Watch Me!  Watch Me! by taffy

Watch Me! Watch Me!

Junko and I did our photowalk today with a photographer/tour guide. He was particularly interested in teaching about the 'story' in a photo, given his orientation/work and study in photojournalism. Not my favorite to take people shots, but this one was fun. The guy in the air was being videotaped by the guy bent over who focused on his skateboard and feet as he skated along side him. The skateboarder was mostly not successful in his attempt to ride the raised section but I was lucky enough to catch this almost-right attempt. As you can see from the guy with his hands on his head, they could tell this was not going to end well. But no one was hurt and they all seemed to be having fun (except maybe the 'star' of the show). The practice we had photographing surfers last week really helped with these shots!
Link to Junko's skater here: http://365project.org/jyokota/365/2015-12-15
Here's where you can see the overall scene, taken by @jborrases who lives here: http://365project.org/jborrases/365/2015-11-18
Thanks for your visits and comments -- the scene from yesterday was typical of the golden tones in the old city at night. So many beautiful areas here!
I love the action -- not only of the skater, but also the photographer, and the people watching. Works well altogether!
December 16th, 2015  
Great action shot!
December 16th, 2015  
Wonderful action shot. I have photographed skate boarders in the past and it's not as easy as it looks to always get them in focus. Nice job.
December 16th, 2015  
Great action shot, and I like how you've also captured the different expressions on the faces of the people watching.
December 16th, 2015  
The title rock...so does this shot.
December 16th, 2015  
Great timing- --add one more' watch me'--then tag sixws-? :)
December 16th, 2015  
This looks rrreally great on the black! Interesting to see how the arms balance the movement!
December 16th, 2015  
Great timing and great in b&w!
December 16th, 2015  
Excellent timing!
December 16th, 2015  
Wonderful image full.of action plus great onlookers. Really tells a story! Fav!
December 16th, 2015  
it does tell a cool story! Your timing was fabulous
December 16th, 2015  
Well done!
December 16th, 2015  
I really like shots like this that tell a story. Excellent shot!
December 16th, 2015  
Wonderful action shot Taffy!!! I love the story behind it all as well. :) :)
December 16th, 2015  
Great action shot
December 16th, 2015  
Great action story shot!
December 16th, 2015  
Super b/w capture
December 16th, 2015  
Great action and excellently captured.
December 16th, 2015  
Like this action shot and to find out a little of what was going on!
December 16th, 2015  
Incredible picture and perspective. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
December 16th, 2015  
Great timing and focus and certainly a different take on Barcelona!
December 16th, 2015  
Kim
Cool shot, great capture!
December 16th, 2015  
Super shot of the Barcelona Skateboarders! Nice story too.
December 16th, 2015  
The postures and expressions of the people are wonderful to look at and tell a strong story.
December 16th, 2015  
Great story, nicely captured.
December 16th, 2015  
Love the B&W, it really adds to the story :)
December 16th, 2015  
This is a complete story! I really like all the watchers.
December 16th, 2015  
great capture it looks fantastic in b&w
December 16th, 2015  
Wow, excellent capture of the action. I liked your story, too. I'm glad no one was hurt.
December 16th, 2015  
Fantastic story photo
December 16th, 2015  
Great action photo!
December 16th, 2015  
A super action capture. Fav!! 😃
December 16th, 2015  
Super neat story-in-a-shot!
December 16th, 2015  
This is a great action shot. Skateboarders amaze me
December 16th, 2015  
Great capture!
December 16th, 2015  
Terrific, Taffy. Well done. Pushing the envelope of your own comfort zone. Brave. Tough it out. Makes you better all the time.
December 16th, 2015  
Great action shot Taffy, perfect timing.
December 16th, 2015  
You did a great job telling a story with this photograph. Before reading your description I could tell what was possibly going on in the scene. Well shot!
December 17th, 2015  
@cjphoto Thanks Chris! That's what I had hoped viewers would be able to do/see.
December 17th, 2015  
My older son used to do this. I should have bought stock in band-aids and peroxide. Great action shot!
December 17th, 2015  
Great story in this shot.
December 17th, 2015  
Great story well captured in a way that tells it
December 17th, 2015  
Congratulations on making the PP. Well deserved.
December 17th, 2015  
Nice street action....the onlookers do not appear to be exceedingly impressed!!
December 18th, 2015  
Great action shot
December 18th, 2015  
great street photography, love the black and white
December 18th, 2015  
What a neat b&w shot - wonderful timing - love the expressions on the faces behind the skateboarder.
December 20th, 2015  
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