Photo by Tom Dahlin
Illuminated by two sources: Dahlin's ceiling mounted Dynalights and the floor level IR flash. Here the ceiling strobes were used to add a little fill light to the background, and were dialed down to be about 1 stop below the floor strobe.
What an interesting approach to sport photography. Read the article on SportsShooter.com about an assignment where the client was "... looking for unique images beyond the standard through the glass, overhead, and post remotes stuff we all shoot so much of ...".

One of my tasks is to write and maintain the articles on this website. That's why I am always looking for an interesting read about usability and overall design. Recently I posted about "Writing For Web" and here I continue this interesting topic. Today I came across an article about "Article-Level Page Design". It tells us what things can help to keep the reader interested in the content we present. Don't forget to browse that website for other articles, such as Using Headline & Blurbs on News Homepages, Headline Size on News Homepages and Online Images: Faces, Size Attract.

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You probably noticed that images in the blog posts have rounded borders and shadows. I know that some people don't know how to do it, so here I am going to cast some light on this subject. To create such a crop of the image you can use any shape or just simply paint with brush. And the shadow here is just an optional effect, which you can replace with your own.

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