Good morning, I'm Corey Rich, and you are watching Creative Live in conjunction with Redbull Photography. We're at Woodward and Truckee, California, just outside the Lake Tahoe basin, one of my favorite places on the planet. That's why I choose to live here. And, we're here with Corey Martinez. You'll see him just kind of feeling it out in the background, Redbull athlete, BMX Street athlete, top of his game. And so it's a real treat to work with one, someone names Corey, and two, a top level athlete. Today we're indoors, and I think this is really the premise of this entire course. It's as an action sports adventure photographer working for a client like Redbull, what do you do on location? How so you actually put together sets of pictures that help profile the athlete, but also tell a more complete story? And so, today we're gonna sorta dissect how you shoot indoors. Segment one, we're gonna focus on shooting with natural light. I'm gonna really sorta rift with Corey, and try to under...

stand the complexities world, what he's thinking, what's possible, what's not possible, and try to add my visual aesthetic to what he's doing. We're also gonna set up some remote cameras at the end of segment one. In segment two we're gonna get into using strobes indoors. And I'm pretty excited that we're inside. I can see wind blowing outside, because snow if blowing off the rook of Woodward. And it feels pretty good to be nice and warm, and unaffected by the weather. Segment three, we're gonna shoot a portrait of Corey. And in segment four, and I want everyone that's watching at home to think about this, or if you're watching at work, even better, and that is, we're gonna sit as a round table with my entire crew, Jeff Johnson, Blide Gilleys, Brett Wilhelm, and Corey Martinez. And, we're going to answer your questions both from an athletes perspective and also from a photography perspective. Anything and everything is fair game if you want to send questions over our way. I'm gonna be totally transparent today. I am an adventure sports action photographer. I've shot a ton of sports in a ton of locations around the planet. But, this is not my wheelhouse. This is not where I've spent most of my time shooting, with BMX Street athletes. And I think it's important I'm revealing all of this, because I know there are people watching this that this is your space. But, the key as a photographer is to just be transparent. Be honest with the athletes that you're working with. I'm not trying to pretend that I'm someone that I'm not. I've spent a lot of time behind the camera. I've spent a lot of time with great athletes. But, I'm gonna really explain that to Corey so that he can educate me. He brings a lifetime of knowledge of what's possible in these environments, and I bring a lifetime in a creative knowledge, and how the camera works, and what I think looks good, and my style, to the table. And so, just communicating clearly is really the key. Me expressing what I'm trying to do, Corey explaining what's possible, and let me see if I can actually, actually before I bring Corey over, we also have four fantastic students as a part of this class who also work for Redbull. And, I'm gonna let the camera spin around and let you guys introduce yourselves. We've had a ton of fun in the last two days, and Alex, maybe we can start with you. Many you can give us a, tell us who you are, and your background as in photography. My name's Alex Goodlett. I'm based in New York City. And, I specialize in sports action in both adventure and main stream sports. My name is Bryan Ralph, or Ralphie. I'm from Nelson, BC, and I shoot mostly snow sports, and a little bit of bike. I'm Mike Killion, killertown on Instagram. I shoot a lot of Great Lakes surfing, cold water surf, a little bit of skate and stuff here, but not so much anymore, so. Pretty fun to shoot some BMX today. Hello I'm Camera Jesus from Detroit, Michigan. I grew up riding BMX, so I'm really excited about today. This'll be great.

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Corey Rich has built a life and career around his passions for travel, adventure, and telling stories with his camera. With a background in rock climbing and photojournalism, Corey’s work spans a range of genres, from iconic still imagery for leading editorial publications, to television spots and films, to directing high-production-value commercial projects for Fortune 100 companies. 

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Zoe Heimdal

I really enjoyed this class! I am not an "action sports photographer" -- just an avid photo enthusiast, and I found this class highly informative/interesting. Corey has a very down-to-earth quality in the way he presents information... a regular guy, who knows a ton, and is sharing his wisdom. Clearly many topics/tips were off-the-cuff as he ran into situations during his shoots -- it just felt very "real" -- like I was there with him, getting a private lesson. There was quite a bit of info dealing with camera cards/photos/apps that was ubiquitous to any photographer. And then it was interesting to hear about his travel bags and what he brings to shoots (a ridiculous amount of gear, but everything with a purpose). There are hours of on-site filming for an outdoor ski and an indoor bmx shot... with Cory trying/failing/succeeding in many attempts at things -- just like a real photo shoot would happen. His advice for capturing a good/workable shot from the get-go and then spending the time on the riskier/more-creative shots, was solid -- as far as keeping your clients happy no matter what. I was genuinely surprised at how interesting/useful I found this class (being that I rarely take action shots) -- and I'd encourage any photo enthusiast, or person in the earlier stages of any professional photography career, to check out this class. My one piece of constructive criticism for Cory/CreativeLive -- try to represent women? This class only had the briefest of inclusion of females, and left me with the impression (I'm hoping incorrectly), that the world of action sports photography, is a man's world.

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If you're looking to learn from one of the greats of action photography who also happens to be an incredible instructor, look no further! Corey Rich and his fantastic team will show you every facet of being a great action photographer and they share all of their insights from A to Z. Their instruction is heartfelt and they laid it all out there for everyone's benefit. A huge thank you to Creative Live and Red Bull Photography for bringing this to the world. This is a must have class in your library!

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Introduction to Today's Shoot

Introduction to Today's Shoot

Lesson Info

31. Introduction to Today's Shoot

Lessons

Class Introduction

What Makes A Great Action Photo

Conceptualize the Shoot

Research Location / Wardrobe / Props for Action Shoot

Safety Tips for Action Photographers

What Gear Do I Need? Packing and Prep

Workflow and Asset Management

Ingesting and Organizing Files

Editing Down Your Selects

Post Processing Overview

Working with Clients to Select Finals

Retouching & Post Processing: Image 1

Retouching & Post Processing: Image 2

Retouching & Post Processing: Image 3

Final Client Delivery

Introduction to Snow Athletes

Setting up the Shot: Using Natural Light

Getting that First Action Shot: Snow Park

Scouting Location for Action Shot: Snow Park

Capturing Variation of Snow Park Action Shot

Refining the Snow Park Action Shot

Action Shot with Strobes Overview

Shoot: Action Shot with Strobes

How to Light Using Strobes

Action Shoot: Snow Park with Strobes

Refining the Snow Park Action Shoot: Using Strobes

Capturing Variation with Snow Park Athletes

Capturing Portraits: Snowboarder

Capturing Portrait: Skier

Shoot: Feature Jump Action Shot Afternoon Natural Light