Jonas, I chose a nice trail.
SPORT WITH KIDS Jonas, I chose a nice trail.
SPORT WITH KIDS I thought I’d stand over there and you could come from here, so that I could take a shot from the front, can you do that?
I thought I’d stand over there and you could come from here, so that I could take a shot from the front, can you do that?
Sure I can.
Okay let’s try.
We have this new toy from Canon, a mirrorless R5 camera, top of the mirrorless range at the moment,
good for everyday shooting as well as for professional photography.
It has high resolution sensor, it’s pretty fast.
And it has fantastic autofocus, great for this scene.
It’s a new system using RF lenses, but if you don’t have these,
you can just use an adapter to mount an older EF lens, it seems they work flawlessly together.
Jonas, let’s go!
I’m coming!
When we go cycling with the family and we come across a nice path like this,
lined with trees, there is beautiful scenery here.
Jonas can go straight at us and we can use the autofocus, it focuses automatically on his face and we can take care of the composition
and wait for the shot we want.
Jonas, let’s go, let’s do this!
We are shooting a pan shot, which is a specific kind of a shot with slower shutter speed,
using the automatic stabilization within the lens and the camera – we only keep the object sharp,
the background is blurred and we get the effect of great speed.
Pan shot gets more attractive the more colours we fit in and the slower shutter speed we use.
One of my pan shots won me a Czech Press Photo prize a couple of years ago.
Kuba, I’d like to shoot this banked turn, it’s good for you, you will gain good speed.
I love riding and when I started shooting as well, it made sense to put the two together.
I began to shoot cycling and I’ve been doing it for 12 years.
I like the dynamics of it, it’s an attractive, action-packed sport outdoors.
I shoot the whole scene, it’s going to be all green, there will be a part of the trail and the slanted rider in the banked turn.
It’s going to be messy, you will have to look for the rider.
Go!
I like shots that are a bit artistic and that look good when printed.
Everybody can find something to like in that.
Great!
You can’t be seen at all, but that only makes it better!
Do it once again please for the wide lens and then we will switch to tele.
Finally, we got a bit of light in, you can see the dust, it’s all green.
In this very photo, I love the connection of the rider with the nature,
there is the rough trail, the natural scenery that evokes calm, lots of green.
I chose manual exposure setting, 1/1000 sec., f 2.8 and ISO 2000, it’s quite dark in here
Great!
I’m finished.
I wanted to freeze the movement, to freeze the gravel and the dust that flies off the bike.
Two dirt tracks, one large, one smaller, it’s going to be great, I will stretch it into little clouds, this could work well.
It’s important to do a good prep, to know the location and to have a vision you want to achieve,
and you need to communicate the vision to the athlete the best you can.
Of course, the better athlete, the better for you, because they can do the tricks well.
Yes, this could really look good!
We used1/2000 sec, f5.6 and ISO 400 in order to get good structure. This is an ideal speed, the rider doesn’t move that fast,
he flies upwards and the trajectory isn’t extremely fast.
Dirt trails are perfect for sequences, i.e. we shoot as many shots per second as we can, we basically just hold the shutter
and we get a sequence from getting onto the ramp through the flight up to the drop.
We can put it all together into one picture in the computer.
I shoot sports because I love capturing the moments that may never happen again.
I like to watch the athletes getting better, moving up, and I love to document that.
Great!
This is good.
Are you all right?
The table is great, it’s sharp. You have the bike above your head.
There is some light and here, there is a great stretched sleeve, all black, just the outline.
Here I like the light reflecting off the concrete. And the trick is wonderful.
I love to get my view of the stuff, of the scene.
I love to try to get something creative into it.
I like to link the sport with a certain space.
Either landscape, architecture, city, I really like to put the athlete into the composition, pretty much get him into a landscape shot.
When you want to shoot sports, you need to know the discipline well.
You need to know the rules, to know how the athlete moves, to know the venue or location
and then you need to communicate with the athlete to get the desired result.
You need to be critical towards yourself, you need to stretch your limits, not make do with the first shot.
Thanks, great, finished!