Game Changers: A Sports Photography Workshop

Sep 152018

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Game Changers: A Sports Photography Workshop

Improve your sports photography by learning the techniques used by top sports photographers to capture peak action and images with emotion.

Presenters: Elsa Garrison Julianne Varacchi

Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza

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In this interactive workshop led by Getty Images staff photographer Elsa Garrison and ESPN senior photo editor Julianne Varacchi, participants will venture out into the world with experienced sports and action photographers to learn how to capture classic moments and get great shots of constantly moving subjects. Improve your sports photography by learning the techniques used by top sports photographers to capture peak action and images with emotion. Learn technical aspects such as lens choice, using ambient light, backgrounds and shutter/f-stop combos.

This is a BYOC (bring-your-own-camera) workshop that will meet for an introduction and slideshow session in the Photoville Workshop Area before heading out for a live, guided shooting session in and around Photoville. The workshop also includes an optional wrap-up session and casual group critique, where students can share work and ideas, and get feedback from instructors and workshop peers.

Presenter Bios

Elsa Garrison

Elsa Garrison is a staff photographer with Getty Images who began her career with AllSport in 1996, in Los Angeles. She is regularly assigned to cover events such as the World Series, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Finals, the Summer Olympic Games, and the Winter Olympic games, to name a few. She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband John and their adorable dog, Daisy.
Julianne Varacchi

Julianne Varacchi is a senior photo editor at ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. Since 2007, she has helped ESPN manage photo coverage for Final Fours, Triple Crown Races, College Football National Championships and Super Bowls, as well as edit photo narratives, special features and daily assignments. She’s part of an editing team that has won accolades, including the 2017 EPPY Award for Best Photojournalism, 2017 Communication Arts Awards of Excellence, and the 2017 ELLIES for General Excellence in a magazine.

Organizations

United Photo Industries (UPI)

United Photo Industries (UPI) is a New York based nonprofit organization that works to promote a wider understanding of, and increased access to, the art of photography.

Since its founding in 2011, UPI has rapidly solidified its position in the public art landscape by continuing to showcase thought-provoking, challenging, and exceptional photography from across the globe. In its first seven years, UPI has presented the work of more than 2,500 visual artists in gallery exhibitions and public art installations worldwide.

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