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Join us for an exciting presentation about dance and sports photography with Willie Sakai!
If you’ve ever been frustrated with capturing rapid action, this talk is for you. Out of focus shots? Horribly overexposed images? Stuck with crummy light? Been there, done that.
Dance, sports, and event photographers are often faced with multiple challenges – fast moving subjects, no option for do-overs, no control over lighting, limited time to shoot, venue restrictions, and dealing with a massive number of image files.
This talk will cover tips for meeting such challenges, where you’ll learn how to:
– Choose gear for capturing action
– Refine your auto focus settings
– Tame your exposure meter
– Compose compelling images
– Organize a high-volume digital workflow
Even if action-oriented photography isn’t your thing, this knowledge is still applicable to other situations such as street photography, chasing your kids/grandkids around, concert photography, etc.
Darkroomers members will be sent Zoom login info via email. If you’d like to attend as a guest, please contact us so we can add you to the guest list.
About Willie Sakai
Willie Sakai caught the photo bug as a teenager, way back in the film days. He switched to DSLR in 2005 to capture better photos of his daughter, who had started competitive dancing at an early age. As volunteer photographers for their daughter’s high school dance team, Willie and his wife Lois acquired more gear and learned techniques for capturing fast-moving subjects in less-than-ideal lighting.
After their daughter finished high school in 2010, Willie and Lois founded Jade Coast Photography, specializing in portraiture for dancers, seniors, and families. Still interested in improving his skills, Willie joined the Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC), where he has served as webmaster since 2017.
Experience with PPSDC image competitions has led to recent recognition:
– Multiple ribbons at the Del Mar Fair Exhibition of Photography
– PPSDC Illustrative Photographer of the Year (2019 and 2020)
– PPSDC 2020 Digital Imaging Photographer of the Year
– PPSDC 2020 Image of the Year
– PPSDC 2020 Photographer of the Year
To think it all started with wanting to take better dance pictures.
Join us for our Monthly Critique Night via Zoom!
Our judge for February is Alan Hess.
Members will be emailed with Zoom meeting information. If you’d like to attend as a guest, please contact us to be added to the guest list.
Image critiques are available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.
About Alan Hess:
I am a San Diego-based photographer specializing in concert and live-event photography. I have photographed thousands of concerts, events, conferences, and sporting events. From small club shows to big arenas, I thrive on the fast pace of shooting on the fly, the rush of the house lights going down, and the drive to capture the “show” in still images.
I have photographed a wide variety of events including national touring acts like: Billy Idol, Cher, Bruce Hornsby, Justin Bieber, Madonna, The Who, The Dead, Slayer, John Legend, Marilyn Manson, Robin Williams, The Smashing Pumpkins, Steel Pulse, Jay Z, Widespread Panic, Willie Nelson and many others. I have photographed conferences small and large including covering press rooms, panels and cast signings at the San Diego Comic Con for Fox / and FX Television for more than five years. I am the house photographer for the Pechanga Arena – San Diego and have written 16 books and edited many more.