https://www.femaleactionsports.media/blog daily 0.75 2025-06-19 https://www.femaleactionsports.media/blog/what-is-important-for-outdoor-action-and-adventure-sports-photography monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357907029-64JLX5V2HDTNYUFNC01L/20171028_Marokko_MWalther-156.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357936474-9BJGFL8U5MNAMSQ6KISJ/20171025_Marokko_MWalther-202.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357936186-G25J18E3QEFFM5C749EE/20171023_Marokko_MWalther-28.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357916877-PTZ0D6MDSCY2LUMNSAC2/20171025_Marokko_MWalther-190.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357916011-PEC8SSGUJXN00RB55YEV/20171025_Marokko_MWalther-173.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357853836-ZNENEUX5KSBL62TMWDZA/20171025_Marokko_MWalther-114.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357907667-UUJ9DMBRELU0GWZAECMT/20171024_Marokko_MWalther-160-Bearbeitet.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357861915-PJZ07Y1ZKUTI8ET4ZHYA/20171026_Marokko_MWalther-192.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357863404-NOUPKG9A5ACLAL6TEQZ6/20171026_Marokko_MWalther-225.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357865104-5MS3HV2I6WBIBPZV2VTF/20171023_Marokko_MWalther-16.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/8c2eae95-b945-4595-83cd-0dc6954791ae/20190917_WorkshopTag3_MWalther-264.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II - Make it stand out On this day, we spent about three or four hours on rafts on a river in the Rocky Mountains, taking pictures of kayakers. With a temperature of around 5°C, it was definitely a survival-mode experience — I was freezing! Unfortunately, I couldn't take any more good photos; my only priority was to endure until it was over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750360748250-D64I1HET8T3G0O10AEP5/IMG_6535+2.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II How to make a higher tripod from a tree, a mini tripod and a camera strap. Similar I've already used my bike as a tripod for my speed lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750360211932-V3EYGV5803FKLFDV899K/20250610_HochzeitIreneJelle_MWalther-350.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II When you don’t want to bring a tent… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/d7104b9f-6b04-434b-82ee-01eeb488dc09/IMG_6835.JPG Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II - Make it stand out As I walked up the glacier, I knew I wanted to take a photo, but my camera was in my backpack and the weather was too bad to stop. So, I took a photo with my phone instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750356934549-RC22FWCBPLM5NLNPBP3O/IMG_7083.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II A behind-the-scenes photo of one of the next pictures (which already has been included in the first part of this blogpost). It would obviously have been even easier not to pack a light stand and just have a third person on set hold the light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750356956554-6YDRKVT6HIQ6YNQGDZDM/20180807_D5_KirstenTrailrunning_MWalther-291.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II As showed in the behind-the-scenes photo, I decided to use a fill light on the runner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750356972642-VZ051UUWF2V8OGXHAP5A/20180728_SwissAlpine_MWalther-37-Verbessert-RR.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II I took this picture at around 5 am during the Swiss Alpine Marathon. I used one speedlight in front of the runner and another to the right of the camera to balance the lighting between the runner and the Bernina range in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750356984166-KEO1RFINUD58PK6HO8TE/20190710_YogaFex_MWalther-7.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II Another backlit situation. Since I was on my own, I also modelled for this picture. It was a huge help that I could connect my camera with my smartphone using an app! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750356998393-3XWS5QZ1R68X6CHY3HZX/20190820_SwissEpic_MWalther-387-2.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II I decided to use my lights in this situation because the weather was very bad and I didn't want the picture to look dull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750357013297-9YAHE3O481197AZJYEAV/20190706_VerzascaTrial_MWalther-40.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II To avoid the crowds later on, we came here to shoot at dawn. This meant that I had to use lights on the athlete to make him more visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/db0affdf-4d6f-4b78-b73b-820b6e4fbe82/Sequence_Versuch_3+Kopie.jpg Blog - What is important for outdoor action and adventure sports photography? – Part II - Make it stand out Even for a sequence shot like this, you don't need an extremely fast frame rate — 4 to 5 pictures per second are enough. However, a faster framerate makes it more likely that you will capture the right moments and have more pictures to choose from for the composite. https://www.femaleactionsports.media/blog/what-is-important-when-it-comes-to-photography-of-outdoor-action-and-adventure-sports monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/2e360e11-7fd0-4198-adf3-1c85ca7eaec3/20180905_Molveno_MWalther-181.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I - Make it stand out Clothes in complementary colours help riders to be spotted in dark forests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750352903596-9VCA1ZEXF1TLF17EDLNV/20180303_FreeskiWCCorvatsch_MWalther-16.