Liquid Force Bringin’ The Thunder
Subject: Liquid Force ad (Book 1.2) featuring Collin Harrington
Photo: Joey Meddock
TSQ Location: Book 1.2, inside front cover spread
I took this shot last year at the 2006 Liquid Force annual Lake Powell trip. Originally, I was on the other side of the wake in a chase-boat with the sun at my back but wasn’t quite getting the “pop” out of the sun I was looking for. Rather than fight the conditions, I told the driver to switch sides so I could shoot directly into the sun for a possible silohouette photo.
Collin Harrington was just beginning his set so he started off with a few backside wake carves. I quickly switched my lens while directing the driver where I needed him to be, based on the move Collin was doing and based off the lens I was switching to. I intentially shot this pulled back to keep the sun and the clouds in the frame. I motioned to Collin that I was lining something up that I thought would make a sick shot and got him to continue for a few more carves.
Zooming past the position I wanted, I had minimal seconds to frame it up, get the sun where I wanted it, and still have Collin, the subject, be somewhat balanced in the frame. Turns out, this was and still is, one of my all time favorite shots…Lake Powell or otherwise.
- MEDDOCK
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