Exposed: Inside the Life and Images of a Pro Photographer by Michael Clark

By Michael Clark

Photographer Michael Clark presents an within examine the truth of operating in severe stipulations to catch and approach his breath-taking photographs. He bargains start-to-finish info of a few of his such a lot not easy assignments–rock hiking, gigantic wave browsing, sky diving, and mountain biking–sharing his own capturing services, on-the-fly challenge fixing abilities, and images post-processing options in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop (including Lightroom four and Photoshop CS6). this pretty advisor for intermediate to complex DSLR shooters is filled with sensible counsel, distinctive lights setups, and behind-the-scenes tales from various Clark’s such a lot hard event images assignments. With a fascinating writing type and cliffhanger info, the writer enables you to tag in addition to him to enhance your abilities and locate concept to create pictures rather than simply taking them. He additionally covers the real company points of operating as a qualified shooter. A DVD-ROM with 149-minutes of video exhibits the author’s post-processing workflow utilizing Lightroom four and Photoshop CS6 for sixteen of the pictures featured within the publication. He additionally encompasses a how-to primer on those software program courses, in addition to offers a primer on colour administration. Clark’s necessary insights and suggestions will consultant specialist and aspiring photographers drawn to turning their ardour right into a career in addition to beginner photographers trying to enhance their abilities

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After a dozen or so shots, we had a few images that lived up to our original idea. 11 was the best of those. After a rain-soaked first day, it was great to start the second morning off with a successful shot. The weather continued to be dark and stormy, but sunlight streamed in from a few gaps in the clouds, giving the scene just enough light to be interesting. In fact, the dark and stormy clouds made the images we created that morning much better than they otherwise might have been. The flying conditions improved, and Honza and Chris were able to get in some good flying.

At one point I flew tandem with Dave Hanning, Honza’s X-Alps assistant, and photographed air-to-air with Honza above the Great Salt Lake. It was a fantastic experience floating like a bird in the sky while shooting Honza as he ripped by us. By the end of the day, we had captured everything on our shot list, including a variety of action and lifestyle images as well as a few more portraits. Considering how bleak the weather forecast had been, it was a small miracle that we were able to get what we needed—the assignment was a success.

Chris did several acrobatic maneuvers once he caught a thermal that lifted him a few thousand feet above terra firma. 12). 12 Chris Santacroce, a Red Bull-sponsored acrobatic paraglider, flips over his wing high above Sandy, Utah. 0 CHAPTER 2 : CHASING SHADOWS 29 As the day went on, the clouds started to dissipate, and by late afternoon we were blessed with blue skies. At one point I flew tandem with Dave Hanning, Honza’s X-Alps assistant, and photographed air-to-air with Honza above the Great Salt Lake.

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