If you’re visiting Walt Disney World or Disneyland for the 24-hour “One More Disney Day” event on Leap Day, you have the rare opportunity to be in the park before the sun rises. For photographers, this means one thing: SUNRISE PHOTOS!!! Here are some helpful tips to assist you in photographing the sunrise at Walt Disney World or Disneyland. 1. Scout Your Locations Since not every location in the park will have the same view of the sunrise, you need to know where the sun will rise in relation to your chosen subjects, and you also need to know how the sunrise will likely appear around those subjects. Obviously you won’t have the chance to see a sunrise in the parks prior to the day of the event, but if possible, get an idea of the high and low points around your chosen photo subjects so you have at least a rough idea of where you should set up. If you want to shoot from the Treehouse or another specific location, get an idea what the sight lines are from …

Hey guys! Just a quick post with nothing overly insightful for today, just a sneak peek at what’s to come. I got to see some of the progress of the New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom up close and personal thanks to my 70-300mm lens last week, and I wanted to share what I saw with all of you. Chances are that if you’re a Disney fan, you’ve seen a lot of this already, but maybe not as sharp or with as nice of colors!   Progress is moving right along on the exterior of the new Little Mermaid ride. There is a TON of detail put into all the rock work and on Eric’s castle. I know I can’t wait to photograph it when it opens up this fall! Earlier on during my trip, there was a lot of scaffolding on the new Circus Tent that will house the interactive queue for the new Dumbo. When visiting the Magic Kingdom on the last day of my trip, the scaffolding was all down! As you can see here, there are …

We are excited to have Scott Thomas contribute today on the blog. Scott also appears on this weeks episode of ISO 5571 – A Disney Photography Podcast (Episode 7). Be sure to listen to the episode by visiting www.ISO5571.com or subscribing through iTunes for free to hear Scott discuss action photography with Cory Disbrow, Ryan Pastorino and Tom Bricker. Disney Action Photography Action photography is fun to do at a Disney themepark. There is always something moving from rides, attractions, transportation, live and audio-animatronic shows to people walking down Main Street. I photograph action three different ways: Stop Action, Blurs and Panning. Each one has its challenges and rewards. A little forethought and planning helps to get the best results and practicing each technique can help boost your success rate. As I want to control the capture of moving subjects, I use Shutter Priority mode to accomplish this. I can freeze, blur or show movement by panning the camera by altering the amount of time the shutter is left open. STOP ACTION To stop or freeze the action is a great …