Flash on Ice

Posted in KENT'S PIX

Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph Caydee Denney a local pairs skater with strong potential for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Yeah there’s ice in Florida to practice on. You just have to know where to go.

The shoot was a blast. With much appreciated help from my long time friend and photo buddy, Guy, everything went smooth and swift. We weren’t about to hold up Caydee’s workout. The brunt of the work was taken up by the always trustee Nikon SB800 flashes. With a touch of warm on the main and a little cool on the fill, the stage was set. Add a 1/20 of a second shutter speed, a well held ladder on ice, a spinning skater, and a lot of luck and I think we got something.

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So were you on the ice too? I would love watching you trying to get the shot on skates. That would have made a fun shoot! Getting a pic of you getting a pic of the skater. LOL

Kent Weakley

I actually was on the ice as well. I nearly went down a couple of times. To add to the level of difficulty (and hopefully earn a higher score from the judges) The spinning shot was taken from a ladder. My good buddy, Guy was holding the ladder, but of course he was standing on the ice as well. I’m happy to report nobody was harmed in the making of these images.