Long Lens Ski Photography with Corey Rich

For any skier worth his salt, when it dumps 3 feet of snow, that usually means it's a "powder day"—time to ditch work and hit the slopes. But for photographer and director Corey Rich, a powder day means it's actually time to go to work. Fortunately, that work means going up on a mountain, skiing and using those rare, blissful conditions of fresh-fallen snow to make epic ski pictures. Having…

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Image breakdown – Double eXposure

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There is nothing new about shooting skiing at night, but what's different in this photo is the double exposure. By that I mean that this photo was created from two different exposures.  One for the athlete, and another one for the night sky, and the buildings.  This technique works really well, because it creates a lot of depth in the shot.  Instead of having a black backdrop behind the athlete,…

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