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Motion
DPA Instructors from around the country offer tips on photographing People in Motion - from sports to environmental portraits, and capturing movement in your image to freezing someone in action.
Motion Blur by Zooming
If you are using a zoom lens, you can create focus on your subject surrounded by blur by quickly racking your zoom lens in or out while the shutter is open.
Motion Blur Using a Tripod
Use your tripod and let the subject itself do the blurring by using a very slow shutter speed. Especially good for nighttime, when any kind of moving lights can yield interesting surprises!
On the Court with Chris Livingston
Orlando Instructor and Pro Photographer Chris Livingston recently took his Panasonic L1 DSLR camera to a Notre Dame Men's basketball game against the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Parade Snaps at Gasparilla Day in Tampa
Photographing parades can be a lot of fun and a lot of work! DPA Tampa Instructor Sam Johnston provides photo examples and tips to getting great images that portray the energy of the day.
Patience and Persistence
While wandering around the Orlando Wetlands park with my students during the park’s annual festival on February 7, 2009, I came across an odd-looking bird that would later be IDd as a Leucistic Palm Warbler. I knew this was a rare one, and later discovered that the chance of seeing one was one-in-ten-million.
Patience, Patience, Patience
Tip: Patience, patience patience. This shot began as nothing more than an idea while covering a bike race, and required waiting close to an hour for the riders to pass beneath.
Photographing a Public Event
One of the more difficult tasks to prepare for photographing an event is to verbalize what you want to say, and then figure out who the audience is. It is good to start with some clear ideas of what you want from the shoot, and what you think you might find there- or hope to find there...
Shooting Video on HD DSLR Still Cameras, Workflow, Stabilization Rigs and Brackets
Written by John Bentham, DPA Instructor, New York, with technical information provided by Ken Fleischer, dMWorks (www. dmworks.com)
I get a number of inquiries from students who are moving into DSLR Video shooting (shooting HD Video on a DSLR camera). Obviously for quick, down and dirty video you only need a video capable camera. But once you dive in, you should learn a few tricks and you will covet a few gadgets. Number one for many of budding film makers is some type of balancer, bracket or video rig, referred to as a stabilization rig. A number of these are available and specifically made for shooting video with DSLR cameras. I have a few friends who use Redrock rigs, these however can be quite expensive.
The Peak Moment
When photographing action, or activity, look for the "Peak" moment. That is the point at which the action reaches it's apex.
Tips for Creating Active Summer Photos
Our contemporary lifestyles are anything but still, especially now. Summer can be the most physically active season of the year for many of us, so why not activate those summer-time photographs with a little motion-blur to convey those experiences to a viewer with a greater amount of expression? Using the property of implied motion in your photographs requires a bit more technical risk-taking in camera handling, but these images can be very rewarding.
Try Panning for Motion
Click here to read three pointers for capturing someone in motion. Great tips for demonstrating a passion for sports and keeping fit!
Using What You Have
Driving down the coast to Los Angeles, I stopped at County Line, a popular surfing spot above Malibu. The wind was blowing hard and the area had been taken over by sailboarders.
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