(photo by Dio Dipasupil)

Last week I attended a workshop, “Intense Moments: Photographing Sports”, hosted by veteran Sports Illustrated staff photographer Peter Read Miller. The event was coordinated by Working With Artists (WWA) and was an action-packed week photographing various sporting events in the Denver, CO area. In addition to Peter and his many years of experience (>90 SI covers), we were fortunate to have SI Director of Photography, Steve Fine, and SI’s expert assistants in attendance.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE WEEK. We shot mountain biking, fencing, basketball, boxing, collegiate track & field, and professional arena football at the Pepsi Center. Between shoots we attended various sessions (on lighting, remotes, SI, etc.) and then spent the balance of time editing thousands of digital images in search of our best work to submit for review at the post-shoot critiques… a unique learning experience. Besides the crits, I also enjoyed the informal networking and sharing of best practices with other photographers from around the world.

WWA did a fantastic job hosting and it was an honor to learn from the industry’s best. Special thanks to Peter Read Miller, Steve Fine, Grant Leighton, Max Morse, Andrew Loehman, Josh Sanseri, and Greg Cradick for giving me a fresh new perspective on photography — this was the best workshop I’ve attended in a long time!

Click here for some of my pics from the workshop.