We had to deal with the fact we had no snow and still produce shots.
It pushed us, photographers and athletes to be creative.
With colored Gels on the flashes to match the color of the skis and Flo B hoody.
Technically it was a big challenge.
On the first attempt Flo did a straight air to judge the speed he needed.
Everything had to trigger at the same time.
I had to walk the spot a few times up and down to get everything right.
it took us a couple of hours to plant the setup, shape the jump and position the flashes.
It took us several hours of work to produce this single picture.
That’s one of the beauties of shooting Urban Free Skiing.
Manny thanks for reading,
The Tech corner: 31/01/2011, Tignes, France.
Canon 7D + Tokina 10-17 Fisheye@10mm.
1/640 f6.3 iso 200.
Strobist info: an elinchrom ranger RX A head camera left on top of the par-avalanche aimed at Flo.
2 Nikon SB80 with red gels pointed on the take off.
Another Ranger RX A head on the right of the landing aimed at Flo.
8 flashes in total, triggered with pocket wizards TT5 and Plus II
