Professional Results?

[2stroke]

OK, I am posting this with a little caution as I dont really intend to ridicule the photographer.

I race off road motorcycles for fun, nothing serious, but in that there is a photographer that goes out and gets photos of all the racers, no easy task in itself as the races can be in remote locations and only accessible by bike and usually in some kind of inclement weather. The shot locations would pose some difficult situations to get quality results, but my question is this (since I am NOT professional) is after looking at some of the shots in the link, shouldnt you have your metering pretty close after the first several shots? I understand dust can be a problem and the racers can sometimes come in stacked up making subsequent shots difficult.

http://photosbygrumpy.morephotos.com...alse&ckw=false

btw, my shot is 42a, like the pic, dont like the washed out exposure and color.

[dcclark]

That link just takes me to a login/search page -- can't see anything there.

What do you mean by "metering pretty close"? That doesn't really make sense -- do you mean focusing close? Zooming in close? Can you explain more clearly what the trouble is, since the photos seem to be password protected?

(Edit: my E key is dying...)

[inquiries]

Originally Posted by dcclark

That link just takes me to a login/search page -- can't see anything there.

What do you mean by "metering pretty close"? That doesn't really make sense -- do you mean focusing close? Zooming in close? Can you explain more clearly what the trouble is, since the photos seem to be password protected?

(Edit: my E key is dying...)

You have to click View All, under the search bar, to see the photos. And I think he means Exposure wise

[2stroke]

re: search, either click all images = all images from this event or choose a # mine was 42a

re: metering close, what I mean is close to correct, if you click view all images you can see what I mean, most are blown out.

[m.c.adams]

I see what you mean. Checked the VCMC Qualifier and they are pretty washed out. I think he could have found a spot where he wasn't shooting into the sun. Just my opinion though.
Mark

[AlphaBjerke]

Wow, I would not be happy with these pictures at all. I see what you mean. What probably happened is he upped the EV so the riders weren't too dark. Of course that makes the rest overexposed. Perhaps he just posts the unprocessed ones online for expediency and makes better PP copies later. I hope he shot in RAW + JPEG. That is the danger in posting all the Jpegs from an event online. You are sure not going to PP all of them, but it sure makes you look bad.

[2stroke]

All shots posted online are SOOC ( I just learned what that means), and he admitted having problems and noted that any purchased pics would get fixed. I have no Idea if he shoots in Raw + jpg.

[AlphaBjerke]

That is what I thought. If it were me, I would have some way that I mentioned that on the site so people didn't think my shots were terrible. I have taken some events--softball games for the school I teach at, plays in dark auditoriums--that when you post the jpegs online for people to see and decide what to buy, you are afraid that they will think you suck. I can fix these up real nice, but they might not know that.

[Rolling Stone]

I think if he moved about a bit, he may have gotten some better pics also. If you're shooting into the sun and the first comes out over-exposed, then so will the rest.

[fletch]

This reinfoces one of the key things for me about trying to shoot in difficult lighting conditions. When thinking to yourself

"How on earth do I expose with the sun behind and dark shadows and...?"

The answer if often "don't"! Just move your feet!

Edit: I even wrote a blog post about it!
http://jfletcherphoto.wordpress.com/...ng-situations/