Before and After — Casey Jennings Pass
The Before and After series focuses on the two or three key creative choices, in terms of composition and processing, that go into creating an image. Specific technical details about the shot have been left out — you won’t hear me talking about tone curve adjustments and whatnot unless it was a key component of the end result.
Casey Jennings passes the ball at the 2009 Houston AVP Tournament.
Exposure
- Shutter: 1/2000
- Aperture: f/2.8
- ISO: 200
- Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III
- Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM (at 70mm)
Composition and Processing
- Passing shots sometimes look a little static when frozen, but I liked this one because of all the sand moving at Jennings’ feet. Conveys a greater sense of speed, as if Jennings was racing to get there in stead of waiting for the ball.
- I square cropped this because at this angle and with the way Jennings’ body is twisted, it’s actually very compressed horizontally. In a wider frame it looked too small (breathing room for the ball to move into is good, but there can be too much).
- Focus point was off again, it really should have been to the left more (this was before I started using the Mark IV; on the Mark III you have to press a button first before you can move the focus point, and there’s not always time to do that when the ball comes back the other way).
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May 04 2012 06:49 pm | Photography