Why Is This Kayak Shot Faked? Can You Guess?
Not everything is quite as it seems in this photo. Can you figure out how and why I had to fake this shot?
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Category: Action and Adventure Photography
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Behind the Shot: Moonscape Mountaineer
In this image we’re going to talk about the compositional choices and the post processing techniques that were used to create this image of a mountaineer climbing up a snowy slope in the Tantalus Range of British Columbia.
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Behind the Shot: Just Keep Swimming
For those of you that are following these posts in order, I realize there has been a bit of a gap...
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Behind the Shot: Snowy Skiing Fisheye
This is a bit of an older photo, but I posted it on Instagram recently and it got a great response...
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Behind the Shot: First Drop in Alaska
This week we’re going to dissect one of my favourite skiing photos from a trip to Alaska.
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Behind the Shot: Dawn Drifting with Grizzlies
Today we’re going to dissect a shot from a recent kayak expedition to photography grizzly bears. Let’s see why this works and what I used!
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Behind the Shot: Backcountry Big Air
This image was taken on the Pemberton Ice Cap near Whistler in British Columbia, Canada. ...
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Behind the Shot: Nine Queens , Winning Image From Austria
Award Winner – Best Action Image I was invited to Austria to take part in a...
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Behind the Shot: Urban Skiing with Coloured Flash Gels
For this nighttime urban skiing photo I decided to use coloured gels to make a more interesting photo. Get all the rest of the gear details in the post.
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Behind the Shot: Urban Storm Skiing
It’s not always about the actual action when you’re on an action sports photoshoot. It’s important to look for the moments in between so that…
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Photo of the week – Yuta Ueno
Important points about a typical action sports photography scenario. These two things are VITAL to the success of any photo involving a jump and a trick – no matter what the sport is.
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