SOI photos - Katia and the new pairs

[sailinghome]

Here's the link to my photos of SOI in Washington D.C. I took pictures of Katia Gordeeva and the three new pairs-Jamie & David, Elena & Anton and Kyoko & John. It's two pages, BTW:

http://koti.welho.com/mjylha2/index06ab.html

Also, here's the link to my review of the show:

http://pub36.ezboard.com/fkulikskrewonlinefrm23.showMessage?topicID=4.topic

Laurie

[Spinner]

WOW!!! Those are amazing shots! How did you get them to come out so well? Nice work! :D

[cupcake728]

wow, there was one pic I thought it was Tim Goebel lifting up Jamie. Tim Goebel sure looks like David Pelletier, and vice versa.
Great pics! Thanks for sharing.

[Alexeiskate]

Laurie,

Those are great pictures. Thanks for posting.

Can you tell me the type of camera you were using and how close you were to the ice to get those shots. Thanks.

[BarbraM]

O.K., I must ask--what in the world is that costume Anton is wearing? Is he doing an Elvis number or something???

[Blade1]

Originally posted by BarbraM
O.K., I must ask--what in the world is that costume Anton is wearing? Is he doing an Elvis number or something???

That is a new number Anton & Elena are doing. Anton is Elvis and Elena is Marylin. Its a really great number !!! Quite enjoyed it when I saw it during Kurt Browning's Gotta Skate show back in Novemeber !!! Elena does play an excellent Marylin & Anton does is amazing as Elvis.

[Blade1]

WOW !! Amazing photos you've captured!!! Thanks so much for sharing them with us!!! WOW !!! I enjoyed all of them.

[sailinghome]

Yes, I'm not really wild about seeing Anton in an Elvis suit, but the number is a lot of fun and they skated it beautifully. Their throws were unbelievable and the audience gasped with amazement.

I was on about the 7th or 8th row and used a Canon Rebel 2000 with a 200mm lens (no zoom, so I was stuck with however far the skaters were from me) that opens to f/2.8. The wide opening of the lens is really the key--I couldn't get decent pictures till I got this lens. I used 1600 film and shot at a minimum 1/250 of a second. Anything less than that is very chancy. I learned all this in more than a year of trial and error. (very painful--oh, the missed opportunities!)

Laurie

[Blade1]

Again WONDERFUL PHOTOS !!! If you really want to get serious about taking some really "good" shots, its best to look into buying some sort of camera with a zoom lens. I don't know what I would do without my 200mm zoom lens. I'm looking into getting possibly 300mm zooms! But having a really nice zoom lens really does do wonders and really does make your pictures look more "professional"

Again GREAT WORK!

[expo86]

Blade1, what's the f-stop on your 200 mm zoom? I find that mine sometimes doesn't let in enough light if I use a decent shutter speed.

[Blade1]

Originally posted by expo86
Blade1, what's the f-stop on your 200 mm zoom? I find that mine sometimes doesn't let in enough light if I use a decent shutter speed.

expo86 ~ I've always had my shutter speed at 60 *yes surprising I know* however lately I've been testing out different shutter speeds on my camera. Trying to use a higher shutter speed when taking pictures of the ladies doing "layback spins" and such! Because I've never been all that successfull when it comes to a simple layback spin ! I've tried 200 even which still has worked fine for me. And I NEVER use a flash what so ever at any event I go to. Either competition or even shows like Stars On Ice. My camera seems to be ok, and there is always enough light on the ice. I'm still a very amature photographer and still learning as I go along. A great mailing list to maybe possible join if you haven't heard about it already is the Photography Mailing List over at yahoogroups. We've got alot of the great photographers on that life such as "Hoo" that give some really great tips and advice !! We have some really great discussions over there. And a great place to join if you are first starting to take pictures at any sort of figure skating events.

[sailinghome]

Wow, I couldn't get anything with a 1/60 shutter speed. I could get some decent photos at 1/180 but I need a minimum 1/250 to avoid blurring altogether. I also have a 300mm zoom lens, but it doesn't open to f/2.8, which is what I found I needed to get enough light to get consistently good pictures. If I could afford a zoom at f/2.8, I surely would get it!

Laurie

Ilia photo page:
http://koti.welho.com/mjylha2/index06.html

[Skatingsarah]

Wow what a photographer you are! Those are PERFECT pictures!
-Sarah

[love2sk8]

ITA with SkatingSarah! They are so good that they look like pictures from the program! Good Job:D

[Blade1]

Originally posted by sailinghome
Wow, I couldn't get anything with a 1/60 shutter speed. I could get some decent photos at 1/180 but I need a minimum 1/250 to avoid blurring altogether. I also have a 300mm zoom lens, but it doesn't open to f/2.8, which is what I found I needed to get enough light to get consistently good pictures. If I could afford a zoom at f/2.8, I surely would get it!

Well I suppose it all depends on the type of camera - also my camera isn't an automatic zoom lens either - so its more tricky for me to get that "right shot" because I have to manually focus myself while shooting. So it sometimes is tricky. Its a rather old camera, not really up to date, but it also does the trick. Its a Miolta, and was purchased at Blacks Photography many many moons ago.

When I first started to use the camera, and I first took photos at SOI back in 1995 I could have cried my eyes out, because all the pictures I took were all blurry. Like extreamly blurry. Its because I didn't have the proper shutter speed on the camera. Actually it was too high. So I just played around with it, and my next gig was at Elvis's Tour back in 1996 - and I set my shutter speed at 60 and had some great results. I'm still learning as I go along, but thus far, having my shutter speed at 60 I've captured some really stunning photos !!

[sailinghome]

That's really great! Yes, I had several skating shows where all my photos were completely blurry, and it was very depressing. Slowly I started figuring out what I needed to get it right, and I finally got it all together this fall.

Laurie

[loveskating]

Wonderful pics... thanks!

[Meredith]

Thanks for sharing your excellent photos and setting secrets with us, Laurie. Your skating photos are some of the best I have seen, by either an amateur or professional photographer, given the show lighting.

My camera and I are still becoming accustomed to one another. While I had some respectable results at last year's Nationals, I didn't even try to take pictures during the exhibitions. It was uncharted territory. Perhaps at Worlds . . .