Perfect day for a ski race

ZacW wrote in post #11853701
Great shots! Brings me back to my highschool days when I was on the race team.

-Zac
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Thanks Zac! Now we just need to see some shots of that. Dont be skeerd!!!!

That's not always possible though, depending on the course. Often, downhill slopes or ski jump hills (Olympic style) are north facing, so you'll always have the sun to the skier's back leaving their front side in a shadow. You have to blow out the snow if you expose for the skier. Now here it comes, I can hear it now as someone exclaims: "Strobes!"

Yeah right.

Biffbradford wrote in post #11854881
That's not always possible though, depending on the course. Often, downhill slopes or ski jump hills (Olympic style) are north facing, so you'll always have the sun to the skier's back leaving their front side in a shadow. You have to blow out the snow if you expose for the skier. Now here it comes, I can hear it now as someone exclaims: "Strobes!"

Yeah right.

Very true. But I was only refering to these shots since the course was in the sun. I still cant for the life of me use a flash for shots like this. Yes it will expose them closer to the bright snow, but the flatness of the light bugs me. And being that lighting is my profession, I'll look for other means of exposure...