Last night, I attended the Action Photography Workshop at R.O.X. (Recreational Outdoor eXchange), Bonifacio High Street.
It was a free 2-part workshop with professional photographer Benjamin M. Chan of Blacksheep Photography. The topic was Action photography 101 and was co presented by Canon. I’ve been wanting to learn this as I’ve been unsuccessful with my action shots. I know I’ve been doing something wrong and would want to get tips from a professional action photographer. So this was a good opportunity.
I arrived 30 minutes after it started because of traffic. I missed the introduction and I felt that it was the most important part of the lecture as the speaker defined what action photography is. Anyhow, I was still able to catch lots of tips from Ben Chan. I feel though that this workshop was more suited for advanced photographers or at least someone who already took basic photography.
Here are some of the things I learned from the event:
3 types of Action Shots:
- Static Shot – camera in a static position, subject moving towards the camera.
- Panning Shot – camera in a static position but panning along subject’s perpendicular direction.
- Tracking Shot – camera moves alongside subject’s direction.
- Conceptualize – get inspired by reading, watching, imagining, daydreaming
- Visualize – make doodles, sketches, snapshots
- Organize – call, meet & plan
The secret to good pictures are lightings. Ben showed us the difference between using just 1 light, 2 lights & 3 lights. Now I know, I need to buy a flash for my Canon G10.
Ben also showed us his recent photo shoot for a magazine, Bull Runner. Pretty cool pictures! We loved it! I took pictures of the slides so you’d get an idea what I’m talking about.
Once again, I would like to thank Canon, R.O.X. & Blacksheep photography for this opportunity. Too bad, I won’t be able to join tomorrow’s workshop as I have a seminar to attend this weekend. I don’t think I’ll be able to join the contest as well. I had work today and tomorrow I have a whole-day seminar to attend. So assignment fail for me huhuhuhuhuhu :'(
R.O.X. Team
Blacksheep Photography Team
More pictures here.
cool. wish i could learn photography. 🙁
You can! 🙂 Just plan for it.
wow! buti nakasali ka ano? maaga nag-close registration for this event e 🙂
right after I saw your post, I immediately sent an email to ROX 🙂 that was how I got in… too bad I can't really join the fun part of the workshop w/c is today :'(
Thank you so much for letting me know about this..
Yikes. The Blacksheep guys? IF these are the guys who shot some of the ugliest Playboy Phil photos, then they aren't the best of teachers. Sorry, but there are better qualified photo experts out there where you can really learn something. Don't be fooled by expensive lenses and equipment. IF they are the ones from Playboy Philippines.
yaiks! I'm not sure if they shoot for Playboy but the ones they showed us is for the bull runner… sports magazines. They did mention though that they also shoot other stuff.