Go Skateboarding Day 2010 was a mild success. I had to work most of my day so I didn't get to go skate until the dwindling hours of the evening. Steve and I went out to the middle school, dug our old bench back out of the garbage pile, and set it down the two-flat-two stair set. This shoot was a sentimental one for me, because I had been skating this set of stairs with obstacles set down it for ten years. I remember skating near by with friends while the older crew like Dallas, TJ, Jeff, and others skated the stairs. We'd wait for them to leave and try our hardest to mimic their tricks. What made today special was that we skated this spot with Dallas, and had a skate trip down memory lane.
Steve, BS grind. D1x, 18-70mm @56mm, ISO 200, F4.5 1/320 sec
This picture turned out to be my favorite of the day. Out of better, more difficult tricks, this photo really sticks out to me. The main reason, is because it was completely on accident. The flash on the right had not been firing correctly, so I ended up forgetting it was there. Eventually throughout trying different flash combinations the flash on the right ended up pointing almost directly back into the camera, messing with my polarized filter by throwing a big purple ring into the shot. This was one of those moments for me that made me step back, realize how I screwed up, and figure out how to do it again on purpose later.
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