2013 Photo of the Year - Quarter Finals
With the help of our judges, Myles Mccutcheon (Sportsnet), Sara Bielecki (Outside Magazine) and Gordon Nicholas (Color Magazine) we've narrowed everything down to 32 and now it's up for voting for who will take home $10,000 and a 2014 Specialized Demo with full SRAM. Thanks again to all the photographers who continue to amaze us with their work on Pinkbike! Now Go Vote.
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Reuben Krabbe
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Dave Trumpore
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Stef Candé
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Sterling Lorence
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Laurence Crossman-Emms
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Margus Riga
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Christoph Laue
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Mike Zinger
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Ps the moon shot is just silly!
I think more people voted for "Sterling" than they did for his actual shot. Not that Sterling's photo isn't isn't great- it's got my vote on that side now, but Riga's pic was much stronger in my opinion.
-I've been voting for Krabbe since round 1 because I love the composition through the ferns. I feel like there is so much depth to the photo. However, haziness of the photo has been disturbing. I haven't figured that out until this round.
-I really like the hard edge contrast of Trumpore's photo. The super bright with the blacks is great.
-Also the lighting on the water spray is awesome, then I noticed how the backlighting caught the rider's leg. It kind of sealed the deal for me on a photog level.
-The timing of the photo with regards to the rider has split me between both photos. On the one hand (pun intende), the hand/bar covering the face on Trumpore's photo has been distracting. I personally think it would've had more impact to have seen the "eyes" of the rider fully. I think if the rider's head were composed the way Krabbe did it, the photo would be that much better.
-The timing of the photo (pt 2) has me split on a different portion. I feel like the rider in Trumpore's photo is at the peak of the move. Granted, we're not talking tricks or anything, but to me everything after this particular moment is to focus on the landing rather than clearing those rocks. In Krabbe's photo, the rider looks like he's leading up to the peak. Almost like a whip is about to be thrown after that moment. It left me wanting more out of the "story" unlike Trumpore's photo.
next competition: Who has the radest bike? LOL
This sucks.
Look at Mike's photo (which I love...). The rider is not in focus, the stump/brush is. The range of color is not as great.
The same can be said for more great shots than you think. Excuses don't take better photos, hard work and creativity do.
I'm not sure how you think some of the pros become pros but for most of us it's while working at other jobs to cover the bills (for some, that continues long after they've become "pro").
And I'm not sure where you think most of us get our gear? There's not some stockpile of badass lenses, camera bodies & lighting equipment waiting around somewhere for everyone who suddenly decides they're a pro. Other than shooting for some news outlets that have gear for some of their staffers to borrow (this doesn't really happen in mtn. biking, just at some newspapers & from what I understand it's usually beat to hell and you wouldn't want it) most of us are all using "self bought gear". It may be nicer than your self bought gear but usually that's not what we started with. We've made sacrifices and built up our kits over the years (it's never-ending). Many carrying around $20k worth of gear (some even more than that). I say "carrying" because you've spent even more money. To get the kit you're currently working with it actually costs you more than that value. DSLRs have a shelf life. That body you spent $3000 isn't worth squat on ebay the second the new version comes out. So when it comes time to upgrade to the newest $6000 body you're not getting much value on that trade-in.
I don't know what you think the life of the "pro" is like but there's not too many rollin' around in Ferrari's sippin' champagne. There's not that much money out there. You don't know when the next check is coming in or from where or how much it'll be. Every person that's ever bought a camera thinks they can do your job as well as you because they can push the shutter button and they have no clue the work & time it takes to get to the level you're at. You give up riding time to to get the shot. You have to convince your friends to hike up that section just one more time (it's never one more). You're up (really) early and you're out late. Sometimes reeeeally late. If you're a ski/board photographer in the winter (a lot of us are) then many times you're (still) out at 4AM, well beyond freezing not knowing if you pressed the shutter button because you can't feel your finger and hoping you don't get arrested. You're working hard taking tens to hundreds of thousands of images every year. If you're lucky and you put in your time to learn, and you have the riders and you're in the right light, and you chose a creative composition, and etc. then you get a thousand images a year that are great. And "great" images don't even make the first cut of this competition (usually- but that's a topic for another comment).
"Anyone can take a picture right? Why can't I be a pro?"
"Anyone can ride a bike right? Why can't I be a pro?"
The answer is you can. But are you willing to do what it takes to get there or will you just have excuses?