Dave Black Photography
If you don't know your past, you don't know your future. The photographer I am featuring this week is Dave Black. If you go to Dave's blog it says photographer, educator and author. Dave has been a freelance photographer for the past 30 years. I have been following his work for quite awhile.
Information provided by Dave Black.
“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.”
Career Biography: As a freelance photographer for over 30 years Dave’s work has primarily centered on the sports 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 twelve Olympic Games. Known for his creative use of Speedlights and in particular with the artistic technique of Lightpainting, Dave’s portfolio continues to broaden into the commercial and advertising industry, and with specialized lighting projects including work for the National Geographic and their book Where Valor Rests, Arlington National Cemetery.
Educator: Dave is one of Nikon’s “Legends Behind the Lens” and a SanDisk Extreme Team photographer. His long involvement as a teacher and guest lecturer at numerous photography workshops and Universities since 1986 include American PHOTO magazine’s Mentor series of national and international photo treks, and the online video education with Kelby Training. His monthly website tutorial articles, Workshop at the Ranch attracts more than 85,000 unique visitors monthly. His recently released instructional book, The Way I See It … is highly acclaimed in both the US and abroad.
To see Dave’s images, learn more about photography, or purchase his books, visit his website: www.daveblackphotography.com
Educational Monthly Articles: www.daveblackphotography.com/workshop
Current Books: The Way I See It (available through daveblackphotography.com)
Thoroughbreds (available through daveblackphotography.com)
Editorial Clients: Sports Illustrated, National Geographic Magazine, Time, Newsweek, ESPN, Olympian Magazine, Parade, Wall Street Journal.
Book Publishers: National Geographic, Simon and Schuster, Bantam Double Day, Pindar Press, Hyperion, Scribner, Broadway.
Television shows: ESPN Sports Center, ABC Sports, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, E Entertainment, and the award winning ESPN Sports Century.