How to get a head (shot)
- 14 Jun 06, 03:06 PM
In his latest guest post, Getty Images photographer Ross Kinnaird reveals how he tries to liven up stock media conferences with a more creative approach.
I’ve been attending quite a few press conferences and training sessions in the build-up to the next England match tomorrow (Thursday) and this image is just one of many I’ve been having some fun with – capturing static head shots can be quite soul-numbing for a sports photographer after a few days so I always like to experiment!
It took me four or five attempts to get this effect, using a 70 - 200 mm lens, shot at a 15th of a second F8 (no flash allowed at the conference). My biggest challenge was to get the camera to swivel on a central and static point. Any lateral movements blur the whole image.
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omg how do you get it to do that, it's effective, but I'm not sure many newspapers will be printing it!
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Absolutely fantastic shot, Ross.
Love it.
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It looks interesting, though to me it looks more like you've been going mad with photoshop...
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its a crazy picture, makes my eyes go all blurry.......cool pic though:)
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its a crazy picture, makes my eyes go all blurry.......cool pic though:)
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Clever use of a camera
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effective way of capturing and varying the effect of a static image
Did you use a special tripod?
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is this a joke? i could have done better myself in photoshop... and i bet i wouldnt get paid for it
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The thing is, is that it's not in Photoshop, it's a natural photo.
Bloody Photoshop.
Nice one.
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Nice picture but couldn't you have got the same effect using photoshop?
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It looks good but its just photoshoped with a radial blur i think
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I can get the same effect if I use a bear glass attached to my lens.
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What's a "bear glass"?
A glass for a bear?
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What's all this photoshop talk?! It's a relatively simple technique of rotating the camera while your shutter is open, with a slightly longer exposure than in good light conditions. Getty photographers do not photoshop images thank you very much!
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Cool effect, similar to a German photographer called Schlegelmilch? who does shots of F1 cars using much the same technique. Easy when you know how, takes lots of practice and a steady hand though...
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Bloody sceptics!
That's really cool, how did you prevent lateral movement and why is is face not twisted?
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We will get Ross to give you the definitive answer at some point but my information is - absolutely no Photoshop was involved in creating the image.
In the process of adding it to this blog I cropped it to 430 px x 310 px (to reduce k size) and a black border added (as is our style). C'est tout.
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Whats the point? Doesn't look that great either... (I'm honestly not trying to be offensive here).
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That really is not a very good photo. Waste of time if you ask me. You weren't asking me? Oh, ok. I'm off to take photos of Zinadine Zidane's bald-spot from outer space then.
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That really is not a very good photo. Waste of time if you ask me. You weren't asking me? Oh, ok. I'm off to take photos of Zinadine Zidane's bald-spot from outer space then.
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Cool picture, but why does the subject not get distorted, as well as the background?
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