Olympic Sports Photography Talk with Scott Kelby

Scott Kelby is joined by legendary Olympic sports photographer Dave Black for an experience designed to help you improve your sports action photography. Over the course of Dave's 30 year career as a sports photographer he has photographed 12 Olympic events for Newsweek. Dave knows what it takes to create dynamic sports action photos that stand out and make you saw wow! Through a combination of sharing photographs and stories from Dave's career plus in-depth critiques of viewer submitted photographs, Dave shares a host of insight, pro-level tips, and strategies intended to help you take your sports photography to the next level.

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Dave Black

Release Date: 2014-07-31

Lessons

Introduction

<p>Join Scott and Dave as they introduce the class and go over what will be covered, before wrapping up with a stunning slideshow of some of Dave's photos from covering 12 different Olympic games.</p>

Duration: 3 mins 39 seconds

10 Favorite Summer Olympic Shots: Part 1

<p>Dave shares 10 of his favorite shots from past summer Olympic games along with the stories that go with them.</p>

Duration: 15 mins 32 seconds

10 Favorite Summer Olympic Shots: Part 2

<p>Dave continues reviewing his 10 summer Olympic photos.</p>

Duration: 14 mins 23 seconds

10 Favorite Winter Olympic Shots: Part 1

<p>Following up on his summer Olympic work Dave walks us through 10 of his favorite action shots from the winter Olympics.</p>

Duration: 10 mins 8 seconds

10 Favorite Winter Olympic Shots: Part 2

<p>Dave wraps up his 10 favorite action shots from the winter Olympics.</p>

Duration: 8 mins 24 seconds

Lighting Sports: Part 1

<p>Your photos can take on a new dynamic by learning how to light action sports.</p>

Duration: 12 mins 20 seconds

Lighting Sports: Part 2

<p>Dave continues sharing examples of his work where he used lighting to enhance his photographs.</p>

Duration: 14 mins 13 seconds

Summer Sports Photo Critiques: Part 1

<p>Almost 200 images were submitted for critique, and after reviewing them all Dave pulled out a number of examples of summer sports for critique in this first segment.</p>

Duration: 13 mins 53 seconds

Summer Sports Photo Critiques: Part 2

<p>Dave continues to discuss some of the summer sports photos submitted for critique. As he shares his unique perspective on various elements in each photo there is huge opportunity for learning.</p>

Duration: 18 mins 16 seconds

Winter Sports Photo Critiques

<p>While not as many photos were submitted for winter sports Dave pulls out some great examples for critique.</p>

Duration: 12 mins 13 seconds

Sports Photo with Lighting Critiques

<p>The final critique segment is all about sports photos that were created using strobes.</p>

Duration: 11 mins 51 seconds

Daves Top 10 Tips

<p>Dave wraps up the class by sharing some of his top tips for improving your sports action photography.</p>

Duration: 8 mins 23 seconds