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There is a reason why someone will label himself as a snowboard photographer, and not a sports photographer. Sport photographers have one thing in common when it comes to Snowboard photography, and that is that they think its just as taking pictures of downhill skiing, or any other sport. It is not, I`ve seen snowboard pictures taken by famous sports photographers, and they are simply awful. There are certain rules when it comes to snowboard photography. And the main rule is, leave some ground in the picture, so you can tell how high up the rider is.
Examples:
Picture 1.(simple crop of picture nr 2)
This is how a typical sports photographer would take the picture(picture 1) the dreadful blue sky close up type picture. Same picture but this time you can actually tell how high up the rider is (picture 2) . Picture 1 would not be printed in a snowboard magazine, picture nr 2 has been used.Also try and leave the jump itself in the picture so you can see which direction the rider is going.
If you want to do any kind of photography, research.. at least buy a magazine and see how the pro`s does it.
Just avoid the close up blue-sky rider pictures, and you will be on your way to become a better snowboard photographer. |
Picture 2. 
