Category Finalst 2010: Experimental

Roberto Alegría

Nowadays, if you take a close look at skateboarding photography, you will notice that back lighting is used less often. I am a big fan of this type of lighting. I often work using different backgrounds such as the sky, shiny floors or even the rain. This time I wanted to work with a different background texture that is more unusual – including a stylish trick and good scenery. I decided to use a white background, like I normally do when working in studio, but I used it as an extensive light diffuser and placed powerful flashes behind the background.

I had the clear image of placing a skate trick in-between two trucks, to create a gap. I called two of my friends who are truck drivers and after negotiating with them, they finally allowed me to use their trucks. Then I needed to find an indoor space that would be big enough to hold the trucks, and also a place where the wind would not pass because of the 25m2 fabric I used to create the white background.

PHOTO INFO

Photographer: Roberto Alegría
Athletes: Inigo Igarza
Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain

TECHNICAL INFO

Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: 50.0mm
ISO: 100
F-Stop: f 5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/250