Go Skateboarding Day in Oakland, CA

Headed over to Oakland, CA for 510 Skateboarding's event for Go Skateboarding Day and I'd say it was a pretty good turnout. It was pretty crazy shooting this event. At any given time there were anywhere from 2-4 skaters doing tricks around me so I was always on my toes. My timing was off too. I'd shoot one area, turn around to shoot another and a skater would pull off something to make the crowd go wild. It happened a few times which was really a buzz kill for me and confidence destroyer. Felt like I was a step behind, hopefully next time I'll do better.

Enough of that sob story, here's a few pics with a whole bunch more on my blog linked below. Thanks for looking!

Comments & criticism welcome as always.

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Some very good shots. I like that you chose to shoot wide and the processing is pretty cool too!

really nice shots, looks those guys know what they're doing, some great air in a few of them

Shhot a little bit lower but ALWAYS try to shoot their front and never from behind.

imonkey89 wrote in post #14623371
Some very good shots. I like that you chose to shoot wide and the processing is pretty cool too!

Thank you! Yeah there was something about the processing that I really liked. It was an overcast day so the sky was shot anyways, but liked how it turned out and put most of the pop on the skater.

rick_reno wrote in post #14623494
really nice shots, looks those guys know what they're doing, some great air in a few of them

Thank you! Yeah these weren't playing around with small tricks which was a lot of fun to shoot and watch.

jackkthemackk wrote in post #14629579
Shhot a little bit lower but ALWAYS try to shoot their front and never from behind.

Gotcha! Thanks for the tips, I'll make sure to use them next time around