How to take Ski photography to the next level?

You have not reached any ceiling nor will you probably ever if you continue to shoot, you're lying to yourself if you think you can't improve.

The biggest piece of advice I would have is to be very deliberate with you framing and composition. Be aware of negative space, contrast between your subject and surroundings, and try to include enough in the frame to provide context for the subject but not too much that you're showing more than is needed to understand the feature. A lot of it is about balance.

After that, I feel like lighting is the next major progression... But I've only ever shot with natural lighting so I can't really give you advice there.

Shoot everyday. Even if it’s not ski stuff, it’s the only way to progress. There is no ceiling on creativity, as it is an ever evolving thing. Find people who are willing to work with you to allow you to try new things.

I took a quick spin through your gram. You have some solid stuff, my biggest recommendation would be a mix of focusing on the basics and paying attention to every little detail.

There were a handful of shots on there that were underexposed or had edits that could use some work. Similarly, there were a lot of shots that were not "peak action" better skiers make this easier, but they're not 100% needed. You had some cool compositions, but others that were uninspiring, think about what is in your shot and why. In this shot, you need another light for rim lighting, it will make the rider pop of the dark BG. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bot92uhhkvy/?taken-by=boxlord

Once you have the basics nailed, taking things to the next level means being obsessive about every detail. I think this stage is where you can look for more outside inspiration. Some photogs to check out that have a very good clean style are https://www.instagram.com/alric.ljunghager/ and https://www.instagram.com/talroberts/

Get a projector lens for your cam and strap it on adds some detail and a focus point. If you want video ideas you should do moving shots with gimble, I challenge you you do a one shot with a trick line.

Cheers everyone, some great shouts here. I think a lot of the problem is the mental aspect of getting over feeling that I am in a rut.

SklarI took a quick spin through your gram. You have some solid stuff, my biggest recommendation would be a mix of focusing on the basics and paying attention to every little detail.

There were a handful of shots on there that were underexposed or had edits that could use some work. Similarly, there were a lot of shots that were not "peak action" better skiers make this easier, but they're not 100% needed. You had some cool compositions, but others that were uninspiring, think about what is in your shot and why. In this shot, you need another light for rim lighting, it will make the rider pop of the dark BG. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bot92uhhkvy/?taken-by=boxlord

Once you have the basics nailed, taking things to the next level means being obsessive about every detail. I think this stage is where you can look for more outside inspiration. Some photogs to check out that have a very good clean style are https://www.instagram.com/alric.ljunghager/ and https://www.instagram.com/talroberts/

Yea I do struggle with exposing and getting the correct WB with my snow stuff, such a fine line with so much light in the frame! I think a lot of my more basic compositions are when I overthink a scene and just go with whatever kinda works, definitely still trying to find my style. Love Tal Roberts, he is insanely clean, will check out Alric, his stuff looks nuts! Thanks man, really helpful!

Edit: Just realised who you are! Been following your stuff for years man, the article you wrote somewhere on skiing photog basics really helped me out in the start.

**This post was edited on Oct 9th 2018 at 1:19:15pm

Post some of your shots in your profile or here first, I would love to see them. (plus I cant get instagram at work)
I need a photographer, but you would have to come to BC...