Friday, January 13, 2012

The Anatomy of a Jump

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First Anatomy of a Jump: Were shot last Christmas 2011 break at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.....

Goal of jump: Jumping for Joy celebrating the beauty of reflection of cliffs on sand.

Camera Setting: To freeze the action meant very fast shutter speed, however, because this is at low light (close to sunset) the pictures may be blurry at very fast shutter speed needed to freeze the action. We used a combination of fast shutter speed (1/600) seconds, medium aperture because we wanted to show off the cliffs too and the reflection (f/8) and increased the ISO from 100 to 400.

1st step: wave at camera :) while doing a little bit of  forward bend 
 2nd step: jump into the air
 3rd step: joyful landing, look down to check your reflection.
 4th step: knee and forward bend again
 5th step: do stretch jump
 6th step: land with extended arms and leg
 7th step: Look at the Camera and Laugh :)
2nd Anatomy of A Jump: were shot at Mt Woodson, San Diego County

This birthday weekend (pretending jumping down the giant boulder )......

Goal: To pretend flying 2800+ ft high in the air.

Camera Settings: shutter speed (1/800), aperture (f/7), ISO-200.

1st step: hike Mt. Woodson (2800+ ft elevation).
2nd step: forward and knee bend
 2nd step: jump
 3rd step: curl the leg so that it will look higher
4th step: Fly away....

Wanna jump? It's fun.....for some more of my jumping posts, you can check "JUMP!" in my other blog, Breathe In...Breathe Out . If you go check my other blog right now, my most recent post is "Gorilla Love".
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12 comments:

  1. Those first pictures look like you're walking on water.

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  2. Jumping for joy with you, Beth! You have inspired many of us in many ways. May God bless you more both wanderful and wonderful years to come. :)

    ps.
    thank you for cheering me. appreciate your untiring support so much.

    btw, i have deactivated my 2 fb accounts and will stick to SweetMemoirs Page. can't seem to find everyone, pls add me if you see me. planned to use mond's account to maintain my page initially but decided to create an account using SweetMemoirs Page.

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  3. what a good info to share... at least i know how to do it when i'll take pictures while they are jumping...

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  4. Great shots, Betchai. DJ is envious of you living in such a wonderful place rich with photography potential. FL is kind of boring after a while, lol!

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  5. I prefer the second serie of jumps.

    Greetings,
    Filip

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  6. You enjoy your life as great as a kid does.

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  7. hi there Betchai! smiling here because when my brother saw your jumping photo at FB he said it looked so perfect and that there just might be a certain technique...so here goes the anatomy of a jump...will try this soon as I have the chance:-)

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  8. AH, so that's how it's done. I love seeing and learning the progression of the jump. Those are great reflection shots as well. Good job, Betchai.

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  9. I keep forgetting to have picture taken with me or the kids jumping. One of these days I will do it and see if our camera can do the job. You are so good at this already and u inspire me to do it!

    Chay

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  10. I keep forgetting to have picture taken with me or the kids jumping. One of these days I will do it and see if our camera can do the job. You are so good at this already and u inspire me to do it!

    Chay

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  11. You look like you are flying in both the scenarios. That must be how outdoors makes you feel.

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  12. Awesome! Beautifully composed. It's good exercise and wakes up the kid inside all of us. :)

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