Skateboard shoot

set up key light 1-1 fill light 1-2
10m f11 iso 500 sp 200


set up lights 2 at 45 to subjet on 1-1



Example of work with Medium Format film and studio flash within sports photography.

In this photograph, I have set one key light at a 90 degrees angle to the camera. I did set up another flash at 180 degrees but the slave did not respond. However, I am quite happy about this lack of response as I did not get the timing right for the skateboarder to block out the flashgun and this would have created dramatic backlighting which would have been most effective. This is rather difficult, nevertheless, as I used a waist level view finder which is very tricky to operate as everything appears in reverse. This is due to the correction plate mirror which would normally be found on most reflex view windows??? for this corrects the image and puts it in the right way.
SP 250 F Stop 8 Key light 1 over 1 Mets Flash Fill in Light 1 over 4



Here is a good example of using 2 wireless flashes which did synchronize in time
SP 250 F Stop 11 Key Light 1 over 1 Mets Flash Fill in Light 1 over 2

As you can see here, due to the flash not responding in time, I had to shoot over an exposed negative which may have resulted in image quality loss but due to the high aperture and the low light conditions, the only information that was transmitted in that 100th of a second was the intense light from the floodlights


flim 120