Thanks Lucas - very helpful. I particularly like the idea of b&w 19th century type shots - I must dig out some of Leni Riefenstahl's pre-war ski photos, which are great.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Lucas Rijnders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 January 2006 09:19 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Skiing with cameras... > > Op Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:58:39 +0100 schreef Bob W > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > ...wise or foolish? Discuss. > > Wise. Always combine hobbies, when possible :o) > > > 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. > > If you can keep a generally upright position when skiing, a > camera around your neck (in your jacket) would not be a > problem. That said, I usually keep it in a backpack. If it's > the first time, in a backpack would certainly be preferable. > > > I imagine also that it will be quite > > difficult to take pictures with ski gloves on. > > Yes. One modus operandi is to go before your travelmates > (assuming you have them, and want their pictures), stop > somewhere, stick sticks into ground, put gloves on them, get > camera, prefocus, wave to travelmates, wonder why the > bastards are not paying attention, wave again, take picture > as they ski towards you one by one. Try to picture them in a > turn. For a more dramatic angle, lie down. Beware of > travelmates trying to spray you with snow when lying down. > Medium telelenses (70-135mm) are fine for this kind of > pictures. Both the procedure and the pictures get boring > after a while... > > Photographing from the side (when they pass you) is possible > as well, but harder. You get the slope of the mountain in the > picture, but risk unsharpness due to movement. Some tricks > from general action photography (like panning etc.) might help. > > > Does anybody have any experiences, hints and tips about > Alpine-style > > photography that they'd like to share, please? > > Pictures in gondola's (the smaller 6-12 person ones) can be > fun too: lots of colors, and you can actually see faces. Very > close quarters, so use a wideangle lens. Other types of lifts > (chair-lifts, etc) can be good motives (lots of repetition), > but not when you're riding them (bad point of view)... > > Keep watching the landscape (very possible to make > 19th-century looking B&W photo's), and don't hesitate to pose > people (ski's in hand and all) before dramatice backdrops: > it's too easy, very cliché but makes for great pics ;-) > > The alps might be one place where UV filters are actually usefull. > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Bob-Claude Killy > > You wish! > > -- > Regards, Lucas Zurbriggen > > > >
