Legit-ness of Pictures

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

Hopefully this won't cause too much of an issue but how does everyone feel about wakeskate (and for that matter skateboard) photography (not sequences, just a single shot, one moment in time)?

1. Only photos where the rider stuck the trick counts: Plain and simple.

2. If the rider has stuck the trick during that shoot but not specifically for that photo, that's ok.

3. F- it! A cool photo is a cool photo!

Where do you draw the line since it's so hard to capture that perfect moment when you only might have one shot?

To me a photo doesn't count unless the rider stuck it right after it was taken.

Discuss...

lakebum · Ollie Joined: 16 Aug 2008 Posts: 76 City: DFW

i would say a good photo is a good photo. but i guess it depends on how you look at it. from a rider's standpoint i can see where sticking it would count, but from a photography standpoint i don't see that really being an issue.

marco · Posted: Aug 14, 2009 11:17 am Post subject:

i agree with you gnarshredd the photo only counts if the rider landed the trick. I could go out start trying to huck wake to wake bigflips and get a pic of it even though I was no where even close to landing it.

Evan71 · Posted: Aug 14, 2009 12:09 pm Post subject:

f-it a cool photo is a cool photo, but its nice to know they have landed that trick before

mojo · Posted: Aug 14, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

it only counts if the rider sticks the trick. doesn't matter if he/she did already. if they didn't land it show the fall. however, if you get a cool photo just write (not landed)

LBC Sk8 · Ollie Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 52 City: Long Beach

So if u get an epic pic and he falls then comes back sticks it but the 2nd pic is no where as good as the first just trash the good pic and use junk.... Might as well say no photshop or editing pics

EJazzle · Posted: Aug 14, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject:

Number two (Dr. Evil voice)

taku · Kickflip Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2868 City: Central FL

A sick picture freezes a moment in time, that moment happened regardless of the outcome. So I definitely appreciate all photographic art, not just the stuck ones.

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

taku, I think you just changed my mind on my own topic, haha.

A photo can be art whether or not the trick was stuck or not (if someone wen tout and took pictuers of only falls they could probably come up with some impressive stuff too). But i guess I'm really asking what would you consider to be ok for like a cover shot for example?

I'd say they still have to land the trick, even if it wasn't that specific attempt that was photographed, and it should be noted.

taku · Kickflip Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2868 City: Central FL

If it's stuck, that's a bonus IMO

EJazzle · Posted: Aug 14, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject:

if a picture claimss the trick is stuck (monday cover, mag shot, etc) it should be landed. That trick or a couple after

waterdork88 · Frontside 180 Joined: 12 Dec 2004 Posts: 426 City: Orlando

I agree with the idea that if they land it, its a bonus. If someone goes out and lands 100 kickflips in a row and the pictures are so-so, then they fall on the next one and the photographer gets a sick shot... then post away, I want to see the good shots. The photographer should be satisfied (the rider is another story and a personal preference). Very Happy

wakemitch · Posted: Aug 14, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject:

as long as its landed in the session its ok imo. but usually the picture is going to turn out better if the rider lands it because he/she will be in better form and position

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

OTT Productions · Posted: Aug 14, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject:

A cool pic is a cool pic! some crashes make cool pics... If it's going into print like a mag or ad, it should be landed in that set. Hopefully when the pic was taken. If it's not in print, then who cares! as long as the person who took the photo and who is in the photo should it truely matter too! It's there art to share not yours!

My 2 cent

Go ride..

LBC Sk8 · Ollie Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 52 City: Long Beach

Ya i personally think my crash photos are better than any of my trick photos
id say 15 to 1 ratio

P.S.... I <3 Oregon!