DSM Skateboarding
August 22nd, 2007 by Nick
Posted in Des Moines, People, Greatest Hits, Action | 10 Comments
I contacted Gabe of www.dsmskateboarding.com after seeing him in DM Juice. I asked him if I could take some skate photos of his group sometime. We met up at Skate South where they currently gather once a week or so. A big thanks to Gabe, Skate South, and all the skaters that risked their lives to help get me better shots. These guys have some incredible talent, it was amazing seeing them in action.
This being my first time shooting any indoor low light sports, I didn’t do horrible but I didn’t do as well as I wanted to either. The poor and sparse lighting (rollerskating rinks usually only use their mood and disco lighting) didn’t help me capture action very well. I had to use compact strobe flashes to illuminate and freeze the action. I should have used more variety in lighting setups for better results. It was definitely more challenging than any shooting I’ve done before, a learning experience no doubt.
Gabe of DSM Skateboarding on the rainbow box
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
These pics are all bad ass dude, next time you go I’ll go with ya
Friday, September 21st, 2007 at 8:43 am
Sounds good. If you’re willing to help, it would actually be great to have a voice activated light stand. “Move right, move left, zoom in flash head, zoom out flash,” etc. I just received my real radio slave triggers, so everything should work a little better now.
Friday, September 21st, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Bobby is tearing it up on the pink girl board… to bad he doesn’t have the matching hat, cuz I do. Great action pics.
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Yeah he was awesome, very talented.
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Great pix Nick. Can’t wait to see the Urby contest pix.
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
really dig the first one, well lit.
Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
That picture is siiick Bobby. Nice. Oh yeah the top one.
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 at 7:05 pm
For the crappy lighting Skate South has the pics look better this way. it looks good witt everything dark in the background. makes you focus on the skater. gives it character. as an amature photographer and skater my self.
good job and sick pics. cant wait to see the urby pics
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 at 7:07 pm
correction ^pics look better this way^
Saturday, December 15th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
hi