Hi Everyone

Just about to get my gear ready for the final bungee jumping photography event of the season, so I thought I would share a few tips on the do's and don'ts of bungee jumping event photography.  As a professional photographer operating in and around Scotland, I always feel privileged to photograph a variety of subjects.  Last week I was photographing a major conference in Edinburgh, whereas this weekend, I will be off to the Riverside Museum, Glasgow for some Bungee Jumping photography.  So what should we look out for when photographing people falling from the sky.  Here are a few do's and don'ts.

Do - 

Take plenty of waterproofs, you will be exposed and there probably wont be anywhere to hide

Make sure you have plenty lens cleaning cloths, you will be looking into the sky after all and your lens will get probably wet, especially in Scotland

A speed of about 640 or 800 should do it, your subject wont be moving too fast and that should be enough to freeze things

Try and capture the emotion on the face of the jumper before and after, as well as the jump

Pay attention and don't miss the jump - this can be difficult as you will have to crook your neck to wait on the jumper and some people will hesitate and take a while

Move your position, try and get right under the jumper and move round as they swing down towards you

Expose in manual, if you use auto exposure without any adjustments you will be exposing for the sky and not the jumper

Don't -

Underestimate the weather, especially in Scotland

Ignore safety issues ie not watching for the cage on its way down to the ground, or you could get crushed

Ignore exposure changes.  the light will change and exposure is one of the trickiest aspects of bungee jumping photography.  Make sure you check your photos regularly to see if the subject is correctly exposed

So, hope that helps, have a happy event photography day in Scotland.

Kind Regards

Colin

www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk

www.edinburghphotographer.com