Category: Tutorials
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An NCAA Final Four Basketball Tutorial
The Final Four week, likely the NCAA’s largest event every year, is a flurry of preparation, logistics and photographic coverage, starting well before tipoff of Saturday’s national semifinals. One of my duties each year, early in the week, is mounting our four NCAA Photos Nikon backboard and stanchion pool cameras, which during the course…
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Wireless Image Transmission with Nikon and Photoshelter
UPDATE: Great to see the piece reposted by Photoshelter and featured on ISO1200! We hope you learn from the following guide how relatively easy it is today to set up your own wireless digital image transmission system, leveraging off-the-shelf technology from Nikon and Photoshelter, and thus keep pace with larger agencies and other news sources to transmit…
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Photographing Cam Zink’s 100ft MTB Mammoth Backflip for World of X Games
UPDATE 09/02/2014: Nice to see the tutorial video picked up by Fstoppers, ISO1200 and by DIY Photography! Headed out to Mammoth Mountain CA last week for the World of X Games and the Guiness World Record breaking #MammothFlip event, where Cam Zink broke new ground, backflipping a mountain bike over 100ft from dirt to dirt before…
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Wireless Nikon Speedlight fun at Red Bull Sound Select
Had a blast photographing the Underground Music Showcase for Red Bull Sound Select Presents: Denver last weekend and assembled a quick gallery of some of my favorites from the evening. A series of four great local and national talents graced the stage that night, including Wild High, Astronautalis, Tanlines and People Under the Stairs. Considering…
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A Basketball Backboard Camera Tutorial from the NCAA Final Four
UPDATE (5/20): Happy to see a feature on Fstoppers , PetaPixel post the video tutorial and POP Photo run the piece this morning! Created a short video produced on location at the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, documenting the NCAA Photos setup of our Nikon D4s through-the-glass backboard cameras, including general settings, mounting, safety concerns and triggering/networking methods.…
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Building Your Outdoor & Adventure Photography Business
UPDATE: Photoshelter has now released an excerpt on their blog, a great way to get a teaser on some of the content before you download the guide. Had the great good fortune to help contribute to Photoshelter’s latest guide, Building Your Outdoor & Adventure Photography Business, alongside friends and fellow pros Corey Rich, Lucas Gilman, Chris…
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Photographing the Red Bull Wings For Life World Run – Night Action with the New Nikon D4s
Had a fun shoot for Red Bull last weekend, the Wings for Life World Run in Denver. Since the global world run included events in 35 different countries, all starting at the exact same time, our shoot included a 2:45am call time and 4am race start. Thus the first two hours of the race, winding…
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Tips for Photographing Winter Action Sports
UPDATE: Happy to see this picked up by PetaPixel and Iso1200. Thanks so much for sharing! Produced a short Tips for Photographing Winter Action Sports video during the 2014 Burton US Open Snowboard Pipe Finals highlighting both my standard on-snow action sports photography setup, plus various tips and tricks to stay prepared for whatever snowy environments might throw…
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Winter Action Sports Photo Tips for Instagram
With the worldwide debut of Olympic slopestyle as well as ski pipe this month in Sochi, I wanted to reshare some fun I had putting together some winter action sports photography tips for the Instagram Blog last month tied to my work for the ESPN X Games. Not only was it a fun little…