Photo notes (Shooting while riding with others)

Hmmm...I'm starting to like the blog as a tool to capture useful information for myself and possibly for others.

Here's some info regarding taking action shots of riders, white balance, and bag to carry a digital SLR and 24-70 f2.8 lens.

The Canon has three White Balance selection modes: 1) Auto, 2) 6 preset light settings, and 3) full custom.  I don't like to mess with the full custom and the auto setting doesn't seem to get the right white balance.  I used the "Open Shade" preset as the basis for the shots before the sun hit the riders, then I did some manual work to warm up the colors a little.  Even with the open shade setting the colors came out pretty "cool" (too much blue).

I actually like to use an attached flash, but since I was actually riding the trails, it's sort of difficult to get ahead of the group, set up, attach the flash, take the pics, break down, then catch up again.  Easier to just take the pics sans the attached flash.  I've found that the Dakine Nomad pack has enough space in the outside pocket to hold the camera and it's pretty easy to get access.