One of the most accesible places for learning to shoot snowboarding and skiing photography is the terrain park.
Park jumps are great for learning this jot down of extreme photography.
This way you could really start to understand what angles work best relative to the sun.
Athletes drift in the air depending on their angle of takeoff.
Go zoomed and far away.
This way it won't change when you start to shoot.
An athlete in dark clothing against a dark background can be tough to spot.
If they are in bright clothes, shoot them against trees across the valley.
To get that much air takes a lot of speed.
Making contacts will really further your photography.
Hypersync mode with pocketwizards will let you shoot higher shutter speeds.
This article is part of the snowboarding and skiing photography series on APS.
