Whether you are bringing your digital camera to the next Olympics or the next little league game, the $29.99 book "a href="http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0764596071.html">DIGITAL SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY: Take Winning Shots Every Time" should help you improve your game. More than 20 professional sports photographers are featured. The book uses full-color examples and comprehensive information to help digital photography enthusiasts shoot a variety of sports. Specific obstacles like bad lighting, weather, fast-moving athletes, flash limitations, and other challenges specific to sports photography are addressed.
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From Little League to Olympians, Shoot Sports Like a Pro
21 Professional Sports Photographers Share Their Tips for Capturing Winning Moments
Sports photography gets photographers up close and personal with the action they crave, the athletes they idolize, or the activities that make memories for their children. It also presents unique challenges for photographers trying to capture that perfect moment. DIGITAL SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY: Take Winning Shots Every Time (Wiley; Sept. 2005; $29.99) helps readers master this art by providing professional insights and advice on the techniques and methodology for capturing the action, drama, and personalities in everything from swimming and running to skateboarding and cross-country skiing.
This book features full-color photographic examples and comprehensive information on how consumers and photography enthusiasts can use a variety of widely available digital cameras and software to shoot virtually any sport. It includes comprehensive, method-based techniques for managing photography workflow from the concept of a photo shoot, to what type of camera to use for sports shooting, to printing and sharing the final photos. It also covers how to handle bad lighting, weather, fast-moving athletes, flash limitations, and other challenges specific to sports photography.
DIGITAL SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY features the expertise of more than 20 professional sports photographers including Terrell Lloyd, official photographer for the San Francisco 49ers; baseball expert Joy Absalon; and extreme sports specialists Neal Thatcher and Will Wissman. Other athletic pursuits covered include basketball, swimming, sailing, horseback riding, scuba diving, cycling, soccer, fencing, ice hockey, skiing, and snowboarding. No matter what the readers' sport or level of expertise, DIGITAL SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY will make them a better photographer.
