The Entrance Skatepark | Sports Photography

Slowly but surely I’m really defining what I want to specialise in with my photography, and skateboarding is one of them. So here’s a few recent shots from my local skatepark at The Entrance. 

Blake | Frontside Air

The image of Blake above was shot directly into the setting sun. A shutter speed of 1/1250sec was needed to get a correct exposure, I then used my Canon 430EXII on High Speed Sync at camera left to fill in the shadows on Blake and create some background separation. This image was shot at 10mm with the Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5. It’s a brilliant lens for crop sensor SLRs like the 7D and quite sharp too.

The following photos below were all shot with a Canon 17-85mm f/4-5.6 on a 7D using natural light.

Pat | Fakie BS Tailslide

Unknown | Kickflip

When I take skate shots at a park like this I like to go for a bit of a roll first, have a chat to whoever is around, then get my gear and ask permission to take some photos. Most people are more than happy to have the photo taken. I’m not into to making people pay for their photos either, I feel that it’s the wrong thing to do. I’m already benefitting by getting images of them skating, so asking for money on top of that is, in my opinion, rude.

Jay | Melon

Pat | Frontside Air