My concept for this challenge was to photograph an action that interests me. I have always had an interest in skateboarding since I was young, so the content of this image is the first thing that came to mind. For this challenge capturing a sport in action in a still frame didn’t seemed simple. With that in mind I took a couple of things into consideration. I wanted to capture more than just a still frame of my subject in action. In the final result I wanted to have more content to, something for the viewer to look at, something that says more about, or describes the person in action. Giving a visual representation of which the person in action really is. Skateboarding isn’t a very formal sport. Though there are designated areas designed for skateboarding, skateboarding is prohibited in more places than you think. Almost making it illegal. I think this is what sparked my interest to photograph this in action. For this image I choose to capture an athlete in their more natural environment. The location played an important on describing the athlete in my photo. It gives it a different feel. A different feel that you couldn’t get from lets say a baseball player on a well-crafted playing field. It gives the athlete more of an identity. Lighting was another key element I needed to take into thought. Freezing an action with good lighting could be difficult. I choose to just shoot off the cuff, or just use whatever lighting was available at that point in time. The harsh sunlight from the time of day the photo was taken was unflattering to say the least. The bright washed out specular light made my subject look dull and flat. I pulled a 180 on my original idea and choose to block out the harsh light and capture the action simultaneously. Creating a vignette effect to frame the action in a creative way.
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