Skateboard Park from today

C&C welcome.

First time shooting skaters. This is a local park and these guys were awesome. They took the time to explain the various ramps, the tricks they were doing etc. I had a blast!

good lookin shots... nice timing.... what skatepark is it??

composition on all these are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too tight

HauntFreaks wrote in post #5851045
good lookin shots... nice timing.... what skatepark is it??

It's called Methodist Skate park but is owned and run by Mecklenburg County (North Carolina)

Get Real Media wrote in post #5851058
composition on all these are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too tight

Not sure I understand what you are getting at... please explain!

Vetteography wrote in post #5851353
Not sure I understand what you are getting at... please explain!

what he is saying is that your to close to the subject and you cant see enough of the terrain... I dont think thats fully true... photo 1 and 3 could be looser... 3 more then any of them... if he was hitting the rail in that photo maybe show the rail... on 2 and 4 I dont believe you need to see anymore then what is there... you can see the transition and the coping... I think both of those are well timed good photos... of course this is just my opinion...

Get Real Media wrote in post #5851058
composition on all these are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too tight

not really. #2 and #4 are perfect.

Get Real Media wrote in post #5851058
composition on all these are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too tight

steady on. you've been here long enough to make just 2 posts. what you're doing isn't a constructive criticism, which is what people want when they post an image.

Its all in the way you hold your tongue

HauntFreaks wrote in post #5851579
what he is saying is that your to close to the subject and you cant see enough of the terrain... I dont think thats fully true... photo 1 and 3 could be looser... 3 more then any of them... if he was hitting the rail in that photo maybe show the rail... on 2 and 4 I dont believe you need to see anymore then what is there... you can see the transition and the coping... I think both of those are well timed good photos... of course this is just my opinion...

That makes more sense. These are all crops because I wanted to make sure the kids would have some cool pictures they could keep.. wanted them to be able to see faces etc.

I did try, in most of them, to keep some perspective, to give them enough room around the skater to show how much air etc they were getting.

I'll work on it... thanks!

The whole thing about skating is telling the whole story. Just keep that in mind when shooting.

I love that park, Grayson Skatepark to be exact. Keep an eye out for a few bike sequences I shot there, 360 tailwhips and such. Glad you enjoyed the park!