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On Assignment: Shooting Adventure Sports images for Lifstil

03.13.12

Last fall I was honored to be able to shoot an advertising campaign for a German start up company named Lifstil. “Lifstil” is an Icelandic word, which means lifestyle. Lifstil manufacturers extremely tough and durable portable cases for Apple laptop computers out of high-end materials used to make snowboards. They make a variety of cases...

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Images from the 2012 Surfing Photography Workshop

03.05.12

My apologies I have been so lax here with the blog posts. I am just now going over the last edits of my latest book Exposed: Inside the Life and Images of a Pro Photographer, hence I have not had a lot of time for the blog or the newsletter these last few months. But,...

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Fall 2011 Newsletter

11.23.11

The Fall 2011 issue of the Michael Clark Photography Newsletter is now available for download. If you’d like to sign up for the Newsletter just drop me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list. This issue includes an editorial about a recent self-assignment to shoot big wave surfing, a review of Nikon’s AF-S...

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At the End of the Road in Tahiti

08.29.11

Just in case you have been wondering where I’ve been the last month, since there have been no updates here, I was in Tahiti shooting big wave surfing on the famous wave known as Teahupo’o. I shot over 11,000 images in ten days – hence there is a lot of work to be done editing...

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2012 Surfing Photography Workshop in Hawaii

05.04.11

January 12-15, 2012 Workshop Leaders: Brian Bielmann and Michael Clark Location: Turtle Bay Hilton Resort, Oahu North Shore, Hawaii About The Workshop Join legendary surfing photographer Brian Bielman and adventure sports photographer Michael Clark for an exciting one-of-a-kind workshop that delves into the world of surfing photography. Brian is a top surfing photographer who has...

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Apple’s Latest Macbook Pro Features Michael’s Image

02.24.11

Just this morning I noticed that Apple featured one of my images on the latest generation of MacBook Pro computers that were announced earlier today. This wasn’t a huge surprise as I sent the photos to them for this usage over a month ago but it was nice to see it come through. If you...

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On Assignment for Nikon with the COOLPIX P500

02.09.11

In early December I got an email from the folks at Nikon asking if I was available to shoot with one of their new point and shoot cameras (which was just announced today), the Nikon COOLPIX P500. They had seen my surfing images from Hawaii and wanted me to shoot several adventure sports with this...

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Martin CalleJanuary 11, 2013 - 4:09 pm
How in the hell did you take these great shots with the Nikon Coolpix 500?!!! I’ve got to know. I’ve had this camera for about a year. Have experimented every which way and always have to wait for people to stand still to get a good crisp picture. I shoot a lot at my daughter’s volleyball games and with our first tournament tomorrow I’d love to know two things. 1) the settings you used to capture these shots and 2) can and how do you set the camera to say take 3 to 20 pictures in a row at the press of the button? Is it possible. MANY MANY THANKS. An answer would be a Godsend.
Michael ClarkJanuary 11, 2013 - 6:00 pm
Martin – I used the camera in manual mode most of the time so I could shoot with a high shutter speed to stop motion. And as I remember it shoots 10 frames per second so when I want to capture the action I would just mash the button and rip off a bunch of frames. I don’t remember much of a time lag from the time I pushed the button. I don’t remember the settings as I shot that assignment two years ago and I never owned the camera. I used the highest quality jpeg settings and made sure to have a high enough shutter speed to stop the motion. Also, all of those shots were set up so I could anticipate the action and the athletes would do the tricks over and over in some cases. I don’t remember how you set the camera to take the 10 fps. It is in the manual so I would suggest reading up on that. I don’t remember having to work too hard to get decent images with the camera. My apologies I do not have more info. I will say that I did work up the jpegs in Lightroom to perfect them a bit. I didn’t do too much work on them. Just some levels adjustments and contrast and saturation changes. Hope this helps.