Jarvis one. He uses a LEGO CAMERA to shoot a skateboarder and even some martial art stuff.
@hoowy How is what he's doing "lame" in any way? You can whine about the quality of his photos if you want, but guess what----- he's out there at those events having fun, doing what he likes, and getting paid for it.
take a picture of a slow guy in start of video, while he talks to us a good looking group of racers pass by and hes like meh dont give a damn
Mzahaka1313 1 week ago
The best photography video I've seen. Thanks very much!
jhoneyands 2 weeks ago
lolz, even child can take a picture like that
kev723iin 1 month ago
Geez... you got $60,000 of equipment you can lend me?
seriouslysiriusable 1 month ago
What does he mean Balance flash with the sky? How? :)
pjos111 2 months ago
@pjos111 The camera will try to set the lighting on the sky making the bicyclist a silhouette and the flash brightens the bicyclist so that we can see the expression of their face.
RoRcrashslave 2 weeks ago
@RoRcrashslave Thanks for replying. Does this mean then that the flash is in manual? Just set the distance on the flash according to the F stop?
pjos111 2 weeks ago
@pjos111 I guess you can call it "manual" you just want to set your Aperture and flash power...etc but you don't want too much flash in their face because it tends to wipe away the quality if it is too harsh. just use the settings you prefer for that shot.
RoRcrashslave 2 weeks ago
I dont recall photographers at professional sports games shooting with iPhones. Great captures are possible with any camera, I completely agree. But you can't win a NASCAR race with your gas friendly hybrid that you drove your family to the track in. If you want the best quality to compliment your seriousness in the trade, you spend the money. Why even argue this?
shawneboy 2 months ago
@shawneboy Yes, it helps to have good equipment. But do you need it? No. True photographers don't need stuff like that. But, I'm getting off the topic. You said "First, if you want quality shots, you need professional glass. This means you have to have thousands of dollars PER lens." This is far from true. People are too worried about sharpness and grain and they forget about what photography is about, fun.
PhotoFrankie 2 months ago
@shawneboy Watch DigitalRev's "Pro Photographer, Cheap Camera" series. That will show you about it. Especially the Chase Jarvis one. He uses a LEGO CAMERA to shoot a skateboarder and even some martial art stuff.
PhotoFrankie 2 months ago
what´s the equipment about? 30.000 ,- €.....nice....;o))
johnnyass68 2 months ago
What If your in a moving car?
x5k1LL3r 4 months ago
hope it does not rain
rabbyph 5 months ago
really nice video ! A good photographer is also a good teacher ! Is the 300mm is a sigma lense ?
ahine 5 months ago
Great tips. Thanks.
TexPhoto 7 months ago
Beautiful photos. This guy knows what he's doing, unlike many others here...
richardus 7 months ago 19
Really nice tutorial piece, thanks!
rossjlennox 9 months ago 9
i dont think it's appropriate to use flash at cyclists going at such high speeds!
dev2k8 9 months ago
@dev2k8
Well, usually flashes are used when there's little or no available light (i.e., light already there like the sun or lights indoors), but in this case the flash was being used as a "filler" light to prevent the cyclists from being too dark in contrast with the sun behind them. It just prevented them from looking like silhouettes and preserved detail in the front.
123IOWNALL321 9 months ago
@123IOWNALL321 Not to mention you can create some really cool pictures with using flash at day time! It's a cool technique called Backlit Fill Flash.
Kinneballer36 5 months ago
For an open course like that, I think three bodies is really overkill. It's one thing to shoot it for 'art', and another to cover it as a sporting event. Twenty minutes to the start? You better hurry up and get there! :^]
Biffbradford 1 year ago
and he is earning money with that?
eaaasy and laaameee!
anyone can do that in a 6 month practice period
hoowy 1 year ago
@hoowy How do you make money out of photography? Unless someone is paying you to document an event, wedding or modeling. No one buys images these days.
DemonAMVs 1 year ago
@hoowy, Show us hows its done! =)
175myles 1 year ago
@hoowy not really man, trust me, I've tried, lol
MI6CORPORAL 11 months ago
@MI6CORPORAL man believe me with that equipment you can :)
hoowy 11 months ago
@hoowy lol, theres some skill involved too, from my understanding photography was the result of science scoring with art and photography was the child, lol
MI6CORPORAL 11 months ago
@MI6CORPORAL I've been shooting for a while. Skill in photography isn't relative to how it is in art. First, if you want quality shots, you need professional glass. This means you have to have thousands of dollars PER lens. Understanding shutter speeds, fstops, ISO.. That's all stuff you can learn as a teenager. You want to be different than the teens, do what the guy in this video did and drop over 10,000 dollars on your equipment. There is your real skill and "pro" photography in a nutshell.
shawneboy 4 months ago
@shawneboy I would like to argue that the skill is the measure of professionalism (case in question Jared Polin) but yes, gear makes life easier in certain regards. But also, gear does not promise profit right off the bat, it is the driver that does that as well.
MI6CORPORAL 4 months ago
@shawneboy Skill does not come by having the best equipment. I'm sure an iPhone can take the same photos if you know how to use it. It's not the camera that produces excellent photos, it's the photographer. Any "pro" photographer can use ANY camera to produce excellent photos.
PhotoFrankie 2 months ago
@PhotoFrankie sorry but i completely disagree , you can get the sme angle but your not getting the quilty and the focus of one of these dslrs if a pro photographer could get the sme image on an iphone then hee wouldnt spend thoushands of ponds on lenses and cameera bodies
jamespinderphotoman 2 months ago
@jamespinderphotoman First, please type right. It was hard for me to read. Anyway, photography isn't about the quality, the sharpness, etc. It's about fun and getting "the" shot. Expensive lenses and cameras help, but you really DON'T need it.
PhotoFrankie 2 months ago
@PhotoFrankie im truly sorry i shall take my time this time , kit is very important , for me photography is about getting the right shot . whilst im doing this i am having fun but thats not why i shoot, i shoot for a good result and building up my photographic knowledge , sorry but as i know ( i have a fujifilm hs10 looking to upgrade very soon ) if you dont have the kit you wont get that shot you want . :D
jamespinderphotoman 2 months ago
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@jamespinderphotoman Watch DigitalRev's "Pro Photographer, Cheap Camera" series. That will show you about it. Especially the Chase Jarvis one. He uses a LEGO CAMERA to shoot a skateboarder and even some martial art stuff.
PhotoFrankie 2 months ago
@hoowy How is what he's doing "lame" in any way? You can whine about the quality of his photos if you want, but guess what----- he's out there at those events having fun, doing what he likes, and getting paid for it.
martinaee 9 months ago
@martinaee from his face i am not really sure he is having fun... eh?
hoowy 9 months ago
Damn
ddsq 1 year ago