by Dan Carr | Aug 29, 2011 | Beginner, Intermediate, Pro, Ski and Snowboard Photos 101
I use Adobe Lightroom every day for organizing my photo collection. I use it to import photos from card to computer whether I’m in the office or on the road and I use it to sort out magazine submissions and upload photos to the internet. It’s a hugely...
by Dan Carr | May 15, 2011 | Intermediate, Ski and Snowboard Photos 101, Weekly Updates
Using Lightrooms filter system I can quickly reveal which lenses I used this winter the most. The new Canon 70-300 f4-5.6 L IS takes the win, hardly surprising as it is such an amazingly versatile lens. Second place goes to my 300mm f2.8 L IS. Did I really carry...
by Dan Carr | Mar 31, 2011 | Gear reviews, Intermediate, Ski and Snowboard Photos 101
I’ve been doing this for some time but yesterday someone commented on it and I thought I ought to post about it. Sometimes I use a monopod when I’m shooting. Either with large lenses like my 300mm f.28 L IS or sometimes smaller lenses if I have slow...
by Dan Carr | Jan 11, 2011 | Guess the Setup, Intermediate, Singles
In a few days time I’ll post a lighting diagram for a few shots that were taken on this feature in Edmonton. In the meantime, let’s hear your best guesses as to what equipment I used and where to get this photo of Mike Henitiuk. If you don’t know...
by Dan Carr | Nov 21, 2010 | Intermediate, Ski and Snowboard Photos 101
All hard drives will fail with 100% certainty. The only question is when ? It could be after a week, or it could be three or four years, but because they are mechanical it is a certain event. If you are not keeping redundant backups of your photos then at some...
by Dan Carr | Nov 11, 2010 | Intermediate, Ski and Snowboard Photos 101
Today I’d like to post some sequences that were shot in 2009 for SBC Skier magazine here in Canada. The first four were to be used for “Trick Tips” , where a pro skier describes how someone would go about performing that trick. The fifth sequence was not shot for...
