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Know your camera settings and how to shoot on Manual. If you’re going to be shooting action, crank that shutter speed as high as you can while still maintaining correct exposure. Don’t rely on "high burst" to freeze action. Unless you’re purposely shooting a sequence, shooting in high burst is going to fill your memory card with an unnecessary amount of photos that you will have to sort threw later. Photo: Chris Moran
So you’ve saved all summer bussing tables and bought yourself a DSLR just in time for winter. The white stuff is starting to fall from the sky and you’ve just signed a six-month lease on a two-bedroom apartment in Mammoth — or whatever mountain town you’re calling home — with three other dudes and a couple dogs.
Here are eight tips (scroll through the slideshow above to reveal captions) and a few photos I captured over the weekend at Mammoth Mountain. They may not get you shooting from a heli in Alaska anytime soon, but they will save you the many headaches I encountered when I began taking photos of snowboarding.
To see more of Chris Moran’s work, be sure to check out his website, TheGrimLab.com. And don’t forget to follow him on Tumblr and Instagram.