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I have discovered that the calendar of what's on in April in the Hunter Valley, that's run by *Out of my Mind* is an excellent resource; very handy, and it gets me out of the house to go and in place for the opportunity for interesting photos.
Tonight saw me walk down the road to Birdwood Park, to see what the Supernatural troupe were about. Typically I arrived late, as I had been photographing stuff along the way, but there was some very fun acrobatics on display.
On a photographic note, it was a good reminder of just how many areas I have so much to learn about.
Lessons learned I learned:
1) Take the time to analyse the light. I tried a 120 degree arc or something trying to find good angles to capture the action; my mistake was to look too hard at what was happening, and not at the light source. This could have been a much better photo if only I'd been on the other side, with the light over my shoulder.
2) Don't be too ambitious with action photography at first. Wider angles (like this one) yield a lot more usable frames than seeing expressions or trying to shoot muscles in motion.
3) The background can ruin the subject matter in this sort of shot just as much as it can in any form of photography.
x, i.
Pimpin' the list
I have discovered that the calendar of what's on in April in the Hunter Valley, that's run by *Out of my Mind* is an excellent resource; very handy, and it gets me out of the house to go and in place for the opportunity for interesting photos.
Tonight saw me walk down the road to Birdwood Park, to see what the Supernatural troupe were about. Typically I arrived late, as I had been photographing stuff along the way, but there was some very fun acrobatics on display.
On a photographic note, it was a good reminder of just how many areas I have so much to learn about.
Lessons learned I learned:
1) Take the time to analyse the light. I tried a 120 degree arc or something trying to find good angles to capture the action; my mistake was to look too hard at what was happening, and not at the light source. This could have been a much better photo if only I'd been on the other side, with the light over my shoulder.
2) Don't be too ambitious with action photography at first. Wider angles (like this one) yield a lot more usable frames than seeing expressions or trying to shoot muscles in motion.
3) The background can ruin the subject matter in this sort of shot just as much as it can in any form of photography.