Spotlight: Michael Clark

Jun 23, 2010 View Comments

spotlight: Michael Clark
location: Santa Fe, NM
specialty: adventure sports photography
web: www.michaelclarkphoto.com
twitter: @michaeljayclark

Michael Clark is an internationally published outdoor photographer specializing in adventure sports, travel, and landscape photography. He produces intense, raw images of athletes pushing their sports to the limit and has risked life and limb on a variety of assignments to bring back stunning images of rock climbers, mountaineers, kayakers, and mountain bikers in remote locations around the world. He uses unique angles, bold colors, strong graphics and dramatic lighting to capture fleeting moments of passion, gusto, flair and bravado in the outdoors. Balancing extreme action with subtle details, striking portraits and wild landscapes, he creates images for the editorial, advertising and stock markets worldwide.

As a former physicist Michael has worked on both sides of the technical revolution – helping refine the technology and using it for his current profession. Michael has worked as a professional photographer since 1996 and added digital photography to his repertoire in 2003. While Michael still shoots some film, mostly medium format, the lion’s share of his images are now produced with high-resolution digital cameras. He has been featured in Outdoor Photographer (September 2001), Nikon World Magazine(Summer 2006) and New Mexico Magazine (2007) for his work with extreme sports.

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  • http://blog.fotodeck.com/2010/06/michael-clark-talks-to-google-about-adventure-photography/ Michael Clark: Speaks At Google About Adventure Photography | Fotodeck

    [...] Michael Clark is one of the world’s most respected adventure photographers, and he offers sage advice – gained from years of hard-earned experience – on equipment, techniques, and the specific skills required to get in on the action. He recently wrote a book entitled “Digital Masters: Adventure Photography“, which covers just about everything he’s learned shooting adventure sports over the last 14 years as a full-time pro while working for commercial clients like Nike, Nikon, Adobe, Red Bull and Patagonia as well as editorial clients including Sports Illustrated, Outside, Men’s Journal and Climbing. [...]

  • http://www.specialimages.co.uk/blog/ Corporate photographer London

    Great shots in very difficult conditions- love the cycling shot and the one from inside the cave with the flash lighting- Grant

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