Archive for the ‘Photography’

Pedro Silva Barros on the Mega Ramp!

This is why I just love skateboarding and photography - you will never reach a point in time when you can say, that’s all folks. I’ve seen it all. The mega ramp is one of those topics in life which just help me remember why being alive is so much fun. Here’s a picture which floated [...]

Photo tips: Choosing the depth of field

Carrying on with the collection of photography tips for beginners like myself, here are two interesting videos about how to use depth of field for your chosen subject. I thought it was a good idea to include two videos about the same subject just to hammer the principle into my/your head as this is a [...]

Informative “Using Flash” article for beginners

To get started with my “career” as skateboard photographer I am going to collect as much information and knowledge as I can about making quality photos and talk about it on the site. Today I am informing myself in general about using flashes, both indoors and outdoors. The article I found over on All Things Photography [...]

Featured Photographer David Newton

The next person up for the featured photographer series on Europeskate is David Newton. Funny that he lives right in a town real close to where I used to visit my mom…small world. His pictures grabbed my attention and I felt he deserved to get his name out there and known. Who are you? Tell us [...]

Featured Photographer Nick Geboers

Who are you? Tell us a little bit about yourself (age, what you do in life, where you live) Hi! I am Nick Geboers. I’m 20 years old right now. My hometown is Balen, which lies in Antwerp, Belgium. I just dropped out of a film school in Brussels after 2 years and I’m now thinking [...]

BAILGUN Magazine Issue #7 out now!

Got to push your local friends and I gladly do it for Gerd Rieger’s BAILGUN Magazine which has just reached issue #7 - the Swedish Issue. Featuring loads of great photos and insights into the Quiksilver Bowlriders Finals in Malmö, Sweden this past summer 2008. I was there with Gerd so this is a great [...]

Photo tips: How to get speed in action photo shots

As I have been trying to finally build out the skateboard photography area, I saw the necessity to include more than just pictures. There are enough of us out there who are at the beginning - including myself - and want to get some tips about getting our skills up to par. So during my daily [...]

Expensive suits and skateboarding?

I came across this article while checking out the Caught in the Crossfire site this morning and because I really did not understand the combination of expensive suits and the skateboarders in the Mail Online article, I had to put this one up. Sure, some nice pictures in there and I am not all bothered [...]