Skateboarding Photography - Real or Faked?

In the video "yeah right" there are some parts, which are obvious to skateboarders when they use invisible ramps and boards for both artistic and comical purposes. I am not sure on the exact technique they used to do this but in the special features part of the video the skaters are seen with specialy painted green boards that do not show up on the camera, im guessing this is a technique similar to the green screen effect. About the debate of the authenticity of skateboarding photography i can assure you that nothing you see is fake. Atiba is a very well known and respected skateboarding photographer but if your looking for the best check out www.frenchfred.com

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<p >I MADE AN ACCOUNT ON HERE JUST SO I COULD TELL YOU THIS SO PLEASE LISTEN.</p>

<p >I have been skateboarding for 12 years of my life now, and am 19 years old. I love skating more than anything in the world, and i found what you said offensive saying that you think lots of skate photos are faked.</p>

<p >Not only do I skate, but I am also a skateboard photographer, and know how the magazines work when it comes down to photography. Magazines will NOT run a fake, manipulated photo. Even if the photo is of a trick that isnt a land, they will NOT run it unless it is infact a land. EVERY aspect of a skate photo is 95% of the time real, unless someone manipulated it as a joke of some sort... In fact, when you send in photos to magazines with hopes of getting it published, sometimes you can send them an edited version (by edited i mean things like color correcting, or adding contrast etc.) and if they like it they will sometimes ask you for the RAW file. which is a setting on more professional camera bodies which disables the camera from doing anything to your photo, so basically what ever you tell the camera to do, it will do, and since that isnt a JPEG, they will for the most part know that you did NOT tamper with that and they will color correct it (etc) to their likings and THEN publish it.</p>

<p >watch this video part and you WILL be amazed at what people can do on a skateboard.</p>

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<p >PLEASE watch it, trust me.</p>

<p >skateboarding can be summed up in just a couple of words.</p>

<p >amazing in each and every way possible.</p>

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