Comments on: Max Hill – SBC Skier Cover

By: Dan Carr

Dan Carr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:02:54 +0000

Thanks Dustin. Glad you got to see it!

By: Dustin de la Motte

Dustin de la Motte — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:10:47 +0000

Dan-
Honestly I don’t know how I stumbled onto your blog. Avid skier and fan of photography lead me here i guess. Contrats on the cover…actually saw it an airport here in California.

Thanks for including the light setup and everything. Usually people see that as intellectual knowledge and don’t include it as thoroughly as you have.

Have a great winter.

By: Jonathan Christoffersen

Jonathan Christoffersen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:58 +0000

No, It isn’t really an effect I like the look of normally. the final product tends to look fake and too much like a digital painting. I have however tried out creating the illusion of real HDR using Adobe After effects on some film clips, which makes night shots really cool and much more pleasing to look at.

I do have a different question. This year I’m going to be filming aswell as taking alot of photos at night time, which is not something I normally do. What lighting and power setup would you recommend? I’m not looking for the best of the best, something fairly affordable. The reason for this being that I tend to break my stuff, alot.

Thanks Dan! your blog (and portfolio for that matter!) is great!

By: Dan Carr

Dan Carr — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:20:03 +0000

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks!

Regarding HDR, I have not really tried it. I personally dont like the look of it and theres not much call for it in the ski industry.

Do you do much of it yourself?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:13:19 +0000

Hey Dan,

Congratulations on your first N. America cover. I really like the slight wire fence shadow on the wall to the right, makes it feel alot more cramped and urban.

When you have time, can you do a blogpost about your thoughts on the ever so popular HDR trend? and maybe how you achieve your HDR photos if you take them in a particular way.
Thanks, and congratulations again!

Jonathan.

By: Dan Carr

Dan Carr — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:36:03 +0000

Thanks for reading Elias!!

By: Elias

Elias — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:43:03 +0000

Congratulations to the cover!

Awsome blog you got going here. This has become one of my favorite sites since I first came across it. As a amature photagrafer I really appriciate the “behind the shoot” stories. Great inspiration!!

Best regards
Elias from sweden

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:36:37 +0000

Thanks!!!

keep reading!

By: Dan Carr

Dan Carr — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:35:50 +0000

Hi Alex,

Thanks for reading the blog!

I havent had a chance to try the Elinchrom Quadra. I would love the chance! Maybe I will see if i can borrow one to test.

Well spotted though, you are correct. It was not very dark. It was dusk, we were not using any other lighting for the skiers to see what they were doing.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:30:35 +0000

Hey Dan!
Congratulations for this blog!! Very usefull info, I talked to several photographers here in spain about Ranger flying problems and nobody told me how to do it (finally I run out of money and couldn’t buy one). Congratulations for your cover! Watchin the lighting diagram , the power, distances, iso and F, it really wasn’t very dark, was it?
It’s awesome to have such a nice diagram (don’t worry, I draw worse than u!).
One last question… have you tried new Ranger Quadra??
Hugs
Alex
http://alexfont.net