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How To Make Good Ski Photographs

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by William Lulow

With the ski season coming up, here are a couple of tips for getting good ski shots.  As I usually take a camera with me whenever I go just about anywhere, and since skiing has been a passion for the last 40 years or so, I love to make skiing images. The best advice I can give for those interested in making good ski shots is to separate the skiing from the photography. If you are going skiing to challenge yourself with a more difficult run, that is not the time to think about taking pictures. That’s the time to concentrate on your skiing technique. So, I make a few runs in the morning and try to scope out spots from which I may want to take pictures later. I look for scenic vistas, close up shots of snow on trees, good vantage points to catch...

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