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Sarah Silver: Capturing The Art Of Motion
Lynne Eodice  |  May 01, 2005

All photos © Sarah Silver

 

With a client list that includes Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly, Hasselblad, L'oreal, Marshall Fields & Co., Nokia, and Beauty.com, Sarah Silver has achieved great success for a young photographer. Her images have appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, New York Times, InStyle, Elle, Surface and the Italian and French...

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Autofocusing Tips
Mike Stensvold  |  Mar 01, 2005

Autofocusing is one of the best things that's ever happened to the SLR camera. I didn't think so while testing early examples when the AF SLR era began back in 1985, but a lot of progress has happened in the ensuing two decades. Today's AF SLR cameras, film and digital, will focus more quickly and accurately than most photographers can. Naturally, the higher-end...

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How to Shoot Action
Lynne Eodice  |  Jul 01, 2004

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...

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Peter McGowan: Nautical Images Extraordinaire
Lynne Eodice  |  Apr 01, 2004

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.

 

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Shooting Dramatic Surfing Photos
Lynne Eodice  |  Dec 01, 2003

 

 

 

 

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.

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Bryan Linden: His Secret to Success? Just Do It!
Lynne Eodice  |  Dec 01, 2003

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.

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Walter Iooss: Sports Photography Legend
Lynne Eodice  |  Sep 01, 2003

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...

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In the Fast Lane with Robert Kerian
Lynne Eodice  |  Sep 01, 2003

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...

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Action Photography
The Editors  |  Aug 01, 2003

 

 

 

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...

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Point & Shoot: Sports
Lynne Eodice  |  Apr 01, 2002

 

 

 

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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