I´m just a photographer but have done it most my life with passion and now finally rolling around with professional grade equipment. Never shot skate before but went out today with the intent to shoot some skate. Went all alone to one of the big skate parks here in Gothenburg Sweden. Smoked a joint with some skating kids and let them see my work. And once they did they were stoked for me to get down. I rigged up my flash and got tons of keepers of them mid air. Looking forward to share the shots cuz I know I got some keepers that will be very well received. So being just a decent photographer will work out great the first time if you do it right. Thought I´d say that :) Have fun!
Always love seeing more people shooting skate photos. That issue #64 of Skate Jawn is the one that I got a shot in. Was so stoked to see it printed in a mag.
holy shit i clicked thinking this was by photographer Chris Dunne from vegas then i start seeing illinois/missouri spots and skaters i know😂 ive probably followed you on insta for years now. keep shooting sick photos !
Nice video. Sth to consider when buying a fisheye is the size of the sensor of the camera. I started doing skateboarding photography back in 2009, and by this time I had been skating for 10+ years. The camera I started shooting with was a Canon Rebel 2000, it's a camera that uses 35mm film. Obviously, I had to buy a fisheye lens for it. I found one in a local camera store and it was on sale, so I bought, a brand new Canon 15mm f2.8 fisheye lens. I was really hyped with this lens! Eventually, I moved to digital due to the cost of using film. The camera I could buy was a Canon 40D, a nice midrange camera with an APS-C sensor, but back in the day, I didn't know anything about sensor sizes and no one told me anything about it either, so when I mounted the 15 mm fisheye on the digital camera, I immediately noticed the field of view was not the same I got from my 35 mm camera, and didn't know why. Then, I found out that to have the same field of view I had on my 35mm camera, I should have bought a different camera, one with a full-frame sensor, which was out of my league. Therefore, I ended up selling the 15 mm so I could buy a Rokinon 8mm f3.5 fisheye. Eventually, that 40D broke down, bought a 7D mark II. The 7D mark II broke down recently. Now, I have a 5D mark II, and I'm now selling the Rokinon 8mm fisheye to buy, the now classic, Canon 15mm fisheye again LOL. You can check what I do in photography here instagram.com/collado.photo/?next=%2F
I like taking inspiration from skateboarding magazines like North and Thrasher, but ultimately just trying it out and heading down to a park works wonders. Normally people are super chill when you say you want to take photos, just tag em in the shots if you post it on insta for example, that's what I did back in college
Thank you bro for all this informations and tips! I’m starting my own boards brand and I’m in luv about the skate photo world I’m going deep and it’s going so satisfying when you can do a nice foto!
Great video man. I've been skating on and off for 15 years, started shooting it 3 years ago. got an ad in skate jawn with one of the local brands and thats been such a highlight for me. Everything you said is spot on for the journey. Your work is fantastic. Looking forward to seeing more. Price Holt is the guy i look up too, so I get what you mean by trying to incorporate what you learn from their work into your own.
What a great introduction! I learned as much from you as in this week’s Canon event with Atiba Jefferson. Very practical, aspirational, and respectful of wherever your viewers find themselves with regard to gear and experience. Well done, and thanks
I really loved this video. I appreciate your view on how you study. I have a tons of thrasher and slam mags for this purpose, but I'd really like to know what your process is for looking through an image. thanks you, a skaterphotog
Hey man, thanks for all the helpful info. Just got my first flash, it's a godox tt350. Thinking maybe I should've gone for something more powerful because finding it hard for the flash to cover the whole frame. Thinking about getting a small softbox to help spread it a bit better. Do you use one of those? Also not sure if I missed it but what flash model do you use? Appreciate the help dude x
I haven’t seen it anywhere else but the skate shop homies hooked me up with it awhile back. And yes I have I’d love to do it more but it’s so hard finding a fisheye for my 35mm
Thanks! I just recently took it down for a little while actually, I’m not sure if I want to continue using Instagram or not mainly for my mental health. But I do have most of my skate photos and other work on my website!
