Sunday’s Shot: PG Scott – Tapi-Tapi

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Sunday’s Shot: PG Scott – Tapi-Tapi


PG Steve Scott at the 2010 WMAA NY Camp

When shooting martial arts shots, you need to know when to show motion, and when to freeze it. Freezing your shot will capture a moment in time, but often leads to the “posed” look, while too much motion can look amateurish.

In this shot, PG Scott is working a Tapi-Tapi drill with PC Todaro. The look on his face shows the concentration on the technique, while the motion on the hand indicates that he’s about to slap down the incoming strike in preparation to launching his own punyo or butt strike.

When shooting these type of drills, aim to keep key items like the face and body in focus while allowing for some flow of motion in hands or feet, or weapons. It helps “keep it real” as they say.

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS, Canon 580EXII, F2.8 ISO 200 150mm 1/80

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Excellent work! :asian:
 

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