Comments on: 10 Things you will need to be a ski photographer

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:42:20 +0000

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By: Max

Max — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:09:02 +0000

good point you got there with the ambient light! anyways what i tried to say was that shooting in the pow without a strobe can be really hard. I have the wonderful opportunity to shoot with one of the best photographers while being part of his workshop (Scott Markewitz) the last two days we had gray foggy weather, but this leads to close ups, where you really have to pay attention to details! All Im saying is that you Dan got it spot on with using ambient light, i never thought it could make such a difference!

Max!

By: Dan Carr

Dan Carr — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:39:24 +0000

Zack , yes 95% of urban use strobes thats true but I certainly wouldnt say mags are mostly urban. I still stand by the list though. If you are just starting out, these are the things you need. There is no point jumping into having 5 strobes and 6 pocketwizards if you dont yet know how to take a photo and and use ambient light.

By: Dan Carr

Dan Carr — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:29:20 +0000

Doug, if you are on a budget jusmp no ebay and hunt down some Nikon SB-80DXs. Great value, reliable and fast flash duration. I have 4 of them and love them. As for PWs, plusII are fine, stay well away from the TT5 and TT1 , they SUCK.

By: Lorne Cameron

Lorne Cameron — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:46:15 +0000

Petzl Zipka is always in my bag, good call Dan.

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:09:16 +0000

While youre correct about big mountain riding, in magazines I’d say 95% of urban set ups use strobes, and magazines love urban set ups, as they usually dominate the magazine’s photos

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:38:34 +0000

Dan what pocket wizards and strobes would you recommend… and it would be nice to not have to buy the 2000 ranger lol

By: Dan Carr

Dan Carr — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:51:31 +0000

Zack , I wouldn’t consider Pocketwizards and strobes to be a necessity. There are plenty of ski photographers out there that just shoot things like Alaskan big mountain skiing and they dont use flashes. Yes, most people will eventually need something like that but these are the things I would say are absolutely necessary from the very beginning.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:36:16 +0000

Pocketwizards, dont forget pocket wizards and strobes

By: Dan Carr

Dan Carr — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:06:07 +0000

As Erich says Tyler, it’s pretty similar for both. I ski and snowboard depending on what type of shooting im doing that day. I much prefer to stand around in snowboard boots if possible.