Winter Sports Photography
Be prepared to see some amazing shots and learn some techniques for capturing winter activities in your neck of the woods. Includes a special bonus class.
Release Date: 2011-11-28
Lessons
Introduction
<p>Tom Bol introduces you to the course and to David, a Copper Mountain employee, to go over the ski resort's facilities.</p>
Duration: 1 mins 42 seconds
Gear Guide
<p>The extreme temperature and wet snow of winter can take a toll on your gear. Plus, getting your gear up a mountain on a ski lift can be tricky. Tom gives you some great tips and goes over the gear he uses when shooting in the snow.</p>
Duration: 8 mins 49 seconds
Conquering No Contrast
<p>One of the toughest challenges of winter sports is the fact that snow acts as a giant white reflector in a giant white environment.</p>
Duration: 8 mins 51 seconds
Adding Flash
<p>Tom adds some fill light with a soft box to get a more dramatic look to his portraits in the bright sunlight.</p>
Duration: 4 mins 34 seconds
Getting a Powder Shot
<p>You only get one chance to get an action shot on a pristine powder surface before having to change the angle.</p>
Duration: 2 mins 49 seconds
Wide Angle with Fill Flash
<p>Tom freezes the action and catches the sun with a wide angle, Radio Poppers, high-speed sync and a fast shutter speed.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 38 seconds
Action Flash Freeze
<p>It's great if your subject knows the terrain. Eddie (the snowboarder) shows Tom a little cliff with a great background – Perfect for action shots with a quick turnaround time.</p>
Duration: 9 mins 30 seconds
Super Pipe Action
<p>As the light changes and the snow begins to fall, Tom switches to one strobe and one chance per pass to catch the big air shot.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 17 seconds
Action Photo Sequence
<p>Day 3 brings beautiful blue skies – Perfect for some fast action shots to make a photo sequence composite.</p>
Duration: 5 mins 56 seconds
Composing a Sunstar Shot
<p>Tom uses high-speed sync to get a great shot that also catches the sun without ghosting the image.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 16 seconds
Woodward
<p>Get a quick overview of the Woodward Training Facility – The world's first indoor ski and snowboard training camp at Copper Mountain.</p>
Duration: 0 mins 56 seconds
POV Photography
<p>Inside the Woodward Training Facility, Tom Bol goes over POV (Point of View) photography equipment and shows you some things you can do with it.</p>
Duration: 4 mins 41 seconds
BONUS: Post-Process Composite Shot
<p>As a special bonus, Tom Bol shows you how he made the composites featured in Lesson 9.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 55 seconds