That's an excellent suggestion, Ken. Friends I'm with could body-mount it too for some fun video and narrative. Thanks! Cheers, Christine
Sent from my iPad > On Feb 1, 2014, at 3:09 PM, "Ken Waller" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Christine, you might give some thought to POV video. GoPros are very easy to > use, have many different mounts (chest, head and helmet) and produce very > good video. > > I used mine during my sled dog race and the video came out better than any > stills I could have taken with out stopping. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Question: Skiing and Photography > > >>> On 1 Feb 2014, at 16:56, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Everyone: >>> >>> If you were to do a photo shoot of a ski outting, what might be your kit, >>> preparation and strategy, and safety issues? Obviously, a photographer >>> wouldn’t want to just wait at the bottom of the hill for shots of folks >>> coming down the hill. How would you keep your kit safe when maneuvering >>> along the hill? >>> >>> Any tips and strategies from any PDML Skier-Photogs? >>> >>> I’m not planning a ski shoot this season, but maybe next season. >> >> I went skiing a few years ago with one of my brothers and his family, who >> are very good skiers. It's the only time I've skiied. It was the film era >> and I was using a Contax with Zeiss lenses. When I was skiing I left them at >> my brother's house - I had no wish to have that stuff on me while skiing, it >> was likely to be dangerous. On some days I didn't ski, and took the camera >> kit in a Domke F-2, went up the ski lift with them and found some spots >> where I could get different views of them on the way down, them some shots >> of one of my nephews boarding. >> >> I took a full range of lenses, from a 300mm to a 21mm. I took incident light >> readings with my hand shading the underside of the meter so that the snow >> would come out right. >> >> Here's a page I've just put up. Low-res scans to CD. >> >> http://www.web-options.com/Skiing/ >> >> The best shot is the one of my nephew jumping off a low bank - that's with a >> 21mm lens (35mm camera). Most of the shots are very samey, although I expect >> someone with more experience would much better. >> >> B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
