Any tips on action sports photography

first shot: shoot in better lighting, don't shoot at his ass, get a better background

second: really simple but probably the best in the set other than the last sequence, get lower and closer for a more dramatic shot, background is still a bit distracting. (see how much better a shot looks when the snow has good detail like that? compare it to 1, 3, and 6)

third: similar to first but has better lighting and a little bit better of an angle, background still sucks, snow is blown out

fourth: not going to comment on this one

fifth: can't see the skier, you need a flash especially since he's wearing black, shoot from downhill so you see his front instead of his side/back

sixth: trees are annoying, sky is very bland, looks soft, not a bad attempt though

last: much better than the first sequence, colours are good, sharp, skier really pops out, unfortunately you cut some of him off and are still shooting from uphill, but i like this one.

there's a lot more to be said but i hope i covered some basics for you
 
Yeah I agree, 2nd one is definitely my favourite, but yeah those trees and the house(?) are kind of annoying
 
In a few of the photos the skier is facing away from the camera which is fine on some occasions but here id recommend against it. Also for the first try to get closer so that it is more detailed and as before mentioned try to find better lights since it really improves the feel of an image. for the last one I'd say that I agree with erikK in that you should try to get the whole shot. Personally my fav is the last one its a cool hit and the skier stands out from the image.

Final tip is to make sure you got the correct lighting, it looks sooooo much better when you can see all of the details in the snow.

If you can jjust correct those little problems they will be great :)
 
You should probably try and concentrate on depth of field so you can detach the subject a little more so that you subject takes all the importance in you shot (basically, stop using autofocus)Be careful with your shade, that the one thing that kills a picture.

 
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