Photographing skateboarding - mastering composition

[RichieRich]

It's been about a year since I last posted on this forum (mainly because I've been skating more than taking photos of late). I just came across the excellent video by Michael Burnett and I felt compelled to share it. Some of this advice goes well beyond extreme sports. It's of the best photography tutorials that I've seen in a while.

After watching this you'll be able to avoid taking the classic 'newspaper photo' which he mentions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uenv7PXwvhk

 

[juli11]

Great informative video(s).
Gave me a few ideas and hopefully I can try them out some time soon.
I shoot longboarding in general and it's less jumping around and kick flipping but I guess some principles can be applied as well!
Great share!
Thanks!