Skating- personal project

This is a friend of mine who over the summer holidays of 2010, skated most days with his friends. I often went a long with my camera and took some shots of them whilst in action. I liked this one as he was the only one who attempted this ramp called the ‘spine’. I took the shot just as he reached the highest point and it’s an almost heart stopping moment for the skater. He’s about to descend and you can never tell how the landing is going to go. I like that it is symmetrical, it almost shows where he has come from and where he is going.

I read surf magazines such as Surf Europe and Wavelength and aspire to take photo’s like Remi Whiting, Tim Nunn and especially Ben Selway. Their images are full of energy and they capture pictures at the perfect moment and I think it is incredible how they achieve photographs that I actually am in awe at. I surf myself but skating is the closest I’m going to get to that in Lincoln, so I wanted to try some action/ sport photo’s to hopefully expand my ability and I definitely think it is a good start.

 

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