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Article: Motion Filled Imagery—AdoramaTV.You Keep Shooting

Here's a quick lesson on how to "drag the shutter" when shooting with flash for creative results!

News: GoPro Launches HD Hero2 HD Action Camera.Wi-Fi remote control, video streaming, time lapse among new features

GoPro today announced a new version of its go-anywhere camera that delivers 1080p HD videos and 11MP stil images.

Article: Unique Point of View—Adorama TV .You Keep Shooting

Join Bryan Peterson in the Canadian Rockies, where he talks about creating interest by finding an unusual point of view.

Article: GoPro LCD BacPac—AdoramaTV .Product Reviews

This week Mark Wallace reviews the GoPro LCD BacPac, which lets you preview videos shot on a GoPro HD Hero camcorder.

Article: Improving Action Shots with Portable Lighting.A lesson co-produced by Adorama and Photoflex

When you think of sports photography, lighting equipment most likely doesn't enter the picture, does it? After all, most photographers that work with lighting equipment use it to shoot formal portraits or indoor studio work, right? Well, that used to be the case.

Article: Picture-taking techniques - Talkin' Baseball Photography.Here's how to get pro shots of amateur diamond action

Baseball has been described as a game of hours of boredom punctuated by seconds of terror. Capturing those moments of intense action is the rewarding challenge of baseball photography.

Article: Panning: Adorama Photography TV.Digital Photography 1 on 1

In this episode Mark demonstrates how to use the Panning technique to capture great sports images.

Article: Shooting Pro Football, Gene Lower — Adorama Photography TV.How'd They Do That?

Mark Wallace talks to Gene Lower, the official photographer of the Arizona Cardinals. Gene shares some of his tips for shooting sports.

Article: How to photograph basketball games.Make your hoops shots a slam-dunk

Like most things in life, there is good news and bad news when it comes to shooting basketball. First, let’s talk about the good news.

Article: PhotoZAP 33: Y-M-C-A!.Our critics praise and pan your pictures

"Shooting in a photojournalistic style is a great and popular approach for wedding photography, but to do it successfully, a photographer needs to remember the lessons of good composition, and moving your location to capture the action." –Monica Cipnic

Article: 6 Amazing Ski and Snowboarding Photography Portfolios.Inspiring winter action shots

It’s the dead of winter—a time when some of us sit in front of our computers and try to learn some new tricks in Photoshop. But sitting and not shooting just won't do for some of us. Here’s the work of half a dozen photographers who’d rather hit the slopes.

Article: Winter Sports Action Photography Tips.How to get cool shots of hot doggers

Skiing and snowboarding are incredibly photogenic sports, but they're fraught with gotchas: extreme weather that can harm both you and your camera, difficult lighting (only for the inexperienced), and of course participants who could be zooming right at you at the speed of a fast car.

Article: PhotoZAP 22: Revved Up .Our critics praise and pan your pictures

“For all the color and crispness and sense of place in this image, the one thing there isn't, is a sense of energy.”—Jack Howard

Article: How to photograph football games.Capture peak gridiron action

Each autumn, the air becomes crisp and the sound of marching bands and cookouts fills the air, and it means football.

Article: A day at the races.How to photograph the horses

Photographing horse racing--The Sport of Kings--can be challenging, because you are photographing a fast subject, and not always from as close as you might like.

Article: How to photograph joggers and runners.Keep close and keep track

Today, let's take a run at photographing fleet-footed subjects, and see how it jogs your creativity.

Article: Serving winning tennis shots.Shoot sports like a pro

Whether you’re covering the U.S. Open or snapping a friendly match at the local court, Tennis is a sport that offers plenty of opportunities to capture exciting action while fine-tuning your picture-taking timing. It’s all about knowing the game—and keeping your eyes on the ball.

Article: How to photograph race cars at night.Races are not always run on bright sunny days--sometimes they race at night.

Events such as the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, some races in the American LeMans Series, and even local drag and oval track races include occasional night races.

Article: Slow Shutter Speed Action Panning.Show movement

A common newbie mistake when photographing sports is to use the fastest shutter speed to freeze action. That’s fine where there is a peak of action, as in basketball and baseball. The Sports mode on many cameras selects short exposures to stop movement.

Article: Open Wide! Set your lens to maximum aperture to highlight action.Set your lens to maximum aperture to highlight action

What do college football games, a great blue heron in flight, and my dog Bailey chasing down her Soft Bite Floppy Disk have in common? It's not a snappy punchline. It's a shooting style.