FMX photography ............How to......

[frontside]

Here is a new post to disuss on how to shot FMX pics .
Tell us about your experience , photo gear , techniques and so on .....
My personnal gear Canon eos 5 , sigma fisheye , tamron19-35, tamron 80-200 , flash METZ 45CT5, flash METZ CT4,METZ mecalux 11 light slave , film provia 100 et 400 , KODAK elitechrome 100 ,tripods ,synchro cables , ......

[Pedz1]

That foto looks dope with that Peice on that white wall...

[*Tats*]

sic picture.

[pic_takin_chick]

well i shoot moto whenever i get a chance, i use canon eos 300, my lenses ranger from 20-35mm up to a 90-300mm all canon, i'm waiting till the funds are up b4 i go digi, ask NGX or bill, they will gladly offer their opinions on this topics as they're both killer photographers

[Shifty]

I have a Kodak Digital Camera. Now, im not a guru, nor do I know what the hell your rambling on bout. But it takes nice pictures.

[NGX]

Thank you Senorita Lis for that.. and yes all so billy in my mind is way good at both digi and Film...

As Far as Images Of FMX go I only shoot digi so billy will have to help on the film..

I use a 3.3 pixel Olympus 3030 zoom

1.4 Step up lez Max you would want to go..

Sun Pak dual batt: for no mem: loss

Sun Pak Flash Adp: for Olympus

And the Sun Pak (for get huge ) Flash pak.. :D

Of cource many smart media disks 64,128 meg cards.

and the lappy cuz more U clear ya card the more U can take..
So from here you just start taken photo's I have taken 1089
Photos in a day that was at ZG 2001 many you can see in the gallery I take more life shots than action... :D Here like this one
Classic if you know who thay are.. Iv added a lill info on the photo for you.. * Lead your shot Know where you are going to take your shot.. settings for your camera day,night,clouds, have it all sorted doing digi you can take as many as U like to learn what is good and what is Not.. !! hope this helps a lill * Billy B, Will be on soon to help you with Film.. cheers.. :headbang4

[Insane]

Good timing this post... and wow what a crazy pic..

I just lashed out today and bought myself a whiz bang Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR... Cost me a tad under $3000 just for the camera body without a lense.. Gotta love interest free... I also bought the Pro Pack thing and a cheap lense for now.. Then lense I really want is another $2500 so I think that can wait for now as I need to eat in the next few months lol

I pick it up in the morning... woooot I have under 48 hours to learn to use it though before I am at planet X so should be interesting :) Standby for a heap of really really good Planet X pics or else maybe a whole heap of blury pics that look like then lens cap is still on....


More info on my new toy here:
http://www.canon.com.au/products/cameras/digital_slr/eos_10d.html

[frontside]

it's interesting to talk about this on this site .Hey , Insane , maybe you could do a part dedicated to how to shoot FMX in the forum ?????????? I'm sure we are not alone to think about it .....
Nice investment anyway , you're on the way .
Do some senior photographer take part of this forum sometimes ?????
thank you for your contribution NGX , this may help many ppl here that want to start with digi , but who is Billy B ? Does somebody gets is E-mail .
Well , here are some stuff i think about FMX pics , for me , i must see the height of the jump (if we can see landing or ramp as indicator or sometimes both ) , it must be jam pics or training pics , i don't like contests pics that much (i prefer see the rider in the country not with too much advertisements and people )......that's just my opinion .

Ho , here's another one as present .sorry i didn't get enough time to clean my scan .

Dr DEE

[pic_takin_chick]

nice camera choice Adam, exactley what I'm lookin at, good thing my lenses will fit the 10D, let me know how it goes at X games cos i'm seriously thinking bout investing in one.

frontside, as for shooting, i generally shoot from the side, while the guys are practicing i get my timing right and do like a pan shot and get the feel right, but generally i'm good to shoot after a few snaps, gonna be a change when i go digi, hey Adam can you let me know if there is much of a "lag" time between when u press the shutter button and when it takes the pic, i'm hoping there isn't, hey have a killer time at x games!

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

adam what's the stroy with u and goin to all the sick events. are u a photographer or sumthin. cause man i'm jealous. lol

[The Snitz]

Frontside - I'm loving those pics!! post some more up dude

not to mention wat a great lookin ride spot that second pic of urs is!

Steve

[fmxmaitland]

i have a pentax slr with a 90 to 200 lens and a 30 to 90 that is ancient and a cannon a70 gut what i really want is a cannon eos 5

[Shifty]

WOWEEE, man Insane. That is a freekin camera :D :D

Since we are getting all thecho I think I shall add my Camera.

Kodak DX6490

4megaPixel

Schneider Lense

38-380mm Zoom

128mb SD Card

(Brad, dont resize, I wanted to show everyone what its like big) :D Cheers

[Shifty]

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[Mungoman45]

Nice shot Pete...Dont worry man, I wont resize it....only if i can whack up one of mine LOL.....which I'm gunna do... I'm not really into the whole camera dealio, but Here's some Specs. on mine:

Kodak DX4330 Digital

3.1mega pixels (2160x1400 pixels)

Lense: 38 mm-114 mm

Zoom: 10X, 3 X optical, 3.3X Advanced Digital

focus distance: 3.7 m (2 ft.) to infinity

shutter speed 1/2-1/1700 sec.

display: 45.6 mm (1.8 in.) indoor/outdoor display

scene/other modes: standard, landscape, night, sports, macro

movie capture: video and audio capture and playback on camera

Aaaaaand here's a pic, not resized, 100% quality direct from Camera: Mungoman188 :D 2160 x 1440 pixels wooooo BIG

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

how much was everyone's?

