Be-Mag, a global magazine about freestyle rollerblading, recently printed this photo of mine from the end of winter. It’s Ashley Peterson of Janesville, Wis., nailing an alleyoop soul on a dangerous rail here in Milwaukee.
A lot of really gnarly stuff is going on in the sport worldwide right now, and not a lot of people are aware of it; that last part’s changing slowly but surely. Wisconsin’s skating scene, while exhibiting a very high skill level, is barely the tip of the iceberg as far as the craziness people are performing on skates.
To capture this shot, I stood on the window sill you can see in the bottom right corner of the frame, right next to the 12-foot-plus drop. I used two off-camera strobes, one set about head-high on a light stand at the top of the steps, and the other high on a light stand about 15 feet after the end of the rail. My trusty fisheye lens offered the perfect perspective.
