Wide-angle lens benefits for action photography
Michèle Grenier
Wide angle lenses provides a lot of benefits when it comes to action photography. Here are four of the ones I love most!
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How to photograph sledding (comprehensive)
Levi Sim
Wanna have some fun this winter? Go photograph kids sledding. When your subjects are having fun, you’re sure to have fun, too. It’s a great excuse to get out and make pictures and keep your eye sharp through the winter. As much fun as it is, there are some surprising
Shutter Priority and when to use it
Mike Hagen
Shutter Priority exposure mode is a fantastic tool for controlling how motion appears in your final image. This exposure mode allows the photographer to set the shutter speed while the camera determines the aperture. Most DSLR and mirrorless cameras offer at least four different exposure modes including shutter priority, aperture
Photography 101: Shutter Priority mode explained
Sara Kempner
Entering the world of photography with a DSLR or mirrorless camera can be both exciting and overwhelming. Modern day cameras are loaded with a plethora of functions and capabilities that can take time to learn and understand. One of such functions is Shutter Priority mode. Shutter Priority mode allows you
Mobile Mondays: Stopping action on an iPhone with Burst Mode
Scott Bourne
While it may seem like common knowledge, we were all beginners once. Let’s talk about freezing the action. If you’re photographing a moving subject like a dog running, it’s easier to capture that perfect pose with Burst Shutter Mode. This is like a motor drive on a conventional ILC camera.
The advantage of Auto ISO
Mike Hagen
Using Auto ISO can have advantages when you’re out photographing. In photography, ISO is a rating of your camera sensor’s sensitivity to light. A lower ISO like 50 or 100 means that the sensor will require longer shutter speeds and larger apertures to properly expose an image. A higher ISO
Portrait Tips: How to get kicked in the face
Levi Sim
There I was, making pictures for the athletics department to use in their marketing materials when suddenly, a soccer ball soared straight into my lens and smashed my camera into my face. See, the plan was to make action pictures. We’d already photographed all the athletes’ headshots — about 200
How to build a career in action sports photography
Photofocus Team
Our very own Michèle Grenier spoke with Frederick Van Johnson about her career as an action sports photographer, as a part of the “Behind the Seen” podcast by Skylum. In the video above, Michèle talks about how she started her photography career, from assisting at weddings to building her own
Five tips to edit badass sports portraits
Michèle Grenier
Want to bring out the most of your action shots? Here are five tips to edit badass sports portraits to realize with any software.
Webinar: Badass portraiture in sports photography, with Michèle Grenier
Photofocus Team
With most of us stuck at home due to the Coronavirus outbreak, now’s a great time to dive into some personal projects. We hope you’ll join Michèle Grenier on Friday, March 20, 2020, at 2:30 p.m. ET, for a live webinar showing you how to capture amazing sports portraiture photographs. In
Portrait Tips: One light on black
Levi Sim
I answered the phone, and it was my buddy, Gary. He said, “Hey, Levi. I’ve got a great idea.” Now, you should know that I’m always up for an adventure, and Gary and I have had a lot of them. This time, he wanted to take over the world of
Techniques for panning
Photofocus Team
In this video, Natalie Fobes explains the most effective techniques for panning in motion-centric photographs. For more LinkedIn Learning videos about photography, click here. There are times that you want to stop action and yet still convey motion, so the answer for you is to pan. A pan is simply
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