I went to the pool to hang out with friends, and by some quirk of fate, everyone was leaving as I was arriving. This could have precipitated some sulking on my part, but instead I decided to use my energy to take pictures of people jumping off the diving board.
I was incredibly fortunate that I could position myself so that the jumpers were against a dark screen of bushes whilst in mid-air. In the top pic, I got the upper body almost black against the sky, and the lower body white against the black background.
The tall fellow in the plaid shorts was a perfect subject. He was so tall and angular that he seemed to move in slow motion and I had plenty of time to get the shot.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you don’t hold a camera up to your face, and can get a couple of feet away from someone, stick your phone in their face and take a picture, and they won’t notice. Try it yourself, takes a while to get up your nerve, but once you get the technique down, you’ll get some good shots.
– The Daily Grunge
