Photograph Kiting: Taking Good Stills and Videos
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Keys Kite Kaper© optional seminars for action shots will be available with emphasis on kiteboarding.
Taking good photographs and videos of kiteboarders requires knowledge of light, motion, zoom, focus, resolution and of your camera and its capabilities and features. Here’s my outline. Some day I may fill in the details.
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Edging Eric: Photograph by Louis Self
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Common to both stills and video
- Lighting and time of day
- Location: Getting close to the action (sometimes)
- Composition – what to include
- Know your camera - test and practice
- Tripod use
- Editing your result
Unique to the medium
- Focus
- Zoom when you can’t get close?
- Most-used camera features
- Features to avoid using
- Crashes (of the kiteboarder, not the camera or its software)
Go Pro Cams
George Pope proudly wearing his Helmet Cam - lots of features and not very expensive!
Video KiteCam
Build Your Own
