Snowboarding
legend Seth Wescott once said, “In snowboarding, there’s a huge focus
on style. It’s the aesthetic that draws us in. It’s this which also
makes it so appealing to photographers. But how do you go about
capturing all that awesomeness on a Nokia Lumia 920? One person who
knows better than most is Stefanie Suchy, a photographer who recently
won the Noka x Burton competition. Part of her prize was to jet off to
Vail, Colorado, to photograph the Burton US Open Snowboarding
Championship on her Nokia Lumia 920. Now she shares her tips on how to take snowboarding photos that rock.
Trust the automatic settings
“Don’t worry if you’re used to controlling everything on your DSLR. The
automatics on the Nokia Lumia 920 camera are super fast and trustworthy.
Even though I shot in some terrible conditions for automatic cameras,
white snow and black jackets, concerts, dark parties, I didn’t have one
picture that was under or overexposed. And I took eight hundred.”
Shoot from the hip and the head
“Once you learn to rely on the camera, it actually becomes an advantage
that it has automatic settings. You stop wasting time looking for
technical stuff and instead you just shoot! I was shooting from my hips
or with the camera above my head. And even if though there were times
when the photos missed a part, or the flash wasn’t strong enough to
freeze the movement at a party, I still managed to catch the great
moments I’d have missed setting up my DSLR camera.”
Experiment with low light and apps
“It has such an impressive camera that it’s easy to forget it’s a phone.
Especially in low light moments it really captures the atmosphere, and
it’s great for sports because it’s fast and shake-free. Plus it has some
fun apps like the Burton Sequencer, which is a great tool for board
sports of all kinds. Experiment with all these.”
Go wide and close
“I love wide-angle pictures, and luckily the Nokia Lumia 920 has a great
wide-angle format that allows you to showcase the atmosphere and the
surroundings. However, you can still get really, really close. Try to
get as close as possible and then tip on the screen on the area you want
to focus on. The closer you are the more blurry the background, which
makes the shot look really pro. Yet because of the wide angle you don’t
need to sacrifice the atmosphere, which is great.”
Keep in the fast lane
“When you’re trying to capture moments when riders are shooting past,
make sure you already have the camera button pressed half way down. The
camera’s even faster then as it’s already focused. This gives you the
chance to capture the exact moment and perfect image of a rider flying
by.”
You only have to look at Stef’s stunning shots to see she knows what’s
she talking about. But what tips do you have for extreme Lumia 920
photography? As ever we’d love hear them in the comments below.
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