Joe's Blog (7)

For my independent project I want to combine the works of the renowned skate-photographer Mike Blabac, and the pieces found at the flickr group silhouette photography. Blabac has been a skateboard photographer for over 20 years and has some amazing work to check out. He also has… Continue

This is another example of lighting being very important in skateboard and basically any action shot. The time of day disables you from using a fast shutter speed to capture the moment in time perfectly without making it too dark. On-camera flashes, however, create a brigh… Continue

THis pic is so cool! The red light behind the wall of snow, the red jacket, and the red hat, combined with the shadows looks amazing. Also, the reflection of the red light on the sparkling snow looks awesome. The rider's hand's shadow combined with the rider's arm bring the viewer'… Continue

This pic is so cool! The red light, the red jacket, and the red hat look amazing together. But what really makes this photo amazing is the snow. The snow being sprayed in front of the strobe light just looks so awesome. Also, the reflection of the red light on the surrounding snow… Continue

At first i thought who are these kids? but then i looked at it from a photographer's point of view. what i came up with was that this photo is kind of like a narrative, telling a story about these two boys and their skating ambitions. The color of the sky contrasting with the pitch black silhouettes instantly catches your eye. also, the kids looking at eachother brings your eye back and forth between the two, bringing focus to the sky. the railing on the right helps balance the composition.… Continue

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ende/7521239/ The first thing i noticed when i saw this was the perspective of the sheds all lined up perfectly. The contrast between the sky, the red shacks, and the almost colorless sand really adds to the attention-grabbing-factor. The composition looks great, with the heavy color and darkness of the shacks on the right, and the light, thin, colorless volleyball net on the left. The scene almost looks photoshopped or staged because of the lack of people. But accor… Continue

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grimpet/3268341154/?addedcomment=1#comment72157613545456413 When i saw this photo in the thumbnail version i immediately clicked on it. the amazing color of the water running captured my eye and i wanted to look at it closer. I wanted to figure out what was going on in the picture, how the blurry water became blurry. I think the kinda magic looking water brings our eye about the page quickly because it is somewhat of a similar texture to everything else. the rocks ar… Continue