Well it's been too long since I shot something for me. Not "of" me, it just sorta worked out that way. I spent a lot of time looking at images of Tiger this week (page 93, this month's Esquire, photo=WOW), and I guess it got me thinking about golf images.
First off, let me say that my swing looks a lot prettier than it is. I am fairly certain that had I been hitting an actual ball, it would have flown about 50-yards straight then taken a hard nose dive to the right.
The execution here was fairly simple. I set the camera on my tripod and composed, attached my Pocketwizard with the remote cable and placed the camera in self-timer mode. I then grabbed my 6-iron (bad decision, will explain shortly), and ran down to the beach.
I'd shoot 10 images or so then jog back up and warm up and check the camera to see what I'd gotten. I shot around 50 images total before my fingers froze (estimated temp. 35 degrees).
The execution here was fairly simple. I set the camera on my tripod and composed, attached my Pocketwizard with the remote cable and placed the camera in self-timer mode. I then grabbed my 6-iron (bad decision, will explain shortly), and ran down to the beach.
I'd shoot 10 images or so then jog back up and warm up and check the camera to see what I'd gotten. I shot around 50 images total before my fingers froze (estimated temp. 35 degrees).
Post-production here was a bit interesting. The sunrise is almost as I saw it, with some minor contrast tweaks and dust-spot removal. The interesting part takes us back to my poor club selection. Had I taken a driver instead of a 6-iron, the club head and shaft would have probably been more visible. As it was, I had to enlarge the head and triple the width of the shaft in post so that they'd be visible.
On tap for this week - hopefully some images from spring training (Tues., Palm Beach), and from my final portrait session of the offseason tomorrow.
2 comments:
I have nothing to say about the head and shaft of your 6-iron, but I do love this shot and your swing even though the ball wouldn't have gone anywhere!!
While I am glad to hear that you were able to artificially enhance the size of your head and the width of your shaft in order to make this work, I just can't believe you didn't bring your driver down there in the first place. 6-Iron? Are you serious? Talk about bringing the wrong gun to a gunfight. Bear down.
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