Sports Photography How To

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Lynne Eodice  |  Jul 01, 2004  |  0 comments

There are different ways to reveal motion in a photo--you can freeze the action, blur it, or pan along with it. (You can even fake it by holding a Cokin Super-Speed filter in front of your compact camera's lens.) The next time you're taking pictures of a child's soccer game or horses running across a field, you may...

Lynne Eodice  |  Apr 01, 2004  |  0 comments

All Photos by Peter McGowan

 

Taken from the viewpoint of one who clearly loves the outdoors, Peter McGowan's images of water sports draw the viewer in and make you feel the excitement of the open sea.

 

Lynne Eodice  |  Dec 01, 2003  |  0 comments

All Photos © Bryan Lynden

 

Whether this diverse photographer is shooting sporting events, concerts, nature, fine art, or commercial images, Bryan Linden strives to share his passion for photography with others. And, as one who's worked in the digital medium since 1993, he enjoys helping other photographers make their transition from film to digital capture.

Lynne Eodice  |  Dec 01, 2003  |  0 comments

 

 

 

 

Tips from a photography director.

Have you ever wanted to shoot sports, particularly surfing images? Photographing high action isn't as easy as it looks, according to Larry "Flame" Moore, director of photography at Surfing magazine, a publication that keeps its pulse on the latest events in the surfing world.

Lynne Eodice  |  Sep 01, 2003  |  0 comments

All Photos by Robert Kerian

 

Robert Kerian's photography is all about the thrill of auto racing or the freedom of being on the open road. A relative newcomer to the world of professional photography, he says, "I've been shooting on my own for about three years." But this hasn't stopped him from getting such influential clients as Mercedes Benz...

Lynne Eodice  |  Sep 01, 2003  |  0 comments

All photos by Walter Iooss

 

I've been fortunate," Walter Iooss Jr. concedes. "It's been a good life--I'm not going to complain about it." As a photographer for Sports Illustrated for over 40 years, Iooss professes that he'll continue to work for this magazine "till the end." Since the early 1960s, he's shot...

The Editors  |  Aug 01, 2003  |  0 comments

 

 

 

Tips and ideas to improve your action photos

You need two things to get good action photos: some basic action-shooting skills, and some knowledge of the activity you're photographing. The skills include panning, peak action, follow-focusing, prefocusing and developing a sense of timing. The...

Lynne Eodice  |  Apr 01, 2002  |  4 comments

 

 

 

Capturing Sports Action

If you love shooting sports—whether it's a children's Little League or professional Major League game—timing is everything. Grabbing the shot at just the right moment takes a lot of practice, patience, and film (or a large-capacity memory card). You can do...

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