The Dubai Chronicles

Sunday, August 19, 2007

j u m p s h o t s

last week, my friends and i once again ventured to the rocky environment of hatta. it was supposed to be a walk-the-dog plan but it turned out to be a photo trek as well. they did their usual gig of snapshots of the landscape, snipey shots (behind the scenes of photographers), macro and last but not the least... my favorite, portraiture.

my photo buddies called me the wacky master of group hugs due to unusual taking photo of group shots. since the group is too big (26 of them), i could not let them jump all of the same time. i never tried it on a large scale. since most of my buddies were doing their own thing, i asked my other friends to model for me and do the jump.

the masters (of the dogs)

f4.5, 1/640sec, 10mm, iso200

since im using wide angle, i asked them to spread from the scene and stand still while i prefocused the subjects in the middle. i lowered myself pointing a little upward to get the feel of elevation when jumping. i also instructed them to compose themselves for the jump and try to bend their legs while on air. this was the result.

karateka

f2.8, 1/400sec, 70mm, iso200

a little more serious work on subjects part, i asked once again to stand still in their positions while i prefocused. since i was far from where the subjects are, i used my zoom lens and set my aperture just big enough, not to merge the background to the subjects. after a count of three, i got what i wanted.

tips:
- find a suitable jumpspace, preferable on a low-angle shoot to get the feel of elevating the subjects
- faster shutter speeds (at least 1/250 secs) will give you most desired results
- ask your subject/s to compose themselves before jumping else they will get tired (after many takes...hehehe)

see more of the jumpshots @ multiply

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