Fire & Rescue Exercise

[jeevescat]

Had an exercise here the other night aimed at showing young drivers the aftermath of an accident. Brilliantly put on, the victims in the car were local volunteers who all admitted afterwards that being cut from the wreckage was terrifying.

Got a few pics, all with D50 and 80/200 f2.8

Edited by jeevescat on Sunday 23 March 09:50

[F1sh]

Think the B&W have more impact.

Danny

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Hhhmmm don't like any of the B&W shots at all, although I'm sure they'll look good in colour. All the bright colours around, why get rid of them? Action + B&W doesn't work for me.

[jeevescat]

These are the colour versions:

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

See, much better in colour. B&W for portraits and other arty shots work, but I can't think of any action shots that look better in B&W. Odd isn't it, that the photographers of years back struggled like mad to do colour, and now we have it we can't wait to get rid of it? Not right in my mind.

[jeevescat]

Yeah, I'm still undecided. The first one I definitely prefer in black and white, the slight blur from the movement in low light I think comes across better.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

When you say 'comes across better', do you really mean 'hides the blur a bit more'?

[jeevescat]

Blast, you've seen straight through my cunning plan!!

[CivicMan]

Picture editors on a paper would ruthlessly crop viz:

Edited by CivicMan on Sunday 23 March 16:13

[jeevescat]

It'll be interesting to see as they are being used in all the PR from the event.

[jeevescat]

This event was so succeesful they are planning to do it again in other town down the road, and I'm going to be shooting that one too.

Anyone got any tips to improve on these shots. Basically it is at night but with the benefit of one shed load of yellow light from the Fire engine flood lights.

All suggestions appreciated.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

I think you're doing fine. Just keep taking lots of shots from lots of angles. That you're getting sharp shots now means your technique is fine, so just keep shooting so to mitigate people moving unexpectedly etc.

[CivicMan]

Seconded.

[profstoff]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Hhhmmm don't like any of the B&W shots at all, although I'm sure they'll look good in colour. All the bright colours around, why get rid of them? Action + B&W doesn't work for me.

I disagree. I think there's something photojournalistic about the B&W shots and the bright colours don't really suit the seriousness of the situation.

Interesting that the "victims" all thought that being cut out of the car was terrifying and they were wearing protective gear. Imagine how real vistims feel.

[jeevescat]

I thought that, but I was told they put the safety gear on all victims, or cover them with big plastic sheets, when the rescue involves cutting metal/breaking glass.

Apparently the noise in the car is terrible.