03 Jun 2022
By Olie Moss
5 Rodeo Photography Tips for Professional Looking Pics!

5 Rodeo Photography Tips for Professional Looking Pics!

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Introduction Ah, rodeo season—when the whole family gets together to celebrate the great American experience. And as every proud parent knows, this means lots of time for reflexive shutter clicks and selfies galore. Of course, it's always nice to capture a few professional photos too. After all, what's a rodeo without photos? Just follow these five easy tips for rodeo photography from my years of experience as a professional rodeo photographer: Indoor Barrel Racing Photography Set Your Digital Camera Settings To get the best shots, you’ll want to use manual mode. This will ensure that the shutter speed and aperture…
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13 Feb 2020
By Olie Moss

How to get the most out of ISO

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ISO adjusts the brightness of your photo. Define ISO:  ISO adjusts the brightness of your photo. It increases the sensitivity of your sensor. In a non-geek talk, this means that as you raise the ISO, you increase how sensitive the sensor is to light. This can brighten your image by raising the ISO and darken it by lowering the ISO if all other settings are the same.  Raising the ISO has consequences, though. When you increase the ISO, you add grain/noise to your images. The photos produced at higher ISO’s are less sharp and less detailed. Generally, we want to…
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23 Jan 2020
By Olie Moss
How to Learn Photography.

How to Learn Photography.

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Support the Equine Photo School and save 20% on a beautiful and functional website with Zenfolio by clicking this link: https://www.zenfolio.com/?refcode=YNF-APX-BGA.  Are you ready to start taking control of your images? Do you want to know why and how to change the settings on your camera so you can finally create the photos that you want and not rely on the automatic modes that can be so frustrating?  If so, then start with this introductory episode to manual mode:  What are the basics?  ApertureShutter SpeedISOFocal Length Photo by Daniel Cheung on Unsplash Aperture:  The opening in the lens that light passes through to…
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23 Jan 2020
By Olie Moss
The one change that made the biggest impact!

The one change that made the biggest impact!

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Before we dive in, have you listened to our podcast yet? Click here to listen now! Hey Everyone! I often get asked to help fellow photographers set up their cameras so they can take better pictures. After all, that is what we are all aspiring to do, right? Many things come to mind when I first asked this question. Of course, they probably want a simple fix. There isn't one setting that fixes everything or that would obviously be a factory setting. However, the one setting that made the biggest difference in my photography was the back button focus.  But what…
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