@@chrisdunn3241 Definitely understandable. A break from everything won’t hurt anyone, as long as it keeps you motivated in your personal passions. “We can’t fight Mother Nature for it raining, knowing we’ll see sunshine again.” Just a quote to help when you feel like the weight of the world is unbearable. I’ll check out your website though. Stay safe Chris🤞🏽
Good stuff. Skated forever and took pics on and off for a while. Wanna take the leap forward to a speedlite flash. Heres where I got confused. Everything I read, says theres a limit to your available max shutter speed due to flash sync (which I totally understand) But you reccomend (with flash) , speeds of 1/500 to 1/1000 Am I missing something ? the flash sync speed of my Canon 1200D is 1/200
I’m not entirely sure for your flash in specific but on mine I can set it to a high shutter mode. Maybe try looking into it and see if your flash has something like that too.
@@chrisdunn3241 K , so your using it in high speed sync mode ? which essentially fires the flash twice . Therefore it may be important to bring that into the conversation on Skate photography , as shutter speed , with any sport or `movement` photography will prioritise shutter speed. Need to make sure the speedlite / camera has this feature before purchasing a flash. Thanks .
@@barrythornton9947 high speed sync let´s me use a shutter speed of 1/8000 of a second. That's as fast as my Canon r6 can go. And you don't even need to go that fast at all to freeze the movement of a skater mid air. But it does let me expose for the sky on a bright day to preserve the highlights of a dramatic sky. And then just use the flash exposure for the subject/skater. With is one of the things you want to learn how to do :) Good luck ( a year late, I know)
I´m just a photographer but have done it most my life with passion and now finally rolling around with professional grade equipment. Never shot skate before but went out today with the intent to shoot some skate. Went all alone to one of the big skate parks here in Gothenburg Sweden. Smoked a joint with some skating kids and let them see my work. And once they did they were stoked for me to get down. I rigged up my flash and got tons of keepers of them mid air. Looking forward to share the shots cuz I know I got some keepers that will be very well received. So being just a decent photographer will work out great the first time if you do it right. Thought I´d say that :) Have fun!
Cheers! I bet that was a really fun time. Anywhere I can go to view the photos once they’re ready?
Always love seeing more people shooting skate photos. That issue #64 of Skate Jawn is the one that I got a shot in. Was so stoked to see it printed in a mag.
holy shit i clicked thinking this was by photographer Chris Dunne from vegas then i start seeing illinois/missouri spots and skaters i know😂 ive probably followed you on insta for years now. keep shooting sick photos !
Nice video. Sth to consider when buying a fisheye is the size of the sensor of the camera. I started doing skateboarding photography back in 2009, and by this time I had been skating for 10+ years. The camera I started shooting with was a Canon Rebel 2000, it's a camera that uses 35mm film. Obviously, I had to buy a fisheye lens for it. I found one in a local camera store and it was on sale, so I bought, a brand new Canon 15mm f2.8 fisheye lens. I was really hyped with this lens! Eventually, I moved to digital due to the cost of using film. The camera I could buy was a Canon 40D, a nice midrange camera with an APS-C sensor, but back in the day, I didn't know anything about sensor sizes and no one told me anything about it either, so when I mounted the 15 mm fisheye on the digital camera, I immediately noticed the field of view was not the same I got from my 35 mm camera, and didn't know why. Then, I found out that to have the same field of view I had on my 35mm camera, I should have bought a different camera, one with a full-frame sensor, which was out of my league. Therefore, I ended up selling the 15 mm so I could buy a Rokinon 8mm f3.5 fisheye. Eventually, that 40D broke down, bought a 7D mark II. The 7D mark II broke down recently. Now, I have a 5D mark II, and I'm now selling the Rokinon 8mm fisheye to buy, the now classic, Canon 15mm fisheye again LOL. You can check what I do in photography here instagram.com/collado.photo/?next=%2F
I like taking inspiration from skateboarding magazines like North and Thrasher, but ultimately just trying it out and heading down to a park works wonders. Normally people are super chill when you say you want to take photos, just tag em in the shots if you post it on insta for example, that's what I did back in college
Thank you bro for all this informations and tips!
I’m starting my own boards brand and I’m in luv about the skate photo world I’m going deep and it’s going so satisfying when you can do a nice foto!
lol why wasn’t this recommended to me a year ago when I was searching for stuff like this? Great video, would have loved to have seen this sooner!
