Dave black sports photographer biography
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Lightpainting with Dave Black
Have you ever seen an image that absolutely takes your breath away? One that is so full of color and detail, that you know it just can’t be real? When I had the opportunity to sit in on Dave Black’s presentation on Lightpainting at Photoshop World Las Vegas 2011, that’s the reaction I had to his photographs. Can you believe the lightpainting images you see in this article are done completely in-camera? I was blown away by what can be accomplished with a few lights and a long exposure.
“If you want a photograph to really look interesting, you should only light part of it.” —Dave Black
This technique is called Lightpainting and we’ll dig a little deeper into what it’s all about in just a few minutes. But first, let’s get to know the artist behind the camera.
Dave Black was an avid athlete growing up with little interest in becoming a photographer. Although he had taken very few photography classes, he had a high school photography teacher that saw
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The closing night celebration for the Newsweek coverage crew at the summer Olympic games in Athens hardly seemed like the venue for a life-changing decision, but such decisions sometimes komma quickly to Dave Black.
People were giving toasts to the next two Olympics—Torino for the winter games in two years and Beijing fyra years out. “I was just keeping to myself,” Black says. “But inom said a silent bön. ‘Lord, will I go on to China?’ And the answer was very clear to me: No. I have something better for you to do.
“So I just spoke out: ‘I’m not going to Beijing.’ Everyone just stopped and looked at me. Talk about spoiling a moment!”
Black did serve on the Newsweek team at the next winter games in Torino, Italy, which he had already committed to do. “I had been cruising along. inom enjoyed shooting the Olympics and all that went into it,” he says. “But it was very clear to me. Just as inom recognized that God had made this career happen for me, that part of it was coming to a cl
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Dave Black:photographer, educator, author, and Nikon Ambassador United States.
“I love to make pictures.”Dave Black’s education in Commercial Graphics Design and Studio Drawing lend well to his vision of photography. “I love to make pictures that draw the audience in for a closer look.”
Biography:As a freelance photographer for 40 years Dave’s work has primarily centered on the SPORTS and Action industry for such publications as Sports Illustrated,Time, Newsweek and the award winning TV show Sports Century on ESPN. The list of event coverage includes the Masters, Kentucky Derby, National Football League, NASCAR and extensive work regarding the United States Olympic Committee, Olympic athletes and coverage of 12Olympic Games.
High Speed Sync Speedlights, Strobes and Lightpainting:Known for his Creative use of LIGHT and in particular HSS Speedlights and Strobes along with the artistic techni