At the Skate Park

[casil403]

I had fun shooting these kids...I don't know if they (my shots that is...the kids were really good I thought) are any good but it was fun to watch them. They were pretty cool with having the old lady with the camera there.
Sean:


Mark:


Unknown kid:


I gave the two whose names I found out my flickr address and a contact email so they can get ahold of me if they want me to send them the shots. They liked that.

[kat]

Sweet! The second one is my fav with all the colors and comp

[Bambi]

I'm jealous. I"ve been wanting to do this sort of thing for a while. My favourite is the last one.

[casil403]

Thanks B and Kat....
A couple more from the day that I liked....
I thought I would throw up a colour version of a previous shot...lemme know which one is preferred:




LoL..... bonus points that they were playing awesome music I was listening to back in my day...Filter, Econoline Crush, Nirvana, Soundgarden, etc...
I think all in all I did okay for a first try at this type of shooting...I learned a few things and will go back and apply them....anybody has any suggestions on how to improve this kind of shot by all means throw them out there as I was winging it for the most part.

[Marko]

Nice set! - Shot 3 for me please.

[QuietOne]

B&W for the "unknown kid". In the color version, he starts getting a bit lost, and the people in the background become a lot more obvious. He's definitely the center of attention in the B&W.

The painted swimming pool shot is great, too. Too bad there's so much background stuff to the right. I like that the skateboarder is part of the picture as a whole, instead of the main subject, but he's just on the border of being easy to miss.

As for improvement - I don't know about you, but for me it would involve going back a lot, watching the rhythms of the people, and still probably wading through huge numbers of shots to find the few that were dead on.

[Hillbillygirl]

Excellent shot of unknown kid in B&W Casil.

[Richard]

Nice set Casil,

well done for getting out there and taking these shots, I walk past my local skating park everyday, and don't dare to get close, let alone get out a camera and start shooting...

nice job

[Bambi]

Nice set Casil,

well done for getting out there and taking these shots, I walk past my local skating park everyday, and don't dare to get close, let alone get out a camera and start shooting...

nice job

Why wouldn't you dare? I bet the kids would love to have their picture taken. or are you afraid to be arrested?

[casil403]

Thanks for the nice comments all.
Richard, these kids were more than cooperative. Only one group said no as they said they were more dirt bikers than skatepark riders and didn't want to look dumb (I think). They told me to come down to the dirtbike park in Chestermere as that is where they hang out usually. I spoke with Sean after I shot him in the bowl and he said most of them just love to ham it up and have their picture taken...especially when I gave some of them my contact email and flickr account so the could see the shots and send me a line if they wanted their shots. Sean already has his posted on his Facebook page.
When the kids saw me behind the cone, they really started taking turns to show off their stuff,,,it was so cool to see everybody having a go at it one at a time , getting along with each other, and showing their best moves as they jumped over the cone....the scariest part for me was trying not to get hit but be daring enough to get as close as possible.....lol. Not one of them even got close to me and one guy even moved the cone so it was in front of me so I could get a better shot.
As I said, just learn their names, give them a contact email and offer to send them the photos and you will have them eating out of your hand..they all want some neat shots for their facebook pages...lol! At least that was my experience...and I will go back there and do it again.

This was the closest anybody got to hitting me....and even then he was well far away...and he landed on his feet too!



This kid was really showing off his stuff too....he was pretty awesome to watch and he was loving the attention too. I might go back and find him to see if he wants some shots next week.