Any Crossfitters out there?
When I purchased my DSLR two years ago,I volunteer to shoot at events for my Cross Fit gym to practice settings, composition etc.. It's an amazing experience to watch these strong athletes in action, and never tire of photographing them, and try to capture their hard work at various percpectives.
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As sports images there are a couple areas where you could improve. The first issue is exposure. It's the athlete that is important - not the sky. Sine specifics:
shot 1: shot is underexposed. It's also a bit of an awkward crop just below the knees. Given the legs aren't going to be much of the story for a woman with pants (i.e. no muscle tone being displayed) I'd prefer a tighter crop on the upper body - highlight the muscle tone there and get more detail on the face.
shot 2: just doesn't work for me at all. You don't know what she's looking at, you don't get a sense of concentration because you don't see the face and the woman behind is a distraction. Additionally the subject is crammed into the bottom right of the frame and there's plenty of pretty sky at the top of the frame - pretty, but not for an image of an athlete where you don't see anything interesting about the athlete. In short there's no good subject in this photo - just the sky, un-involved participant in background and the top of subject's head.
shot 3: underexposed and very cramped. To me, the fact the feet are only a few inches off the ground makes a wide shot not very impactfull. If you are going to go wide it needs to be wider - don't push the subjects head into the top corner of the frame. But given they're so close to the ground and given all the distracting elements around (looks like someone right off the frame to the right and the crowd in the background) I'd like to see a much tighter shot of torso only - this is a great opportunity to highlight facial expression but it needs to be tight - as well as muscle detail. The subject in the background is a better potential subject without the shirt.
Shot 4: Potentially a great capture - great expression. But it looks like you pulled the camera up and fired a quick snapshot without any thought - the shot is crooked and the framing is very akward - also way too much DOF here - the people in the background, especially with the camera are very distracting. The subject of this type of shot needs to be the heft of the weight being lifted and the expression. Also focus is a bit off - when I look at larger image the focus appears to be somewhat behind the lifter. Better positioning of yourself to your left would have helped a bit - but certainly better framing / dof control so you could see the weight / expression and not so much of the background.
John
@John - we've joined the cult! I am no youngster and I go at least 4 times a week, best thing I have ever done for myself. Can't wait to see your pictures...
Gretchen...here's a few from our event last weekend :-)
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Muscle Ups
#2
Teams of 4 pushing the prowler for a mile
#3
Muscle Ups
#4
Deadlifts
#5
Weighted Prowler Push
#6
Farmers Carry
#7
Snatch
#8
Double-Unders
Cheers,
John