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Great tips from skiing photographer Adam Barker. Discusses gear he shoots with and why, and dives into technique a bit throughout. If you're not interested in gear, skip towards the end and hear his thoughts on working with athletes and capturing the shot!
Here's a look behind the scenes of the photo shoot for the "It Takes Faith" ad featuring Giant's free rider Kurt Sorge. Kurt spent several hours perfecting the ramp and launching multiple jumps with his Giant Faith bicycle at Woodward West near Tehachapi, CA. The result is the "Superman" shot...
Combine these three techniques, and the results can be spectacular! In this tutorial we are going to dissect the image below and show you how to incorporate these three techniques to create a great action image.Longboard skateboarding is a great sport that's as easy to photograph as you may...
This is a cool video with professional photographer Ryan Allan. It shares information about the gear he is using, along with the positioning of lights to create a very cool skate shot. Not too in depth but still fun to watch!
Event photography is exciting, challenging, and a great way to get tons of great shots of incredible (and willing) athletes. Part of what makes an event exciting, is the crowd. When shooting for companies that are sponsoring or running the event, you will need lots of great shots that showcase...
In this episode Mark demonstrates how to use the Panning technique to capture great sports images. Visit adorama.com/?alc/?category/?AdoramaTV for more photography videosDigital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 15: Panning from AdoramaTV on Vimeo.
In Vail, CO, the Teva Mountain Games generally mark the start of summer. No year is this truer than now, with temperatures rising just a day before and no snow currently in the forecast… we hope this stays true…. It also marks our first event of the summer for photography.It's still not too...
Action sports photographers all over the world use this technique to showcase a lifestyle/portrait image next to a crazy action shot. It's a design that is very appealing and your athletes will love!You can use this method to display more images in your website galleries, without making your...
Nikon professional photographer Dave Black lights surfers from 100 feet away using 8 Nikon SB-900's and Radio Poppers. Which I'm sure we all have lying around ready to shoot with…. one day we will! Great video discussing a radical approach to surfing photography.
When you meet someone briefly who could potentially become a client, the only thing they have to remember you by (besides memory) is your business card. This is why you MUST create a great card that shows who you are, and what you do! (Front and Back of Card) If we had a nickel for every...
Behind the scene video of Scott Sefas – TransWorld senior photographer shooting April's cover with Lauri Heiskari at Bear Mountain. TransWorld SNOWboarding April 2011 Cover from TransWorld SNOWboarding on Vimeo.
Triathlon and Swimming photo shoot by Kevin Winzeler. A little behind the scenes video demonstrating photography in the water and up close. For more footage and imagery, please visit http://kevinwinzeler.com
Spring time is here! Finally! Yes, it's still snowing in most of the mountains, but we've moved on to other sports… Spring and Fall are the perfect times to head to Moab, UT and shoot all kinds of awesome summer sports. The heat hasn't hit yet, and the terrain is perfect! (And NO, we weren't...
In the "Flash Sync Speed Explained" article we explained how the shutter curtains work and why camera's have a flash sync speed limitation. However, simply knowing how this stuff works does not really help you when you are trying to get a wide angle shot of an athlete flying by you, and you...
Extreme sports photographer Dominique Daher travels internationally to shoot photos of extreme sports that range from snow sports to BASE jumping from cliffs.
Rock climbing photographer Simon Carter talks about what it takes to capture unique & awe-inspiring images that have launched climbing on the world stage. View Simon's blog post http://mynikonlife.com.au/articles/do-you-have-a-vision-for-your-photography
Every photographer could use a little more motivation at times. Here are some thoughts about this very matter. Get out and shoot right now. It doesn't matter if you don't have an athlete ready to jump off a cliff. Go shoot anything! Try bringing out your lights and experimenting with them...
Chris O'Connell is well established action sports photographer, check out this amazing behind the scene video. You can see more of his work at Chris O'Connell PhotographyChris OConnell Shoots the First 1/500th Shutter Wireless Synced Flash Sequence Morph Photo from b film on Vimeo.
A good friend of mine and extremely talented action sports photographer once told me that I need to use flash to be successful and ahead of the crowd. I guess he was right! There is only one little problem.Action sports are fast. Flipping boards, spinning bikes or flying athletes all occur at...
Checkout this AWESOME usage of 52 cameras to create time-slice video, where the camera actually pans around the frozen action! Epic. Anyone have 52 cameras lying around to try this out?Here's the final video that Mirage came up with: