Express Action Sports

Delly Carr has spent the last 22 years as a full time sports photographer. His company, Sportshoot was founded in 1987, and since then he has shot for some of the biggest clientele in Australian sport including Swimming Australia, Triathlon Australia and Cricket NSW, to name a few.

In this episode, Delly talks with us regarding his first photographic love: shooting sports. Hear from our Nikon Ambassador as he discusses his favourite sports, tells some war stories, and offers key tips on how you can improve your sporting photo’s.

See more @ My Nikon Life: http://mynikonlife.com.au

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Episode 33 of my photography series introduces action photography. Please subscribe and feel free to submit video requests!

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‘Shot on the Action Cam from Sony. Check it out at www.sony.com.au/actioncam
or www.sony.co.nz/actioncam’

Here’s Queenstown from behind the scenes of Action Sports photographer Stefan Haworth, TappedNZ Photography.
Activities above and below the water were all filmed in Queenstown. Skydiving, jet boating, Hot air balloons, Bungy Jumping, Wake boarding, Kitesurfing, Mountain Biking, Bmx, Skating, Long boarding, River surfing, paragliding, boating, all round summer fun!
http://www.tappednz.com/

Song:
Sizzlebird – “clear mind”

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Special thanks to:
NZONE skydiving
AJ Hackett Bungy Jumping with the ledge
Skyline for Mountain Biking
Kjet
Kiwi birdlife Park
Sunrise Balloons
Paraflights
Destination Queenstown

Zac and Jon Imhoof
Jaden Leeming
Conor Macfarlane
Sahara Mcdonald
Georges Millet

All filmed on Sony HDR-AS15 POV action camera,

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Adorama Photography TV presents How’d They Do That with David Bergman. David is a concert, sports and action photographer based in New York. David has photographed everything from major sporting events like the World Series to the high intensity world of rock concert tours. He has photographed six U.S. Presidents and his Obama inauguration GigaPan has been viewed over 12 million times.

For info about the gear David uses, and to learn more about concert photography as well as his work with Bon Jovi, go here: http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/Music-and-Sports-Photographer-David-Bergman-AdoramaTV

See more of David’s work at www.davidbergman.net and at www.tourphotographer.com.

Products David uses:
Nikon D3S Body Only
http://www.adorama.com/INKD3S.html
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G AF-S VR II Zoom-Nikkor ED-IF Lens
http://www.adorama.com/NK70200AF2U.html
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S Wide Angle-Telephoto Zoom Nikkor Lens
http://www.adorama.com/NK2470AFSU.html
Nikon 14mm – 24mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S Wide-Angle Zoom-Nikkor Lens
http://www.adorama.com/NK1424AFSU.html
Apple Aperture 3 Photo Editing Software for Mac.
http://www.adorama.com/ACMB957ZA.html

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Send your questions to: AskMark@Adorama.com

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As I travel the globe shooting in and around the water, sharing it along the way, this video is an animated glimpse of the year through my lens. Enjoy!

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Always part of the action, Jeff Cable has photographed hundreds of sports events and is a three time Olympic photographer. He is just returning from the London Olympics where he shot photos for Team USA. Jeff visits the B&H Event Space to share tips and techniques on how to take the best sports photos by capturing those split second moments that you want to remember forever. Regardless of whether you are shooting a professional event or your child’s next game, Jeff will give you some great ideas to take images that will wow your friends and family. See some of Jeff’s high action images and learn the best settings for your camera, the best equipment choices, and the best compositions to get some real winner shots. Jeff is one of our most popular speakers at B&H and makes sure that his presentations are full of useful information and really fun as well.

Jeff Cable’s Work
http://www.jeffcable.com/

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Adorama Photography TV presents “How’d They Do That” featuring Jon Willey. In this episode, Mark talks with Jon who is currently the team photographer and manager of imaging services for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jon shows Mark the steps he takes to get those great action shots on and off the field.

For details about the gear Jon uses, and for more articles, podcasts and videos about sports photography, go here: http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/Sports-Photographer-Jon-Willey-AdoramaTV

Visit http://www.adorama.com/alc/ for more videos!

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Part one of a sport photography lesson set in St.Moritz in Switzerland. Using the Canon EOS 5D camera and other equipment, two students explore digital sports photography under the guidance of a professional photographer.

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I was just reading about some photographers like Diane Arbus who didn’t even know about stuff like exposure, apeture, and f-stops. Do you think it is a good investment of time for an aspiring photographer to read the technical books on photography? Or do you think it’s better to just get out there and shoot?

I believe your source on Diane Arbus was very misinformed.

A lot of people seem to think that if you "… just get out there and shoot…" you’ll somehow take a good picture. Of course, using this logic, its possible that you’ll take 300 lousy pictures and have no idea why they are lousy pictures. That’s where the "technical" part comes in. (A person once stated in here that if they took 100 pictures and got 1 good one they were happy. Talk about low expectations! I honestly believe you’d get similar results if you just gave the camera to a chimpanzee.)

If you don’t know and understand the exposure triangle of ISO, shutter speed and aperture then how can you control your picture making? Sure, you can set your camera on Program AE and let it make all the decisions about aperture and shutter speed but how does the camera know what effect you are trying to achieve? It doesn’t. It can’t. Cameras are just dumb boxes.

If you don’t understand how aperture and focal length are used to produce either a shallow Depth of Field (DOF) or a deep DOF then how do you isolate your subject from the background? How do you make sure that everything from 3′ in front of the camera to infinity is in focus? (Depth of Field is defined as that area in acceptable focus in front of and behind your subject).

If you don’t understand the role of shutter speed then how do you expect to use it to stop motion or to allow a subject to be slightly blurred to show motion?

If you don’t know how the ISO you choose affects both the aperture and shutter speed and the picture quality then how will you know what ISO to use on a sunny day? For sports/action? For the best possible picture quality?

Without a good technical knowledge of photography, how will you know what to do when confronted with scenes that aren’t average and that will cause your in-camera meter to give you a bad exposure? Suppose you have a subject against a bright background and don’t want a silhouette? What if the subject is frontlit against a dark background? If you depend on your camera you’ll be disappointed. Your subject will not be correctly exposed. Suppose your scene is white sand or snow. Let the camera’s meter decide and your white sand or snow will turn out gray.

You also must know and understand the "Rules of Composition". By knowing them you make your pictures more interesting. You know to not center your subject. You know to keep empty space to a minimum. You know to check the background so you can eliminate trees "growing" from someone’s head. You know how to eliminate ot at least minimize a distracting background. Of course, knowing the "Rules" then allows you to break them when your creative impulses overrule them.

So yes, having the technical knowledge is needed. Without it you are just a snapshooter. Point. Shoot. Hope. With it you are on your way to being a photographer. Compose. Shoot. Know.

For the record, I almost always shoot in Aperture Preferred because I like a lot of DOF and I know that lenses are designed to give their best results at between f5.8 to f11. I watch the shutter speed to make sure it isn’t too slow to hand-hold.

"Pictures are not taken, they are made." Ansel Adams

"Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the ‘ah-ha’ ". Ernst Haas

Outside fashion photography.

If you are really on a budget and want the best quality for the money, check out the P&S Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 [with a Leica lense and Live View] which has more features than most pro DSLRs that require auxiliary lenses not even equal to the single initial full-range lense that comes with the FZ28. It is reviewed at:

http://www.steves-digicams.com/camera-reviews/panasonic/lumix-dmc-fz28/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz28-review-5.html

It’s an all-in-one 10.1 megapixel digital camera which includes (i) built-in image stabilization and Live Action viewer; (ii) HD720 quality video [Quicktime] which permits zooming while videoing outdoor fashion shows, Action Sports; (iii) a 18x zoom [27 – 486 mm (35mm equiv.)] "Leica" lense for "nature" and concert photography; (iv) up to 0.39 inch macro option; (v) up to 6400 ASA; (vi) takes up to 380 pictures per 120 min. battery charge; (vii) has a "burst speed" of 13 fps; and sells new for $464 at amazon.com. in the U.S.

Here’s an actual handheld picture of the moon:

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/bf/1b/a83ac060ada0881604bad110.L.jpg

Good luck!