Bob,
I've done a fair amount of ski photography.
For casual use, I have just taken along my Olympus
Stylus Zoom, which is small, light, water resistant,
and easy to use with gloves on.
For shooting races, I've most recently used my PZ-1p
and 80-320 zoom. There is no way to ski with this
gear, whether in a backpack, waist pack, or chest
pack, without feeling off-balance. Falling is
painful. I use my Lowepro Off-Road bag, which rides
in front of me on the chair lift; once off the lift I
heave it around to be a fanny pack.
In actual shooting, I find the biggest problem to be
one's tendency to make the horizon (i.e. hill) level.
This takes some of the drama out of the skiing, of
course. Trees and lift poles are usually fairly
vertical, and these plus a grid finder keep the slope
looking like a slope.
The second problem is distracting backgrounds. Using
a shallow DOF is hard with sunlight on snow and
fast-moving skiers, so I practiced my panning
technique until it worked well.
The third problem is exposure. Slides are tough.
Spot-metering the trees in the background or some
clear blue sky overhead, and locking the exposure, has
worked well for me.
Good luck and happy skiing, and happy new year!
Rick
--- Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...wise or foolish? Discuss.
>
> I'm going skiing for the first time at the end of
> February. I expect the
> Alps to be alive with the sound of the James Bond
> theme within about 5
> minutes of me strapping the planks to my feet.
>
> Anyway, I will take a couple of film cameras. I
> assume that it is unwise to
> ski with a camera round my neck, but presumably I
> could carry one in a small
> backpack, next to the parachute. I imagine also that
> it will be quite
> difficult to take pictures with ski gloves on.
>
> Does anybody have any experiences, hints and tips
> about Alpine-style
> photography that they'd like to share, please?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Bob-Claude Killy
>
>
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