Great video man. I've been skating on and off for 15 years, started shooting it 3 years ago. got an ad in skate jawn with one of the local brands and thats been such a highlight for me. Everything you said is spot on for the journey. Your work is fantastic. Looking forward to seeing more. Price Holt is the guy i look up too, so I get what you mean by trying to incorporate what you learn from their work into your own.
What a great introduction! I learned as much from you as in this week’s Canon event with Atiba Jefferson. Very practical, aspirational, and respectful of wherever your viewers find themselves with regard to gear and experience. Well done, and thanks
Nice to see you back making vids!
I really loved this video. I appreciate your view on how you study. I have a tons of thrasher and slam mags for this purpose, but I'd really like to know what your process is for looking through an image. thanks you, a skaterphotog
We need more vids like that!
U are a f*cking god man 💚💚
Great video man, gave me a new perspective for sure
nice video man, I also learn skate photo too, greetings from Bali
I miss shooting skate stuff. Its been a few months just cus idk many skaters in the area other than myself and a few homies who have left for college
Dope, thank you
Great video✌
Hey man, thanks for all the helpful info. Just got my first flash, it's a godox tt350. Thinking maybe I should've gone for something more powerful because finding it hard for the flash to cover the whole frame. Thinking about getting a small softbox to help spread it a bit better. Do you use one of those? Also not sure if I missed it but what flash model do you use? Appreciate the help dude x
I didn't know they send the SOLO mag to US. such a good magazine though
Have you ever shot skate photography on film?
I haven’t seen it anywhere else but the skate shop homies hooked me up with it awhile back. And yes I have I’d love to do it more but it’s so hard finding a fisheye for my 35mm
Damn that was a St. Louis rail 9:19
what flashes do you use?
Best video bro so good from Costa Rica 🇨🇷🛹
Wich Flash do you use?
Bro....all good tell you went all ''OMG Shadow Noise'' on us.. Skate photography is suppose to be grungy like Rock Band photos. Embrace the Grain!
Great vid man! Is your skate Instagram still up? Wanted to see some more of your work but it didn’t come up
Thanks! I just recently took it down for a little while actually, I’m not sure if I want to continue using Instagram or not mainly for my mental health. But I do have most of my skate photos and other work on my website!
@@chrisdunn3241 Definitely understandable. A break from everything won’t hurt anyone, as long as it keeps you motivated in your personal passions. “We can’t fight Mother Nature for it raining, knowing we’ll see sunshine again.” Just a quote to help when you feel like the weight of the world is unbearable. I’ll check out your website though. Stay safe Chris🤞🏽
Good stuff. Skated forever and took pics on and off for a while.
Wanna take the leap forward to a speedlite flash. Heres where I got confused.
Everything I read, says theres a limit to your available max shutter speed due to flash sync (which I totally understand)
But you reccomend (with flash) , speeds of 1/500 to 1/1000
Am I missing something ? the flash sync speed of my Canon 1200D is 1/200
I’m not entirely sure for your flash in specific but on mine I can set it to a high shutter mode. Maybe try looking into it and see if your flash has something like that too.
@@chrisdunn3241 K , so your using it in high speed sync mode ? which essentially fires the flash twice .
Therefore it may be important to bring that into the conversation on Skate photography , as shutter speed , with any sport or `movement` photography will prioritise shutter speed.
Need to make sure the speedlite / camera has this feature before purchasing a flash. Thanks .
@@barrythornton9947 high speed sync let´s me use a shutter speed of 1/8000 of a second. That's as fast as my Canon r6 can go. And you don't even need to go that fast at all to freeze the movement of a skater mid air. But it does let me expose for the sky on a bright day to preserve the highlights of a dramatic sky. And then just use the flash exposure for the subject/skater. With is one of the things you want to learn how to do :) Good luck ( a year late, I know)
Any recommendations on what flash I should buy? I shoot with a sony a6000
Not with that camera I’d suggest doing some searches online for what lenses work with the camera you have
which would you say is better tight or loose trucks
Only a question you can ask yourself to get a good answer
What flash do you use?