{"id":38,"date":"2008-06-06T11:18:51","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T18:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=38"},"modified":"2008-07-28T15:09:38","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T22:09:38","slug":"run-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"On the Job: Run & Shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my great challenges in photography has been making new techniques work the first time out on the job.<\/strong> I haven’t always been successful at that, so if the job permits (meaning there’s enough time or the art director doesn’t have a specific shot in mind) I usually plan on a back-up shot as well, something I’m sure I can pull off.<\/p>\n

I shot the two pictures in this post to illustrate a story in Marin Magazine<\/a> on trail running here in the Bay Area. The women belong to a Luna Chix running team<\/a> headed by the magazine’s web mistress.<\/p>\n

We chose a trail on Mt. Tam called the Sun Trail<\/a> because it provided some great views (I wanted the context of the geography) and was close to a road (to cut down on the gear lugging.)<\/p>\n

My original idea was to light three of the runners <\/strong>along a curve in the trail (like in the shot below), but after a few test shots I realized it would be very difficult to time the runners so a strobe hit each one as she passed. Also, I was shooting from 100 feet away on a rock out-cropping and would have needed an assistant to help reposition the lights after each test shot. Since this wasn’t a Chase Jarvis<\/a>-type-budget-shoot, meaning it was just me and five runners, I went for Plan B.<\/p>\n

First I shot three of the runners going through the curve. This was my sure shot. They were great sports because it was about 90 degrees out and they ran it a half-dozen times.<\/p>\n

Then, I set up four SB800s along an upper portion of the trail — two in front and two along the side — and had them run toward me. When the led runner crossed a line I had made in the trail she shouted to me and I shot the group with a 12mm lens. I could only get off one frame each time <\/strong>since the flashes were firing on full power and needed recycle time, so the team ran it about 20 times. I did several variations of this shot, including backing way off with long lens.<\/p>\n

The final shot (above) isn’t perfect, but it worked for the magazine and I learned a lot about lighting a group of moving people outdoors<\/strong>. Next time, I’ll concentrate more on separating each person, targeting them with an individual light and watching their expressions more.<\/p>\n

The magazine used the above shot in the index and the below one as the lead shot for the story.<\/p>\n

\"Luna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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