THE LOWDOWN NEWS & STUFF Brad Greenslade keepin warm mid manual in Queenstown, NZ
The learning curve
As long I can remember IÕ ve been interested in photography, whether it be looking at National Geographic or pondering over riding magazines and wondering how they got the shot. Story and photos Dave Coulson Making time stand still, the lighting set up, what shutter speed they are using, the aperture settings, why they take a picture from that angle and how he’s taking that pic from so far away and still getting the subject to be lit up etc. The list goes on and on. After practicing with an old Nikon film SLR for a long time and wondering every time I pressed the shutter button if I’d got a decent shot, which vary rarely happened due to basically not having a clue what I was doing, I bought myself a digital, an old Canon, but it had manual settings and being able to see my pictures instantly changed the learning curve of being able use a camera properly. Many years had passed when I decided to take a photography course, picking a complete beginner course to not miss out on any of the fundamentals, and to finally put
my mind at rest if I’d been putting all those years of practice to good use. The results, even after a 6-week course, were amazing, generally taking pictures of scenery. The latest venture is working with remote flashes which I’ve only just started playing with. Again my pictures have changed drastically and it’s time to start learning again, where to place flashes, am I going to get shadows in crazy places, are the flashes over exposing to much. So many things to work out. But great to get back on that learning curve. There must be so many people who‘ve been through the same as me. Many thanks to Tim Pierce and Patrick Fallon for the inspiration and answering all my questions and of course to 2020 for publishing some of my pictures over the years.
On the cover Rider: Luke Gorecki
Photographer: Nick Gascoine Location: Some stairs...
Camera: Canon 1D MKIII Lens:
EF15mm fisheye
Settings: f8 @ 1/250th
Lighting: 1 quantum Q flash, 2 sunpak 555’s, pocket wizards. It was a quick set up and I just used the sandwich technique. Easy done!
The shot: We had been riding all day and we weren’t having much luck with spots, but Salad (Troy Charelsworth) said to me that if we found the right spot, Luke would get a banger. We rolled up to Malestercon and Salad called a 180 bar for him and he got done within three goes. He is most definitely, f@#&ing good.
36 ISSUE 32 JUNE 2009
Late breaking news Strictly business...
Old school dirt jumper, racer, along with being the guy who brought you the Kuwahara KZ1 re-issue frame, Julian Millis is now the shop manager at Strictly BMX. And mail order Head Honcho is none other than M.C. weapon X, from “X and Hell”, who’s new album “Million dollar sex party” is out any day. Strictly has also gone back to doing a full clothing line and will be sponsoring riders via clothing, so if you have a sponsor me vid, send or email it in. There’s a brand new website ready to launch in August and also iphone gela-protective skins will be available. And finally, Strictly apologises for having free stuff listed on the last add it was meant for this issue-sorry, soooo much free stuff will be given away pretty much every second day.
Broken neck...
We just got word Sydney ripper Brendan Jones had a big dig and broke 3 vertebrae in his neck. Luckily it sounds like there’s no nerve damage and he’ll be making a full recovery, albeit with a neck brace for a while. Stay strong yo!