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Liam Doran
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SIGMA Ambassador Liam Doran is an outdoor sports and adventure travel photographer based in Colorado. Liam's work covers all aspects of outdoor mountain life including skiing, biking, trail running, fly fishing as well as travel and lifestyle. His images appear regularly in commercial advertising and in today’s top outdoor magazines including Powder, Outside, Ski, Skiing, Trail Runner, Mountain Magazine and more.

Negative Space for Editorial Photography using Sigma Lenses

Action sport photographer, Liam Doran, shows how he uses Sigma lenses when he shoots editorial photos with negative spaces.

Breck Epic 2016

I spent the better part of last week chasing some of the best mountain bikers in the country all around my hometown trails of Breckenridge Colorado for the Breck Epic 6 Day bike race. The Breck Epic is a six…

Panning Outdoor Action: Showing Motion in Sports Photography

Panning is a photographic technique to bring a sense of motion to a scene by following a moving subject through the frame. Learn from Sigma Pro Liam Doran

Stepping Out of Your Box

I am going to start this conversation with an immediate counterpoint.  Having a specialty within photography is a good thing, a very good thing. Specializing in one aspect of imagery will help you define yourself both artistically and commercially.  Clients…

Telephoto Compression with the Sigma 150-600mm DG OS HSM | Sports lens

Sigma Pro Liam Doran uses telephoto compression with the Sigma 150-600mm Sports lens to make a magazine cover shot.

European Ski Adventures with the Sigma 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM Macro | C

Capture the action and tell the story with Sigma’s new all-in-one lens, the 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DGC OS HSM Macro | Contemporary lens.

Fat Bike Snow Racing with the Sigma 150-600mm Sports lens

Fat Bike Snow Racing with the Sigma 150-600mm Sports lens. Capturing Sports action in snowy conditions with this rugged, weatherproof zoom lens.

Behind the Shot: Ski’s Eye View of Monument Valley

It’s a bit risky for the world’s top ski magazine to run a shot of skis travelling through the desert as the opener, but I’m glad they did…and it’s great to see a previsualized shot come to life just as you imagined it!

The SIGMA 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM for Outdoor Action Photography

Editor’s Note: This is an in-depth look at the SIGMA 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM lens — which has since been discontinued — by now SIGMA Ambassador, Liam Doran. For many photographers, their first camera is typically a crop sensor…

How to Get Published in Outdoor Sports Magazines

Ski photographer Liam Doran offers tips for breaking into adventure sports photography for the biggest magazines.