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
How I got the image: The high jump
Michèle Grenier
Michèle Grenier, a talented sports photographer based out of Quebec City, Canada, needed 75 hours of mentoring before she could complete her degree in photography. I asked her to gather her thoughts and write this “How I Got the Shot: High Jump” article.
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
It’s game time: Getting started with sports photography
Bryan Esler
If there’s one photography genre that I’d consider a bit of an outlier, it’d be sports photography. There’s a lot to take into account while shooting sports, with everything from lighting and your shutter speed, to trying to anticipate every athlete’s move. Over the years I’ve photographed quite a few
Summertime fun: Take me out to the baseball game
Marie Tartar
We attended a professional baseball game for the first time in literally decades. We had cousins visiting from Japan for a few days and when asked what they would like to do during their visit to San Diego, they responded with a very specific request: To attend a baseball game
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
Recognizing the past 25 years in sports: The World Sports Photography Awards
Photofocus News
The World Sports Photography Awards has announced its winners for the 2021 competition. The competition, which brings sports photographs from sports photographers and sports photographic agencies, highlights photographs that have been taken over the past 25 years. This year recognizes photographs taken between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2020.
Don’t forget to style the photoshoot
Vanelli
Sometimes photographers can get so wrapped up with the technical side of a photoshoot that they forget to add a key element that makes the purpose of the image clear. Forgetting this element can cause confusion and make the viewer lose interest immediately. Using a sports image as an example,
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
Mirrorless face-off: Sony a6400 vs. Sony a9
Michèle Grenier
In this mirrorless face-off, we put to the test the Sony a6400 VS the Sony a9. Is the $4k full-frame really worth buying over the $900 crop-sensor?
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