Push It A Stop Talk #2

We conducted the second round of the Push It A Stop photographer’s discussion last week while Tristan “Gutstains” Afre was in town, to address the questions we received from the first round and to explore some more camera-oriented situations that transpire while shooting BMX. We also go through our camera bags and give a quick rundown of the gear we use.

Please leave questions in the comments if you have any!

:42 – Gutstains intro, his #Glux

4:46 – address the questions from viewers (breaking into the scene,

6:37 – shouts to Andy Martinez, Danny Hickerson

7:07 – Seeing other photographers shoot, then seeing those photos in magazines

8:51 – Mysticism in photography

10:13 – “Just be a normal fucking person”

10:24 – Dylan Alvarado’s question (fear of rejection)

10:56 – Coldplay lyrics

12:45 – Progression, critique and the Push It A Stop Flickr group

15:06 – Hudson Naylor’s question (balancing riding and shooting time)

20:18 – Creative process when shooting BMX photos

22:30 – Guts talks about Shawn Mac’s feeble hop over from Holy Fit

26:14 – Having confidence in your settings, doing things right at the spot instead of photoshop

34:13- RIP Paul C. Buff

36:27 – Hypersync

37:23 – Laying in bum piss

39:09 – Test Shots

42:34 – Focusing with LiveView

44:47 – Histograms

46:27 – Shooting RAW

48:24 – Sunpak 555’s

50:00 – Bag Checks

51:00 – Scott’s bag

58:12 – Jeremy’s bag

1:08:00 – Mortensen’s setup

1:10:00 – Guts’ bag

1:19:18 – Shoelaces

1:19:41 – Wrap up/overview

1:21:51 – Last bits of advice

1:24:412 – Don’t give up!

What do you think?