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I This picture was taken at the 2018 Freeski World Cup Corvatsch. Visibility was very low that day, so the riders could only perform safe tricks. In my opinion, though, crossed skis always look great in photographs. What else is needed for a good freestyle photo? You need to be able to see the grab (how the athletes hold their skis, snowboards or surfboards) and the jump. The grab adds style, and the jump puts everything into perspective. (Birk Ruud, Norway.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750352927877-53MMYY9YVA8N7W6MI911/20190916_WorkshopTag2_D5_MWalther-183.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I As you can see here, the horse has an overstretched front leg. Therefore, the picture wouldn't be considered 'good' by experts. (Cowgirl, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, 2019.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750352993685-ITX6D2G5R1571J3ABWZ4/20180928_MTBLischana_MWalther-16.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I To take this picture, I had to carry my bike and backpack up a total of 1,800 vertical metres over two days (although there were some sections where I could ride). How else would you manage this except through good personal fitness? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750353029481-M6Z8NR3JSKY3JI393NK7/20190915_WorkshopTag1_D850_MWalther-94.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I In most cases, it is also important to show the athlete's face. (Lena Palms, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, 2019.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750353487902-PABXJROWMLE04AWHBO2L/20190707_Ticino_MWalther-81.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I We came across this dam wall while on a mountain bike tour. Fortunately for me, the athlete immediately decided to perform one of his signature moves in front of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750353633998-CJ6M20H3OUJNQTNYN911/20181025_BikeSam_MWalther-111.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I As you can imagine, it was very difficult to communicate with each other from such a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750353665631-E2L8VAWR958GL4OAGNU9/20180807_D5_KirstenTrailrunning_MWalther-291.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I Before this shooting, I advised the runner to bring different tops, including a white one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750354081731-2D2ZTKQ84MCNBCOMMQJ2/20190706_VerzascaTrial_MWalther-73-Bearbeitet-Bearbeitet.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I A rare case of having a car park right across the river. But as this is probably the most Instagrammed place in Switzerland, we had to go there very early in the morning to have the place to ourselves for our shoot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1750354086890-4MM12XDTQ7VC3Q5O0MX1/20190405_SkiCorvatsch_MWalther-126-Bearbeitet.jpg Blog - What is important when it comes to photography of outdoor action and adventure sports? – Part I When there's fresh powder at the ski resort, you have to be quick (or take a lot of risks, which I wouldn't recommend). Only minutes later, there were ski tracks everywhere. https://www.femaleactionsports.media/blog/shooting-in-the-cold-and-unpleasant-weather monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/3b603fa7-859c-462e-9904-81cdda6e7d3a/20171202_MondlichtSils_MWalther-70.jpg Blog - Shooting in cold and unpleasant conditions - Make it stand out Lake Sils in a full moon night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/8854d286-5bf8-40a9-94af-59fe1c873014/20180117_Interbancario_Klassisch_MWalther-416.jpg Blog - Shooting in cold and unpleasant conditions - Make it stand out XC-skiing race in Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/311ec094-fe77-4973-b183-55b3efdec6a5/20180311_ESM_MWalther-15-2.jpg Blog - Shooting in cold and unpleasant conditions - Make it stand out Engadin Ski Marathon, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/68d895ff-18c7-4a36-99c4-d23d87a290a5/20180306_Roseg_MWalther-162-Bearbeitet.jpg Blog - Shooting in cold and unpleasant conditions - Make it stand out Inside a glacier cave. https://www.femaleactionsports.media/blog/event-photography-workflow monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/46c99225-6ea0-4cd0-b00e-3afc0c0abaf8/Event_Photography_Workflow_1.png Blog - Event Photography Workflow - Make it stand out My event photography workflow in an overview. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1748520586637-DLLU5H6NG9NCRP8IW0UH/20180505_SOLA_MWalther-68.jpg Blog - Event Photography Workflow - One of the most exciting moments of a sports event and a clear must-have picture... 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(ASVZ Sola relay run, Zurich, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1748520596669-G0BKTTLELGE7LTWXS913/20170506_SOLA_D800_MWalther-480.jpg Blog - Event Photography Workflow - Prizegiving with the Dala Horse during pouring rain... 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(Swiss Irontrail, 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1748519607368-QNQP3RXNEC3Q2TKWJUKM/IMG_2318.JPG Blog - Event Photography Workflow - Like here... (Swiss Irontrail, Davos, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1748519633358-DTFZMVFGKGGG8S0QFMLM/IMG_2309.JPG Blog - Event Photography Workflow - Pack some duct tape and cord to fix everything... (Swiss Irontrail, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1748519673153-EP87CC538QGVLOPGMSC5/IMG_5241.JPG Blog - Event Photography Workflow - Carbohydrates are important... (Swiss Alpine Marathon, Davos, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65606e862728f22311304126/1748519703220-RHQ7578IIM7HIF3II7EX/IMG_5251.JPG Blog - Event Photography Workflow - That backpack is big! 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