Sports & Action Photography Archives

Photographing Athletes - Lighting Setup 1

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Hernan Rodriguez is a Los Angeles-based celebrity portrait photographer with years of experience photographing athletes, including some of the most recognizable World Champions. Hernan is a true artist and he ...

Using Haze & a Beauty Dish to Capture Dramatic Sports Photography

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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Sports and senior photography Matt Hernandez has a knack for creating dramatic and eye-catching sports photography. For this senior sports shoot, Matt decided to use a few simple tricks to transform the boring ...

Creating Cinematic Sports Photography

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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Matt Hernandez began his career as an award-winning graphic artist in his home state of Kentucky. After discovering a passion for photography, Matt combined his experience in design with his appreciate of sport...

Team Portrait Posing Tips

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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Posing just a single subject can be difficult, let alone an entire sports team. Talented sports and senior photographer Matt Hernandez has perfected team and group shots with these quick portrait-posing tips. ...

How to Freeze Motion for Eye-Catching Food Photography

Steve Hansen

Lighting Tips

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Want to capture food photographs that will stand out from all the rest? Instead of capturing the typical overhead still shot, you can deconstruct your dish or add some movement to your image for results that ar...

How to Direct Light for Moody Action Shots

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

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Yousef AlMasoud is a Saudi Arabian portrait photographer with a knack for capturing beautiful and dramatic portraits. In this behind-the-scenes video, we go in the studio with Yousef as he captures action photo...

Team Portrait Posing Tips

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez began his career as an award-winning graphic artist, then combined his love of photography with his design background and love of sports to become one of the country's premier sp...

How to Light for a Composite Image

Dave Cross

Lighting Tips

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Creating a professional-quality composite image usually requires a lengthy editing session. For photographers who are not very efficient or experienced in Photoshop and Lightroom, this can become a long and ted...

Dramatic and Effective Lighting for Team Portraits

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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Renowned sports photographer Matt Hernandez has had years of experience capturing professional and high school team portraits. Through years of shooting in a variety of locations, he has perfected the group lig...

Using the Flex with World Class Results

Hernan Rodriguez

Reviews

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I was every bit impressed with all the muscle the Flex light had to offer for a compact, flexible, and continuous light panel. What better subject to power up against than with former World Champion Victor Ort...

Senior Sports Portraits with Matt Hernandez

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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This really sets the bar for senior sports portraits. To bring his creative vision to life for this shoot, talented photographer Matt Hernandez needed to completely control his lighting. Photographing this y...

Environmental Portraiture with Andrew Tomasino

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

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This article is courtesy of Pennsylvanian portrait photographer Andrew Tomasino. When I’m not photographing I take part in a new passion of mine; Jiu Jitsu. In specific, 10th Planet J...

Capturing Impressive Senior Portraits

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro photographer Matt Hernandez discusses the features and benefits of the Rapid Box XXL while shooting sports-themed senior portraits in this latest review. With quick set-up and a lightweight fra...

Dance Photography with the Strobelite Plus

George DeLoache

Lighting Tips

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This article is courtesy of Westcott Top Pro portrait photographer George DeLoache of Los Angeles, California. Dance is a phenomenal art form incorporating, music, movement, color and compositional forms. I ...

Creating Sports Composite Portrait with Photo Key

Matt Hernandez

Gear Guides, Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez, who specializes in sports photography, uses Photo Key 6 to remove a green background for a sports composite. Watch how Matt sets up his lighting for this green screen image, an...

Capturing Action Shots on a Budget

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

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This Photography blog post using the Apollo Orb was originally written by Photographer, Charles Williams of Erudite Photography based in Ottawa, Canada. This photo shoot had to be one of the most inexpen...

Black-and-White Action Shot Lighting Setup

João Carlos

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Black-and-White Action shot by photographer João Carlos using a The Medium Scrim Jim Kit is a useful photography tool that allows photographers to diffuse, reflect, cut down, or completely block light. Wit...

Speedlites for Action Photography

Tyler Stableford

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Explorer of Light Tyler Stableford takes us to the legendary Snowmass Terrain Park in Snowmass, Colorado, where he utilizes the radio functionality of the Canon 600EX-RT Speedlite system to achieve a perfect ba...

Outdoor Football Portrait using a Scrim Jim

Jim Schmelzer

Lighting Tips

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This lighting setup and final image was provided by photographer Jim Schmelzer. Jim used the Westcott Medium Scrim Jim overhead his subject so that there were no shadows on the football player, and that he cou...

Joel Grimes in the Studio with the Zeppelin Deep Parabolic

Master Light Control: A Guide to Using Scrims on Set

Jewelry Photography Made Easy: A Comparison Using LED Light vs. Natural Light

3 Techniques to Control Natural Light for Better Portraits

How to Capture Stunning Wide-Angle Portraits On Location

Elevate Your Maternity Portraits: Expert Posing and Lighting Tips

Getting Creative with Cosmetic Product Photography

Improve Your Lighting During Video Calls at Home Using the Ring Light Kit

Easy Portrait Lighting Setups with One, Two, and Three Lights

How to Create Window Light in Studio

Square Softboxes vs Octa Softboxes

Portrait Lighting in Challenging Locations with Ian Spanier

High-Speed Sync Portraits in Full Sun Using the FJ200 Strobe

Capturing Product Photography With The DigiTent Light Tent

Dramatic Lighting for Photographing Athletes

Using Haze & a Beauty Dish to Capture Dramatic Sports Photography

Creating Cinematic Sports Photography

Team Portrait Posing Tips

How to Freeze Motion for Eye-Catching Food Photography

How to Direct Light for Moody Action Shots

Team Portrait Posing Tips

How to Light for a Composite Image

Dramatic and Effective Lighting for Team Portraits

Using the Flex with World Class Results

Senior Sports Portraits with Matt Hernandez

Environmental Portraiture with Andrew Tomasino

Capturing Impressive Senior Portraits

Dance Photography with the Strobelite Plus

Creating Sports Composite Portrait with Photo Key

Capturing Action Shots on a Budget

Black-and-White Action Shot Lighting Setup

Speedlites for Action Photography

Outdoor Football Portrait using a Scrim Jim

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