MX Freestyle... Day AND Night!!

BCSPhotoguyBCSPhotoguy Registered Users Posts: 265 Major grins
edited September 24, 2008 in Sports
First off.. I must thank Bobcool!!! I took a chance sending out a couple "HELP ME" emails to a few people that had done some amazing explanations for flash usuage and bob replied with some more great help! I had been asked by a client to do a MX freestyle show - No big deal, I have done a few for them before - Oh.. Its at Night... Gulp..! Let me explain - My flash knowledge was...Limited :D. So for a week, lots of homework, trial and error and emails seeking assistance! Oh, and the fact that i panicked and bought a SB-900 Speedlight.. I believe that purchase saved me!!
This is what I came up with! I will include some shots from the daytime practices.

I learned that my timing has to get better as you basically have one shot with the flash, but overall... I am fairly please! C&C welcome...

DSC_6025.jpg
_________________________________
Nikon D3 & D3s
2xSB-900 Speedlights
Tokina 12-24 f4, Nikon 50 f1.8, 28-70 f2.8,70-200 f2.8 VR, 1.7x TC , 200-400 f4 vrII
...more to come!

Comments

  • BCSPhotoguyBCSPhotoguy Registered Users Posts: 265 Major grins
    edited September 20, 2008
    DSC_6276.jpg
    _________________________________
    Nikon D3 & D3s
    2xSB-900 Speedlights
    Tokina 12-24 f4, Nikon 50 f1.8, 28-70 f2.8,70-200 f2.8 VR, 1.7x TC , 200-400 f4 vrII
    ...more to come!
  • BCSPhotoguyBCSPhotoguy Registered Users Posts: 265 Major grins
    edited September 20, 2008
    DSC_6432.jpg
    _________________________________
    Nikon D3 & D3s
    2xSB-900 Speedlights
    Tokina 12-24 f4, Nikon 50 f1.8, 28-70 f2.8,70-200 f2.8 VR, 1.7x TC , 200-400 f4 vrII
    ...more to come!
  • BCSPhotoguyBCSPhotoguy Registered Users Posts: 265 Major grins
    edited September 20, 2008
    dsc_6675.jpg
    _________________________________
    Nikon D3 & D3s
    2xSB-900 Speedlights
    Tokina 12-24 f4, Nikon 50 f1.8, 28-70 f2.8,70-200 f2.8 VR, 1.7x TC , 200-400 f4 vrII
    ...more to come!
  • BCSPhotoguyBCSPhotoguy Registered Users Posts: 265 Major grins
    edited September 20, 2008
    dsc_6703.jpg
    _________________________________
    Nikon D3 & D3s
    2xSB-900 Speedlights
    Tokina 12-24 f4, Nikon 50 f1.8, 28-70 f2.8,70-200 f2.8 VR, 1.7x TC , 200-400 f4 vrII
    ...more to come!
  • BCSPhotoguyBCSPhotoguy Registered Users Posts: 265 Major grins
    edited September 20, 2008
    dsc_6771.jpg

    Hope you enjoy them!! Also, if someone out there can educate me on how to have all the pics IN ONE POST... I would appreciate it!

    B.
    _________________________________
    Nikon D3 & D3s
    2xSB-900 Speedlights
    Tokina 12-24 f4, Nikon 50 f1.8, 28-70 f2.8,70-200 f2.8 VR, 1.7x TC , 200-400 f4 vrII
    ...more to come!
  • bobcoolbobcool Registered Users Posts: 271 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2008
    Looks Great!
    Woo hoo Brennan, looking good!

    You sure put that SB-900 to a good first use! Looks like you froze the action really well, but even managed to get a little wheel blur to maintain the motion effect!

    One suggestion - now that you can light up the drivers' faces, can you crop the pics some more? Those guys have some pretty funny looks when they are pulling these stunts that may add to the overall photo.

    Great pics, man!
    BobCool
    www.rfcphotography.com
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,942 moderator
    edited September 23, 2008
    Some nice photos. I do like the lighting in the night shots.
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • aktseaktse Registered Users Posts: 1,928 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2008
    Great job lighting the night shots! thumb.gif
    http://aktse.smugmug.com/
  • BCSPhotoguyBCSPhotoguy Registered Users Posts: 265 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2008
    ian408 wrote:
    Some nice photos. I do like the lighting in the night shots.

    Thanks guys! This was a real learnng experience for me! I was relieved when I looked at the screen after the first few shots - THEN, the fun began! Hope to do some more in a couple weeks.
    _________________________________
    Nikon D3 & D3s
    2xSB-900 Speedlights
    Tokina 12-24 f4, Nikon 50 f1.8, 28-70 f2.8,70-200 f2.8 VR, 1.7x TC , 200-400 f4 vrII
    ...more to come!
Sign In or Register to comment.