Skate Jam in August 2022 - Kingston, Ontario ❤
As a photographer who is NOT a skateboarder (I mean… I tried for about a year so far… but you get hurt a lot, and I am not a huge fan of getting hurt 😜), I’m still learning what makes a good skateboarding photo.
I’m also trying to make sure I’ve got enough photos of the entire event - and not just the skateboarding photos - to flesh out the story.
Gizmo Girls Skate Crew: The Funnest Place for Young Girls to Learn to Skate in Kingston!
Occasionally I take time out from doing family or wedding photography, and I document local events and activities happening around Kingston.
Last year, Kingston-based educator Katherine Morlog began a weekly skateboarding drop-in workshop for girls in Kingston to learn to skate. These sessions were held Thursday evenings at Daly Street Skate park (on Daly St, across from the Rideau Heights Community Centre).
It’s a fantastic initiative for many reasons.
Girls are waaay under-represented in skateboarding. It’s intimidating for girls to get into it, because it’s mostly boys and men who skate.
I threw out my back, and everything. (Alternate title: Dream it, and it will happen)
Midway through the month, I threw out my back. It might have had something to do with the 15-hour wedding I shot two days prior to that, or with my TERRIBLE posture when editing photographs. Or with the fact that I'm getting old. So old... :D
why children are like miniature sportsmen
Just because there are arms and legs flailing doesn't mean there's real good action worth photographing. Or so I am told.
an afternoon with the Skateful Dead
In all seriousness, this kind of photoshoot is a photographer's dream. The subjects bring so much natural charisma, such inherent comfort with themselves and each other, that it's impossible for it not to come through the lens.