Sekimpic
Cold night at LVR!
I made up my mind to take a bit more equipment to my riding spot last night. Instead of just carrying my light option, the EOS 100D, the two pancake lenses and one tabletop tripod I took the 5D3, the 70-200, a flash, two tabletop tripods and pocketwizards. I was going to bring the TC 80N3 remote to get a longer timer and ended up forgetting it when I packed my bag. Oh well, it meant I had to be quick.
I set up the camera framing the shot with the cathedral and some space to the side for me to ride in, set it to 1/200s for fast flash sync and chose the aperture and iso according to my liking with the help of live view.
Then I put the flash just out of frame to the right, close to the spot i was ging to do the trick in, set it on 1/2 power and started trying by shooting on 10 second timer, rushing to the spot and doing the trick. It took about 10 tries to get a result I liked.
It's by far not perfect but it was freezing cold, literally, and there is always a bit of luck involved when shooting action selfies like this. I was happy enough with the result.
I hope you enjoy this!
Cold night at LVR!
I made up my mind to take a bit more equipment to my riding spot last night. Instead of just carrying my light option, the EOS 100D, the two pancake lenses and one tabletop tripod I took the 5D3, the 70-200, a flash, two tabletop tripods and pocketwizards. I was going to bring the TC 80N3 remote to get a longer timer and ended up forgetting it when I packed my bag. Oh well, it meant I had to be quick.
I set up the camera framing the shot with the cathedral and some space to the side for me to ride in, set it to 1/200s for fast flash sync and chose the aperture and iso according to my liking with the help of live view.
Then I put the flash just out of frame to the right, close to the spot i was ging to do the trick in, set it on 1/2 power and started trying by shooting on 10 second timer, rushing to the spot and doing the trick. It took about 10 tries to get a result I liked.
It's by far not perfect but it was freezing cold, literally, and there is always a bit of luck involved when shooting action selfies like this. I was happy enough with the result.
I hope you enjoy this!