[moto_maniac]

i got a kodak digi, i dunno specs heres a pic straight from camera

[Mungoman45]

Originally posted by FoXRaCiNG.2
how much was everyone's?

I got mine for my 21st B-Day, but i believe it was around the $750 mark......then ya gotta (ya dont have to, but to recharge the batteries ya need it, and Digi's suck through normal batteries) a gotta buy a "docking station" charger, and they run for anything from $150 upwards, for a plain one right up to like $500-$600 or so for those snazy ones with printers and shit built in.

[Insane]

I got my camera and all I can say is woooot woot
and another wooot...

Here is one of the first pics I took - Taken on about the third
highest camera camera setting, reduced to 20% of original and
then compressed for the web.

Click here (http://www.fmxaustralia.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2080) to see the same pic, still on third highest setting
and compressed, it just hasn't been reduced and is the size the
pics come straight off the cam.

As for lag when clicking the button is seems fast as but will let
you know more after this weekend...

As for why I go, basicly I go for a bit fun and I enjoying seeing
Australia's best ride, I firgured I might as well take pics`for this
site while I am there and its kinda gone form there... ;)

[Mungoman45]

HAHA, freakin sweet, now i KNOW everyone will ask, so I'll be the 1st to jump in....nice clear, sweet pic, even for a reduced web sample, but the plates......Photoshopped? or real?

[kyle]

you can tell they are photo shopped, as they plates should be "3D" sort of pocking out.

[Insane]

Thanks and yer photoshopped ;) I had ordered those plates from vicroads but in black and white slimlines but hadn't had the money nor decided whether I wanted them on the car.. People remember pesonalised plates easier and stuff.. I think they are still sitting at vic roads waiting to be paid for...

[Insane]

Originally posted by kyle
you can tell they are photo shopped, as they plates should be "3D" sort of pocking out.

Some are now printed flat like that too... They dont indent the plates for some reason, can't remember which type though maybe the yellow and brown ballarat / goldfields ones... cant remember..

[FoXRaCiNG.2]

that a nice car insane

[frontside]

Does anyone knows Billy B. ?I think he could help us (me !!!) with photo technique ....

[ReTaRd]

what do you mean by technigue? find a dope rider then point and shoot! thats my technigue, oh and do it in the middle of the day becuase i have no flash

[pic_takin_chick]

point and shoot, i like your theories, but somehow they dont always work that way for me :(

[stavross]

with my camera... a cannon ixus 400. if im shooting bikes in the air, will i need to use manual or will it work on auto?

havent had the chance to test it myself

[pic_takin_chick]

the only way you will find which is better for you is to test it, try both see which works better for what you want, but i dont see why auto would be a problem

[frontside]

what i mean by thechnique is that i use my camera ONLY in manual mode for best results and to do effects on my photographies .
I start to shoot some pictures using flash (even in daylight) as it is done in Snowboard ,skateboard and BMX .And i apply it to my FMX photos .I have to improve , but the first results are good looking , if you know Garth Milan's work , i think you understand what i mean ..... (Transworld MX photographer )
Here is an exemple i post that couldn't be done in Auto Mode (i've done this BMX pic 3 months ago .

[pic_takin_chick]

yeh have seen his work, i understand what u mean, i like seeing the skate pics in my bros mag, very nice, andrew currie (i think thats his name) his pics are nice

[K-ran]

thats a wickedy smick pic of the bmxer.

[frontside]

sorry i don't know andrew currie , as i'm in Europe i don't get access to australian magazines (i would like to .....) .But there so many good alternative sports photographers here too .
For myself i just focus on the 2 disciplines i like much because i practice BMX and FMX .
Retard , did you receive my E-mail ?

[Brentasaurous]

i have a canon eos 300 and it does the job. i have around 5 lenses and one fisheye. ill post some pics up soon

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZUS!, 4200 pixels wide is TOO BIG for the forums man, good GOD, the damn thing wouldn't even load completely. Biggest one we got in here is about half the size of that at just over 2100 pixels i think, so maybe, if ya reduce it a lil, it may load ;). Looked like a nice shot of Crusty but, so IF ya can figure out how to resize, we'd love to see it, otherwise, dont bother postin, cause it wont load :(~Mungo:cool:

[Brentasaurous]

ok, yamaha_85 showed me how to re-size..
here is crusty..
I used a
50mm lens on a canon eos300 pretty basic stuff but a good shot i reckon! Ive got more to come.
check out the thread in if you flaunt it.

[Insane]

that is seriously one awesome shot!!!!! Print that sucker up poster size !!!!

[Mungoman45]

SHIT YEAH!, that is friggin SWEET! no offence crusty, cause i know ya can ride, but that makes ya look pro, I'd buy that, poster size for my room :D Cant WAIT for more of ya shots Brent, if they're only half as good as that, they'll still be fan-bloody-tastic :woot: Goin off mate

[Robbo66]

no offense to brent.. its an awesome shot, but thats 1 in 30 photos that turned out good. but that was with his reall crap lense, he now has some new lenses and all that so hopefully he will start getting his percentage of good shots up!!!!:D

[bakflip_kimble]

phat....... i want a camera i got a digital cam but i hate using it

[kimble]

hmmm....

[Brentasaurous]

yeah robbo is right, there were only about 3 or 4 good shots out of a24 shot film, but robbo, thats what happens in photography

[Brentasaurous]

So does anyone else have any more good shots?