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It's tough to think of your photography as a product and to learn how to sell it. Especially with action photography. It's no where near as direct a market as family portraits so what do you do? Never fear! APS has created a list of 10 different ways/places that you can sell your images and...
Smart objects were introduced for the first time in Photoshop CS2. It is a great feature and once you start using it, there is no going back.The great thing about smart objects is that they preserve the original data of the layer and you can perform non-destructive changes to that layer at any...
Photographer JAVIER MIQUELEIZ uses Elinchrom RX to overpower the sun and achieve edgy images. Check out this short isnpirational video! You can also find more details and photos from the shoot on his blog: http://www.efejotaphotography.com/blog/2011/04/on-assignment-skate-for-ishika…
So you've composed your image to include the athlete, takeoff, and landing. But there's still something missing…. A foreground element to provide depth and give even more location to the image.Foreground elements can consist of anything closer to you in the photo than the action that's going...
Ryan HK is well established snowboard photographer. In this BTS video he uses Pentax 645D and continuous light on location.
There are literally hundreds of ways to sell a single image, and way more clients than you can imagine. The problem most artsy photographer's face, is we don't know how to sell them. Enter the stock agency. So what is stock photography?Stock agencies are basically large websites that contain...
For most photographers fisheye lenses are not the most popular/useful lenses because of the extreme barrel distortion. For action sports photographers, fisheye lenses are a necessity.The Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye has been around since the 80's, with the same simple design. It is really...
Photographer Chris Hill-Scott offer BMX Photography Tips and dives into detail on his lighting approach. He shares several useful tips and a back story with how he got into shooting BMX. This is a great video that shows how anyone could go out and start shooting BMX or Skateboarding almost...
There are a bunch of adjustment tools in Photoshop, some of them are interchangeable and you can achieve the same results in a different way. One of the most powerful of these tools is "Curves", it is also very popular, because you can easily change luminosity values across different areas, or...
Most of the time, it's pretty tough to motivate yourself (and the athlete) to go out and capture an image at 1 in the morning….. Planning the day before is key. Here's how this shot was captured by APS' Connor Walberg.First off, "Image Breakdown" is a brand new section at APS that some of you...
Chris Burkard explaines how he got his first publication in a book. The book features a trip that he had taken with several friends to showcase surfing in an accessible and relatable way. More of a stock or journalistic approach than you normally see for action sports photography. Very cool!
The Histogram is something you can find in almost every digital camera and in every image processing software. It is a graph that helps you evaluate a digital image without even looking at it.The Histogram is a linear scale that has 256 levels and shows relative distribution of light values in...
One of the most important aspects to understand as a photographer, is that light has different qualities. If you understand this, and what makes one light look/work better than another, than you will always know how to compose and light your image correctly.Natural Light:First off, natural...
Some sick ski footage to get you stoked for winter shooting! Level 1 Productions has been producing incredible films for years, After Dark looks to take it all to a new level. Ton's of night skiing footage to inspire you to shoot something different.Level 1 After Dark Official Trailer from...
We have added a little twist to the meaning of Vignettes, making it one of those adjustments that could change the overall appearance of any image, more than any vignette you've ever seen. This should be one of the last things on your workflow list, right along with sharpening. When you first...
Jeroen Nieuwhuis has a great style, check out more of his work at: jeroennieuwhuis.nlRachel Klamer Photoshoot – Behind the Scenes from Erik Journee on Vimeo.
Professional snowboard photographer Dave Lehl shares many of his photography tips in this FStoppers behind the scenes video. The tips he points out here can be found all throughout APS as well and will apply to most extreme action sports.
Fstoppers.com is hosting a "Behind the Scenes" Video/Photography contest with over $21000 in prizes and excellent exposure for the top 20 finalists.This is a great opportunity for action photographers to make a name for themselves and get more exposure. It's also a potential "in" with some...
One of the main differences between beginners and PRO photographers is, that PROs always get sharp and crispy (mmm) photos. To get great looking images you need to consistently nail sharpness. There are few things that you need to keep in mind, and a few techniques that you will have to learn...
Delly Carr with tips on how to improve your sports photos.