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Winter Sports
There is just something about shooting winter sports that looks magical. What is your favorite winter photo or video?
Visual story telling in sports
I love shooting sports, and I have been lucky enough to make it my job. That being said sometimes once you get your shot list sorted I try to get a little creative and almost try to create a photo essay. It can be a little hard especially when you ar...
Best Way to Build Portfolio?
Hello Alpha Family,These days I hear a lot of Photographers advise new Photographers to not work for free, but how will they build their portfolio?When I first started, I did a bunch of TFP and did some second shooters on events and weddings to build...
What's your favorite lens??
Hello Alpha Family,What is your favorite lens and do you still own it?My favorite lens off all time has to be FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS (SEL90M28G) it's the sharpest and most fun to shot with, I had it back in 2017 with Alpha 6000 (a6000) and it was a...
Which is more Fun, Paid or Unpaid Photography
Even after more than a decade of all kinds of Photo sessions, gaping the camera and doing some macro shots in the backyard or go to the park and shoot some squirrels and birds is more fun to do.Do you prefer doing paid work or unpaid?
Sports Media Trainee Program - World Curling Federation
What an opportunity! If only I was... let's just say a couple years younger so I would be eligible to apply. https://worldcurling.org/2023/01/smtp-2023/ Chosen applicants will cover an international curling competition, with travel and incidentals c...
Is your camera ISO invariant?
A discussion about noise at indoor sporting venue lead to the question: "is your camera ISO invariant?".Definition: shooting initially at lower ISO and then boosting the exposure in post will result in the same noise as if the image was originally sh...
Sony 200-600 lens
love using #sony200-600 this lens for wildlife and sports mainly photography baseball Burrowing owlsBird in my back yardBaseball 1st baseLittle League Basesball
Give yourself a project
When I was starting out in photography I would go brave the cold of an icy winter to get a fun photo in the snow, I would read blogs about photography daily and go to strobist meetups to practice my off-camera lighting. I would take my camera everywh...
Motorsport Photography
Hey Everyone just wanted to make my first post! I am a videographer/photographer in the motorsport industryFollow my work on https://www.instagram.com/bigdaddycam_productions/?hl=enas well as my youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoA-IApldDOyA8...
Sony a7rv battery grip bad fit!
I recently bought the A7rv with a new grip and found that the grip did not fit and later found out that that is an issue with the current grip sold and said to fit as per the Sony Corporate, but I can tell you that after taking it back to Precision C...
A New Twist on Sports Photography: What if we all just shot video instead?
Take a close look at these four still images. Don't just look at them at the screen size, click on each one so it will enlarge (2500 pixels wide). These are all still-frame grabs from 4K video shot at 60P (60 frames per second) on the new Sony a7RV ...
Grain, hate it or embrace it!
This is a discussion I've had with some of my staff photographers. I always find it fun to hear the arguments of such divisive topic.The question that I've asked them was: Would you capture a soft image to avoid grain, of embrace the grain and get a ...
Sony 14mm GM for Action Sports Photography
Hey! Wondering if anyone has used the 14mm for action sports photography... I shoot a lot of mountain biking & skiing. I want to add an ultra wide lens to the kit to mix up the looks and get that different feel then just the long lens. I have played ...
