30 January 2011
Runners World "Rave Runs"
31/01/11 10:07 Filed in: Runner's World
Runner's World magazine
feature one of my winter shots as a double page spread in this
months Rave Runs column. The view over Derwent Water with a snow
covered Skiddaw in the background was shot on a cold but sparkling
clear winters afternoon from below Cat Bells, on the Grange road in
Borrowdale. My fell-running pal, Steve Crook, himself a keen and
talented photographer helped out by running for me. If you're doing
this sort of thing yourself be sure to take a willing model with
you to work with. You have almost no chance of "coming across" a
runner, in the right place at the right time. And since you are in
control of everything, make sure you dress your model in colours
that will stand out and contrast nicely with the background or
landscape. I used some off camera flash for most of this shoot but
not with this actual image which was photographed with a 70-300mm
Nikon VR11 lens, set to 110mm at 1/250, f11, 200 iso on my Nikon
D700. I chose to shoot with a small aperture to retain the
landscape detail which was a vital element; Rave Runs is all about
great places to run, not so much about great action shots of
runners, so it's a landscape shot really. The detail is sharp but I
think I got lucky here because I really ought to have shot this at
400 or even 800 iso on the D700 to get a higher shutter speed -
something I did as soon as I realised my error. however, I got away
with this and it turned out to be the best body
position.
