Digital Sports Photography

When starting out in Sports Photography it’s difficult to begin finding your creative style. Going out and practicing with friends or local athletes is the best way to start building your portfolio. But what happens when you want to take your images to the next level?

Join Red Bull Photographer Dustin Snipes, as he takes you on a journey through the creative process behind photographing 3 sports at 5 locations with 5 athletes. He'll be working with students to show the best ways to communicate and inspire the athletes he's photographing, as well as how to maximize time spent with them. Dustin takes students through the challenges of photographing in direct sunlight, at public locations, in parks with mixed light, and in water.

Dustin teaches:

• How to photograph basketball athletes, triathletes, and a fencer
• The pros and cons to working outside in direct sunlight
• How to communicate with and work with professional athletes and non-pros
• Working through unique challenges of on-location shoots
• Lighting techniques to capture the athlete
• On-location portraits
• Freeze motion and capture water to get that hero shot
• How to use motion blur to capture a moving bicycle
• The importance of being flexible on location to maximize your surroundings

Do you dream of taking professional athlete’s portraits? Do you want to have your images on the covers of magazines? Then join Dustin Snipes as he teaches you his secrets to maximizing locations in short periods of time, communicating with athletes to get the most out of their movements, and lighting a scene to capture the frame you want. 

• One Light Outdoor Portrait
• Focus Umbrella Outdoor Portrait
• Outdoor Athlete Hero Image
• Cross Light Outdoor Portrait
• Edge Light Outdoor Action Image
• Clamshell Light Outdoor Portrait
• Mid-Air Basketball Action Poses
• Refine Mid-Air Basketball Action Image
• Dynamic Mid-Air Basketball Image
• Natural Light Indoor Portrait
• Action Image With Shadows
• Stroboscopic Action Image
• Backlit Indoor Portrait
• Environmental Portrait
• Incorporate Architecture Into a Portrait
• Mixed Light Athletic Portrait
• Cyclist Action Image
• Adding Motion to
• Environmental Light for Runner Action Image
• Add Haze to Runner Action Image
• Create Your Own Environment
• Swim Outdoor Portrait Poses
• Action Images in Water
• Freeze Motion in Water
• Selection Process: Basketball
• Camera Raw Post Production: Basketball
• Finalize Images in Photoshop CC: Basketball
• Selection Process: Fencing
• Capture One Post Production: Fencing
• Finalize Images in Photoshop CC: Fencing
• Selection Process: Triathlete
• Camera Raw Post Production: Triathlete
• Finalize Images in Photoshop CC: Triathlete