Join us throughout 2024, for a 6-part webinar series, to teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about taking photos of dogs running, leaping and moving, hosted by Chris van Riel.
Whether you want to take incredible, jaw-dropping shots of dogs at the “perfect moment” just before they catch a frisbee, want to photograph at agility competitions, OR want to ensure you get more hits on dogs running towards you at client shoots, this webinar series is for you.
Every two months throughout 2024, Chris van Riel will be joining Inspawration LIVE to host a webinar, all about dogs in motion. We’ll be covering:
- Taking action photos from the side and running toward you
- Optimum camera settings and gear requirements for different types of action scenarios
- Understanding exactly what is going on inside your camera when doing action photos, and how this affects your success-rate!
- Choosing locations for action photos for best results
- Ethical and safety considerations
- Editing frisbee photos to make the dog seem like it’s flying!
- The favourite: jump over a log photo
Here's what the action webinars have in store for you...
- Webinar 1: Action Fundamentals. Principles of action, settings for each brand, expectations, repeatability, tips for action and sideways.
- Webinar 2: Sideways Action
- Webinar 3: Equipment Masterclass
- Webinar 4: Head-on Action
- Webinar 5: Editing
- Webinar 6: Multi-dog action photos*
Exact times and dates are confirmed closer to each webinar month!
*note! You will want to have watched Webinar 4 in order to get the most out of Webinar 6. Chris recommends not subscribing to webinar 6, unless you’ve seen webinar 4!
Your Instructor: Chris van Riel
Hey! I’m Chris van Riel, I’m an action photographer from The Netherlands who focuses on dogs.
When I started photography I began with portraits, but it didn’t take long until I discovered how much animals come alive when playing and moving.
Ever since I specialized myself into photographing the art of motion. With joy, focus, power, and action, there’s so much potential for great images.
It’s a great challenge to capture it at the right time but I just love every bit of it!
During this course I’m going to go back in time, to when I first started, and take you with me on this journey to become a better action photographer. There’s so much that I wish I knew when I started – so I’m going to make sure you don’t make the mistakes that I did!
During these webinars, there will be several episodes where I will take you behind the scenes. To show you from my own perspective how set up for my shots and how easy action photography can be if you’re willing to fully specialize yourself in this.
What's Included?
- Access to each of the LIVE webinars as they happen
- Ask questions and get answers live - these are not pre-recorded webinars
- Lifetime access to the Webinar Recordings, soon after we've gone live
- Experience Chris' editing workflow
LIVE Sessions begin February 2024, and will take place every 2 months, giving you a full year of action-packed learning. That means there’ll be a live webinar in February, April, June, August, October and December!
Even if you join throughout the year, you will have immediate access to the past recordings, as well as being able to access the future sessions live.
You can also choose to sign up for just a single webinar, or to add on a feedback option to get access to a private group in my Community, to ask Chris questions, troubleshoot, and get help and feedback between the webinars!
What's the Plan?
This is the current plan for the year, but can be changed as questions and topics come up throughout the webinars, depending on participant interests and as required.
- February: getting started, camera settings, safety, why action photography
- April: everything about sideways action, equipment, settings, positioning, locations, repeatability, timing
- June: equipment masterclass. Explaining problems with equipment. The shutter problem, focus speed and focus distance, crop vs fullframe, focus systems in cameras explained, electronic shutters explained.
- August: everything about frontal action + exposing problems with equipment, settings, positioning, locations, repeatability, timing
- October: editing a photo with dogs running.
- December: how to make a photo with multiple dogs!
