After the last reverse engineer post went down so well I thought it would be rude not to do another one. This time though rather than brides its bikes, good old bikes.
I spend 80% of my working life shooting bikes in some form. Road, mountain, downhill, moto etc So over the years I have got a nack of turning up to a location and just whipping out the lights, and without any test shots knowing pretty much where to place them, what power and zoom they need to be on, where to stand, camera settings, lens etc and the shot turning out pretty much there within 5 adjustments.
Gear used in all 3 shots:
This shot was taken on a team training and press camp with Giant Factory off road in Portugal a year or two ago. I had no real 1 on 1 time with the riders to shoot and just had to snap shots as they smashed laps in testing bikes. So maybe 10 chances each rider per day. No pressure.
As you can see in the left hand, off the camera shot you can see one flash was on the ground to cameras left, see the hot spot on the floor ? The other flash on a tripod at about riders head height, off the cameras right facing into the riders body. Both at pretty wide and about 1/8th power to balance the ambient with the flash.
In photo shop I cloned out the hot spot on the ground on the left where the flash was, bought back down the sky and fore ground to keep the eye in the middle of frame with the rider and tweaked saturation and white balance as well as dodging and burning.
While this shot might not have had a client when shot, it did end up in print in Dirt magazine as a DPS contents page as well as smaller in a few other magazines.
One flash wide and full power behind the lip to light up the dust off the lip. The second flash behind the camera and a bit closer to the landing of the jump, cameras right. Again pretty wide and about 1/8th power.
In photo shop nothing to wild yet again. I try to keep it as minimal as possible but sometimes a shot needs more than the simple whole image tweaks. This time though just dodging and burning as well as some contrast and saturation tweaks.
I will try do another post like this soon but with some set up shots showing exactly where gear is placed etc.
Cheers
Jacob
I spend 80% of my working life shooting bikes in some form. Road, mountain, downhill, moto etc So over the years I have got a nack of turning up to a location and just whipping out the lights, and without any test shots knowing pretty much where to place them, what power and zoom they need to be on, where to stand, camera settings, lens etc and the shot turning out pretty much there within 5 adjustments.
Gear used in all 3 shots:
- Canon 5D3
- Canon 24-105 F4
- Canon 70-200 F2.8
- Canon 15mm fish F2.8
- 2 x Flash lights
- Fired with Pocket wizards
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| A firm favorite shot of mine, good solid action, nice light well exposed etc |
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| Andrew Neething shot on location in Portugal. Client - Giant Bicycles |
Canon 5D3, Canon 24-105 ISO 100, F5 , 1/125th
This shot was taken on a team training and press camp with Giant Factory off road in Portugal a year or two ago. I had no real 1 on 1 time with the riders to shoot and just had to snap shots as they smashed laps in testing bikes. So maybe 10 chances each rider per day. No pressure.
As you can see in the left hand, off the camera shot you can see one flash was on the ground to cameras left, see the hot spot on the floor ? The other flash on a tripod at about riders head height, off the cameras right facing into the riders body. Both at pretty wide and about 1/8th power to balance the ambient with the flash.
In photo shop I cloned out the hot spot on the ground on the left where the flash was, bought back down the sky and fore ground to keep the eye in the middle of frame with the rider and tweaked saturation and white balance as well as dodging and burning.
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| Jack Chapman riding the south downs. Client: Upper downs clothing. |
Canon 5D3, Canon 70-200 F2.8, ISO 800, F4, 1/200th
Taken on a shoot for a start up clothing company wanting shots of their gear out doing what it is intended for, riding. Shot long lens to make use of the trees and get some fore ground in, again with 2 flashes. One to camera right just out of frame by the riders left side on about 1/8th power and wide zoom, the other hidden behind the tree in the middle of frame on 1/8th power and 50mm zoom. IN photo shop nothing wild just contrast, saturation and dodging and burning.
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| Eliot Jackson in Whistler. Personal work. |
Canon 5D3, Canon 15mm fisheye F2.8, ISO 400, F5.6 , 1/200th
While this shot might not have had a client when shot, it did end up in print in Dirt magazine as a DPS contents page as well as smaller in a few other magazines.
One flash wide and full power behind the lip to light up the dust off the lip. The second flash behind the camera and a bit closer to the landing of the jump, cameras right. Again pretty wide and about 1/8th power.
In photo shop nothing to wild yet again. I try to keep it as minimal as possible but sometimes a shot needs more than the simple whole image tweaks. This time though just dodging and burning as well as some contrast and saturation tweaks.
I will try do another post like this soon but with some set up shots showing exactly where gear is placed etc.
Cheers
Jacob
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