Christine, Once upon a time (in the film era) I spent a week every winter for about 18 years doing lots of ski shooting--lessons, open skiing, races.
I used a Super Program at first, then a PZ-1 and PZ-1p. Observations, in no particular order: - Jeez, it is COLD when you're standing at the side of a slope (e.g. shooting races), not skiing. - Practice handling your camera with gloves before you're out on the slopes. Things feel different. - I took a 70-210 or 80-320 in a fanny pack to minimize bulk and maximize accessibility. - Anything throws one's balance off, though, so one must ski carefully when carrying the camera stuff. Falling on a camera hurts both the camera and oneself. - One's natural tendency is to make the ground level in the frame, which makes it appear as though the slope isn't very steep (even when it is). So finding a vertical reference and paying attention to it will produce more dramatic shots. - Snow is remarkably bright; so shooting with wide latitiude (print film then, low ISO now) is good for bringing out details in the subjects later. Have fun! Rick On Feb 1, 2014, at 5:00 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > That's an excellent suggestion, Ken. Friends I'm with could body-mount it > too for some fun video and narrative. Thanks! Cheers, Christine > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Feb 1, 2014, at 3:09 PM, "Ken Waller" <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: >> >> Christine, you might give some thought to POV video. GoPros are very easy to >> use, have many different mounts (chest, head and helmet) and produce very >> good video. >> >> I used mine during my sled dog race and the video came out better than any >> stills I could have taken with out stopping. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <p...@web-options.com> >> Subject: Re: Question: Skiing and Photography >> >> >>>> On 1 Feb 2014, at 16:56, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Everyone: >>>> >>>> If you were to do a photo shoot of a ski outting, what might be your kit, >>>> preparation and strategy, and safety issues? Obviously, a photographer >>>> wouldn’t want to just wait at the bottom of the hill for shots of folks >>>> coming down the hill. How would you keep your kit safe when maneuvering >>>> along the hill? >>>> >>>> Any tips and strategies from any PDML Skier-Photogs? >>>> >>>> I’m not planning a ski shoot this season, but maybe next season. >>> >>> I went skiing a few years ago with one of my brothers and his family, who >>> are very good skiers. It's the only time I've skiied. It was the film era >>> and I was using a Contax with Zeiss lenses. When I was skiing I left them >>> at my brother's house - I had no wish to have that stuff on me while >>> skiing, it was likely to be dangerous. On some days I didn't ski, and took >>> the camera kit in a Domke F-2, went up the ski lift with them and found >>> some spots where I could get different views of them on the way down, them >>> some shots of one of my nephews boarding. >>> >>> I took a full range of lenses, from a 300mm to a 21mm. I took incident >>> light readings with my hand shading the underside of the meter so that the >>> snow would come out right. >>> >>> Here's a page I've just put up. Low-res scans to CD. >>> >>> http://www.web-options.com/Skiing/ >>> >>> The best shot is the one of my nephew jumping off a low bank - that's with >>> a 21mm lens (35mm camera). Most of the shots are very samey, although I >>> expect someone with more experience would much better. >>> >>> B >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
