The workshop was in collaboration with L’Aquila Mountain Festival. A great event about mountain sports. During 3 days 40000 people visited the village in the center of L’Aquila city. A lot of guys have performed in action sports such as: mtb, highline, climbing.

A great occasion to organized a photo workshop.

Slackliner: Valerio De Luca Photo: Luca Parisse

Day One: lesson at “70-200 Collective Studio”  

I introduced guys to the incredible words of big events such as olympic ceremonies through my personal experiences.

I spoke about to manage a big events.

Then the  focus was on Action sports: how to study an unknown sport, how to analyze the spot, how to Establish a relationship with the athlete, how important is the safety in action sports and others things about my experience into this world.

Then I talked about the equipment I use in sports photography, such as ultrasonic lens, trigger for remote camera and flash, professional flash.

At the end i introduced F-stop gear and how is important to use a professional backpack in adventure shooting. I talked about the  F-stop ICU system.

Day 2: practice activities at L’Aquila Mountain Festival

Students have taken some f-stop products to test such as: Loka UL, Lotus, Harney Pounch, Navin and some lens barrel.

We started with climbing shooting during the qualification round of Italian Bouldering Cup.

In the late morning I organized a shooting with some mtb riders at the pump track.

I talked about remote flash photography using the elinchrome skyport plus hs system and Quadra HS flash head.

Then I explained  how to take a best shoot to the highline walkers.

During the photo session we photographed some guys that walked on very long ropes ( around 50m) positioned on the moat of the sixteenth century castle. I shot some pictures with the remote flash.

At the end of the day the guys took photos at the Aerial Dance Show.

Rider: Vito Damiano Fabellini Photo: Luca Parisse

Rider: Gianluca Di Bartolomeo Photo: Luca Parisse

Day 3: lesson at “70-200 collective studio”  

In the morning i analyzed some shoots of the day before and i explained about how to selected the pictures using Adobe Lightroom and how to choose the right pictures for a best reportage.

Then i talk about some tips for postproduction and how to export the pictures for web.

After the lesson we went to the Mountain Festival for a free shooting activity finalized to the photo contest.

At lunch break i organized a raffle with some products offered by F-stop gear.

At the end of the day the guys were very tired but very satisfied!