Riding Pictures
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Robert
Tr0ll
thanks,he did those 1st try, he hasn't even jumped a 10 stair haha
Josh Henderson
Steel Member
boardslide bench, just a quick phone photo taken on samsung galaxy s2.
boardslide bench by josh hen, on Flickr
boardslide bench by josh hen, on Flickr
mark williams
Bronze member
finger
and a inny
^That inward is so gnarly. Oh my god. I can't get over how dope of a photo that is. Both the trick and the photo itself is on par.
mark williams
Bronze member
thanks tom!!
AaronGidman
Member
holy fuck ive never noticed there were so much good riders in CT
Can people please stop posting video grabs? They're not meant to be pictures. You are basically searching through a video clip and pausing when you think it looks best, then calling it a picture.
Now matter how cool the video grab may look, its still not a photo, and therefore is not cool beans.
Now matter how cool the video grab may look, its still not a photo, and therefore is not cool beans.
Because any one can do a trick, have it filmed, and then go pause it, screencap it, and call it a picture.
Answer this for me. What are pictures taken with?
bar air on a sketchy ass vert wall
you've got some gnarly ass wallrides my dude
Michael Hohmann
Bronze member
dude if you go back to when this thread was started and people just enjoyed everything there were a millon video grabs on the razors haha, why does it matter man... to much tension in our sport if you go from page 1-50 there wasnt 1 argument now theres 50 a page
^I only think that people should be putting more effort into their photos just like people work really hard on their videos.
Nowadays, the good videos within the video gallery are the ones that are well-filmed, and have gnarly tricks.
Why can't these photos be well-photographed and have gnarly tricks?
Whenever I go out and get photos, and Im looking at a shot my friend took of me, I like to think to myself "If someone were to post this on Facebook or SR or whatever, would I stand behind it and be stoked to show it off? Or would I be embarrassed to have others see it because it was a sight for sore eyes?" I want to make sure that the trick im doing looks perfect in the frame, or is clicked properly, etc.
The same thing goes for the person taking the photo. Your job is to make the rider look awesome. You want people to view the photo and be like "Holy shit this looks like it could go on the front of a magazine." I wouldn't want to represent myself as a photographer if I release some poorly-lit, off center, blurry, over/under exposed photographs.
So the bottom line is:
Riders - Do you want a photo of you that looks like ad/mag cover quality, or a blurry video grab of a trick you threw first try?
Photographers - Take something you are proud of and makes your subject look epic in the frame. If you do, you will honestly feel just as good as you would after finishing the filming and editing for a 4 minute web edit. The reward feels the exact same.
I am not mad at anyone. Just protesting haha.
Nowadays, the good videos within the video gallery are the ones that are well-filmed, and have gnarly tricks.
Why can't these photos be well-photographed and have gnarly tricks?
Whenever I go out and get photos, and Im looking at a shot my friend took of me, I like to think to myself "If someone were to post this on Facebook or SR or whatever, would I stand behind it and be stoked to show it off? Or would I be embarrassed to have others see it because it was a sight for sore eyes?" I want to make sure that the trick im doing looks perfect in the frame, or is clicked properly, etc.
The same thing goes for the person taking the photo. Your job is to make the rider look awesome. You want people to view the photo and be like "Holy shit this looks like it could go on the front of a magazine." I wouldn't want to represent myself as a photographer if I release some poorly-lit, off center, blurry, over/under exposed photographs.
So the bottom line is:
Riders - Do you want a photo of you that looks like ad/mag cover quality, or a blurry video grab of a trick you threw first try?
Photographers - Take something you are proud of and makes your subject look epic in the frame. If you do, you will honestly feel just as good as you would after finishing the filming and editing for a 4 minute web edit. The reward feels the exact same.
I am not mad at anyone. Just protesting haha.