Tutorial: Photoshop for 70 basketball portraits in two days
Mon, 02/2/09 – 18:19 | 2 Comments

Photographer Dustin Snipes gives step-by-step instructions regarding the post-production work he did to achieve a sought-after look in the 70 basketball portraits he took in just two days during last year’s Cactus Classic in Arizona.

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Follow us to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and PMA
Thursday, 26 Feb, 2009 – 11:43 | No Comment
Follow us to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and PMA

We’ll be giving you live updates throughout the upcoming week, starting as we follow photographers covering the NASCAR event in Las Vegas this weekend and finishing with reports from PMA 2009 next week.

Covering crisis: Photographer Sandy Huffaker, Jr. describes the San Diego jet crash
Tuesday, 9 Dec, 2008 – 16:16 | One Comment
Covering crisis: Photographer Sandy Huffaker, Jr. describes the San Diego jet crash

Huffaker was in his home this week when a tragic breaking news story literally flew into his neighborhood.

A photographer, the White House, and a smashed SD card: A data-salvaging saga
Friday, 5 Dec, 2008 – 18:08 | 9 Comments
A photographer, the White House, and a smashed SD card: A data-salvaging saga

A photographer was able to finagle a last-minute assignment inside the White House, but just after pulling it off, the SD card containing his photos splintered. This is how he handled it.

Photographers converge on PhotoPlus Expo in New York
Saturday, 25 Oct, 2008 – 8:50 | No Comment
Photographers converge on PhotoPlus Expo in New York

PDN’s PhotoPlus Expo, considered among the most important international photography events each year, drew thousands of photographers to New York City. Ask The Photographer was there to talk with leading photographers and professional camera titans.

Link of the day: 20 free wallpapers from nature photographer Quang-Tuan Luong
Tuesday, 7 Oct, 2008 – 12:33 | No Comment
Link of the day: 20 free wallpapers from nature photographer Quang-Tuan Luong

French/Vietnamese/American nature photographer Quang-Tuan Luong has made 20 photos he gathered during more than two decades of traveling the globe available for free download as wallpapers.

Question: Getting started in landscape and wildlife photography
Monday, 6 Oct, 2008 – 14:15 | No Comment
Question: Getting started in landscape and wildlife photography

One aspiring landscape and wildlife photographer has questions about getting started on the right foot, and about what to expect from the profession.

Photographer profile: Justin Kase Conder
Friday, 3 Oct, 2008 – 17:55 | 2 Comments
Photographer profile: Justin Kase Conder

Photographer Justin Kase Conder took calculated risks that landed him gigs shooting for some of the nation’s largest publications.

Olympics come to an end
Wednesday, 27 Aug, 2008 – 11:50 | No Comment
Olympics come to an end

After 3 weeks of working myself to the bone we come to the final two days of the Olympics. Myself along with numerous other photographers I have been speaking to are just plain burned out. …

Flying bikes, flying horses and water polo
Monday, 25 Aug, 2008 – 14:25 | No Comment
Flying bikes, flying horses and water polo

Photographer Mark J. Rebilas writes about his most recent shots from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Happy girls, sad girls, angry photographers and my big stick
Saturday, 23 Aug, 2008 – 21:40 | 2 Comments
Happy girls, sad girls, angry photographers and my big stick

Had the morning off from shooting so I caught up on some sleep and spent time chatting with friends back in the states on instant messenger before heading off to shoot the womens water polo …

Monster home run and the $73 socks
Friday, 22 Aug, 2008 – 13:56 | No Comment
Monster home run and the $73 socks

I began my morning (which I was supposed to have off) by heading out to shoot the supposedly undefeatable U.S. Softball team.  It was generally assumed the U.S.A. would demoralize every team they played on …

Busiest day in Beijing (so far)
Thursday, 21 Aug, 2008 – 0:04 | 3 Comments
Busiest day in Beijing (so far)

Photographer Mark J. Rebilas had to hustle to cover wrestling, water polo and beach volleyball at the 2008 Olympic Games. Check out his photos and his thoughts.

Great Wall and un-great gymnastics
Wednesday, 20 Aug, 2008 – 10:03 | No Comment
Great Wall and un-great gymnastics

I started my day off by spending over an hour backing up images to my LaCie 500gig external hard drive since my macbook pro was down to less than a gig of memory. Due to …

More volleyball, more gymnastics
Tuesday, 19 Aug, 2008 – 12:49 | No Comment
More volleyball, more gymnastics

It was a relatively light day of two events to be covered. Began the day shooting some volleyball. When I arrived at the venue I noticed one of our other photographers there so I left …

Rowing down a river and a man proud to finish in under 10 seconds!
Monday, 18 Aug, 2008 – 16:52 | No Comment
Rowing down a river and a man proud to finish in under 10 seconds!

My first shoot of the day was women’s field hockey. I wasn’t excited to shoot it and it ended up being one of the worst events I’ve shot since coming to Beijing. It would have …

Golden gymnastics, girls stronger than me, fantastic volleyball venue
Sunday, 17 Aug, 2008 – 16:29 | One Comment
Golden gymnastics, girls stronger than me, fantastic volleyball venue

Once again my day began covering gymnastics. This time it was the women’s individual all around final. (supposedly the biggest event in a gymnasts career) With as many days in a row as I have …

Stellar jube, shockingly bad sportsmanship, and the worst pizza in the world!
Saturday, 16 Aug, 2008 – 0:01 | No Comment
Stellar jube, shockingly bad sportsmanship, and the worst pizza in the world!

As with most days since the Olympics began I started my day off shooting gymnastics. This time it was the men’s individual all around competition. And once again it was an ass whipping by the …

China domination
Friday, 15 Aug, 2008 – 11:18 | No Comment
China domination

I started my day off at Gymnastics to shoot the women’s team all around final. China and USA were projected to go head to head for the gold and they certainly lived up to the …

Exceeding expectations and riding the Olympic wave
Thursday, 14 Aug, 2008 – 10:55 | No Comment
Exceeding expectations and riding the Olympic wave

Started my day off with a very healthy breakfast at McDonalds. One good thing about the Olympics is it doesn’t matter if you eat every meal at unhealthy fast food, you won’t gain weight with …

Soggy shoes, multiple cabs and star filters
Monday, 11 Aug, 2008 – 23:07 | No Comment
Soggy shoes, multiple cabs and star filters

The day began with me waking up at 7:55 needing to be at beach volleyball for a 9am USA Match. I threw my clothes on and was out the door at 8:05. I had just …

Getting into my Olympic groove
Sunday, 10 Aug, 2008 – 12:28 | One Comment
Getting into my Olympic groove

Been in China for a week now and am finally acclimated to the busy schedule as well as the culture shock. Now that Im as settled in as I’m gonna get I have no excuses …

Opening ceremonies: The greatest show on earth…literally!
Saturday, 9 Aug, 2008 – 20:17 | No Comment
Opening ceremonies: The greatest show on earth…literally!

Mark J. Rebilas describes prepping for and shooting the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Odd food and free stuff make for a good day in Beijing
Friday, 8 Aug, 2008 – 8:10 | One Comment
Odd food and free stuff make for a good day in Beijing

Today was a very busy and tiring day but also very productive. With sight seeing as well as shooting some venue features I put in about 14 hours. After waking up around 8 a.m. I hung …

Vermont company holds funeral for film
Sunday, 3 Aug, 2008 – 9:08 | No Comment
Vermont company holds funeral for film

As traditional film photography wobbles on its last, already flimsy legs, the last professional film processing company in Vermont shut down this week and held a funeral for film to commemorate the event, complete with …