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BenAtBedgebury
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 Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject: The magical moment |
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People often talk about 'the magical moment' in photography, one where everything falls into place for 'that' shot.
Am I alone here when I say things don't seem to go quite like that?
3 examples recently:
1: low sun is lighting up subject. Discover I've left the battery indoors. By the time I get it the sun has moved off (took 1 min max to get back out).
2: In several instances of nature photography recenly, the subject runs off as you focus on it (probably quite common).
3: An avalanche of powder today came off a branch and glistened accross the sun in this atmospheric setup - Apparently the lens was not attached according to the cam, which it was.
Please tell me I'm not the only one...
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Hamish
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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I had a similar one at the weekend when I was shooting wildlife indoors (thread to following explaining it). I had some prefectly framed & perfectly focussed lemurs in shot and fired away.
I then discovered I'd accidentally left my flash on a really low manual setting and the pics were far too underexposed to be of use. I remarked "you fcuking retard" and one of the other photographers apologised thinking he was in the way of my shot!
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grinch8
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:28 am Post subject: |
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1. freezing cold conditions.. my camera just stops working when someone does a crazy trick!
2. Im shooting away at some dirt jumps quite happily.. i have 2 flash's there is another photographer there with 1 flash... looking at my shot..something seems wrong..the left hand flash isnt fireing? i look up and its not there?
The other photographer has asked some kid to move my tripod without even asking me.. it was pointing compleatly the opposite way into the air!
i was pretty annoyed
3. Going to shoot some dirt jumping
Brough my flash's..but not the battrys to go inside them
4. Shooting away at chicksands..the new huckmonkey team.. the triggers are playing up so i have the flash on camera
a guy i know well says..
"im going to do a 360"
he is a really good rider..can do superflips and massive superman's
i think "thats strage im sure he cant do 360's? he must have learnt"
He comes down the run.. ive got my camera pointed at him..waiting to press the shutter..he goes in the air...throws the bike it comes towards me i run backwards but there is a tree behind me..so i run backwards into the tree..the rear wheel hits the flash smashing it off the top of the camera, and then carrys on to smack me in the face and then arm
Broken flash, hurt face..not cool!
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JAW
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Good thread!
I cant really think of any at the mo other than the typical battery runs out moments. A favourite story of mine was sterling lorence's in the first dirt photo issue - after a full day's shooting on a 2 or 3 day shoot he discovered that he'd shot at lowest quality jpeg all day! Hardly slept apparently (understandably!) but made up for it the next day.
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Hamish
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Forgetting to change the ISO back to 100 is another good one. You wonder why you're getting really high shutter speeds at f11 until you check the image and see the noise from leaving it at ISO 1600. I've had that happen, but discovered it fortunately before any important shots.
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lunatyk
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:40 am Post subject: |
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good topic...
i see it all happens to all of us - dead batteries, frozen cameras, not workin' flashes, iso, sunlight, people in background, trees, bad approach for good angle,,,
what annoys me the most?
breaks. . .
yeah, when djs are making breaks for the themselfs every 15minutes...
yes, i know, it is not easy, tyou must get rest.. but come on!
eating crisps all this time does not make you lighter hehehe
or the like to talk so much,,,
they stand on the top, talking - you are waiting - ok, 2mins... 5mins... 10mins... and it is -2C
i can not wait summer time : ]
there is one moe thing which makes me thrill...
> rider vs flash <
who is trully responsible for this? if someone damaged or even destroyed your flash is it fair to ask him for money back?
well, i think not... even if i am a photographer too...
but what do you think about it?
watch this... :_ )
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/54097/ |
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simpson
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| that video is hilarious, great find! |
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grinch8
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That was a hasselblad (sp) nuts
as for who pays
the guy who 360'ed into my face/flash i know his really well, ride with him everyweekend pretty much..he offered to pay me 60.. and everytime we go to burger king after a ride he gives me £10..so he is slowly paying it back.. and its good for me becase i get free burger king!
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JAW
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Great video, nasty though. Do you feel more sorry for the guy with the camera or the poor guys head at the end? 
| lunatyk wrote: | or the like to talk so much,,,
they stand on the top, talking - you are waiting - ok, 2mins... 5mins... 10mins... and it is -2C |
I know exactly what you mean - you sit cramped for ages expecting someone to come and eventually the lactic acid just gets too much so you jump up - just as the rider comes!
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Hamish
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| lunatyk wrote: | there is one moe thing which makes me thrill...
> rider vs flash <
who is trully responsible for this? if someone damaged or even destroyed your flash is it fair to ask him for money back? |
I'd have thought that it depends on the circumstances.
Is it's a competition then no. They're competing and it's up to you where you put your flash. They might crash anywhere and it's your fault if your flash is there. Same thing goes with random riders unless they've specifically asked you and you've explained where your equipment is.
If it's with mates then possibly. If they want you to take photos then it's only reasonable that they contribute to anything they break. If they don't really want you to be taking their photos then no they shouldn't pay.
If it's a photoshoot for a mag (although I've never donw one) then I'd find out who is responsible in advance. They might insist that you have your own gear insured in case of such events.
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dooley
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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ISO settings are a favourite of mine...I do it far too often!
The mode button gets knocked and you wonder why you can't change the shutter speed....
First shot is normally on manual focus...
Flashes not firing because I've not turned the receivers on...
As much as I can't afford to pay for stuff that gets broken, I couldn't really ask someone to pay for something they ran into because a jump went wrong or whatever. At the end of the day, it's me who placed the flash on the run out of a jump or stood in the exit of a corner and I know full well that if it goes tits up, then something could get damaged. The riders are just doing what they're normally doing whereas I'm extraneous to the situation really, so it's not their fault that some goon with a camera has decided to lie down on the backside of a jump with a load of gear strewn about him, lol!
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JAW
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I think the photography-nightmare that beats all is the story of Robert Capa. He took famous shots of world war 2 and died in a more recent war by stepping on a mine. He landed on the beaches on D-Day, dressed as a soldier, only carrying a camera instead of a gun - if you've seen Saving Private Ryan, you'll have some idea of what it was like on the beaches. Anyway, he risked his life and shot 9 rolls of film. When back at the labs, a new guy working there managed to screw up the developing process and as a result, only a few shots of the 9 films came out, and even these were not perfect.
That's roughly how the story goes anyway. I dunno about you, but I think it's enough to make one weep...
Here's one of the shots:
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mikedeere
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Here's a few
- Flash getting smashed just a few days into a two-week raodtrip
- Sync leads snapping in the cold weather
- Wireless kits misfiring a fraction of a second before I'm about to take a shot
- Mode selctor switch accidentally getting knocked from M to A or vice versa
- AF-D lenses deciding to cycle through focus just before a shot
- Everything happening perfectly, with the expception that there's some gormless skatepark kiddie stood right in front of my flash. Duh.
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