Kiteboarding to me all started out of curiosity.
If you've tried before shooting surfers on a beach and it's just about the same. If not, and just read on. This is my first time to experience doing a coastal shoot in this place called Puro Beach at Pinget Island, Magsingal, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
after the second cup of cool halo halo ... I still lingered around the cool shade of the food vendor's shack and started shooting away ...
After which I saw a kiteboarder testing his gear ... another photo opportunity. I just kept distance shooting with a 50mm prime lens.
Although there were no security guidelines, I just shoot at a distance ... Keep in mind that we don't want to disturb or get in the way of the event or the participants.
One composition approach I usually use is to reduce negative space by placing the subject matter or juxtaposing it to the interesting foreground. In this case, the parked motorized outrigger boat. The result, it fills the frame and tells more story and also adds depth - foreground (boat) - middle ground (kiteboarder) - background (horizon clouds).
Earlier was a solo bike rider, now, it's motorcycle ... a riding in tandem theme shot. Framing the shot between the boats adds balance and tightens the focus towards the two riders coupled with fill in the frame - juxtaposed - shot.
My photo shoot was kinda inadvertently interrupted with a kiteboarder dropping for a cool bottled mineral water. I humbly advise that you be alert and immediately connect with a story. His tees got an event message - Get Blown! I took a "decapitated" body shot. For privacy reasons. If he flags me down, I'll just show him the shot and I am in a safe zone. No identity can be anybody shot.
Captured by the moment approach again adds spice to your kiteboarding photography. I waited for the children to be in the frame as the kiteboarder at the background was strutting his stuff.
More people flock at the venue. The colorful mix of the kites and flags produces a cool composition. Again, juxtapositioning and fill-in the frame photography techniques were employed.
Since I was just visiting the place, I took this shot just to photo document the event venue and their official competition banner.
I arrived around 10 a.m. and I was lucky that the sky was overcast. Lo and behold a coastal local woman vendor who was busy setting up her snack store.
Just be ready to take instant candid pictures.
Also, I surveyed the place to find young boys building a sand castle. This is one side scene photo shoot opportunity.
A freeze the moment ... a sort of beach extract ...
When I got back to the food vending shack, the old woman running it was taking a siesta/nap.
I strolled around to survey the kiteboarding venue ... still it was too early.
When I got back ... the woman vendor was preparing halo-halo ..Yes! timing was just perfect during a very hot afternoon... I bought one cup of yumminess ... and ...
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Unexpected passersby ... captured by the moment plus middle framing ...
This time around, a young boy patting with his dog...Best friends forever (BFF's) theme in the foreground... as the kiteboarders get busy in the background. Here, lots of stories can be captured in one go... just practice with lots of patience in anticipating the shot.
I resumed shooting, this time around a bystander watching the kiteboarder do his thing.
By this time in the afternoon, lots of people now proceed to the main venue.
Kiteboarding participants ... all hands full...
This is one of my favorite fill in the frame so tightly shot. Also, do look up and research street photography techniques as they also work well when photo documenting sporting events.
An intentional panoramic shot which is intended to get the beach landscape, the docked/parked boats, the cool food vendor shack at the left where most of the time I spent time in the shade. It was my first time to shoot a kiteboarding event and it was not bad after all.
Next hurdle is for me to find a place to stay for the night ...
Read on and continue on my travel adventure ...
~AvianQuest
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