Some of my favorite photos are jump action shots, but they can be difficult to achieve. Action photography requires you to be quick and know your camera. In most occasions, though, it’s the funny, off-time shots that make the day memorable.
Let’s jump in and see some photos inspired by one action: jump!
Hopefully this photo collection will inspire you to consider action shots the next time you’re at a great location.
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Love it!!
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My kids are constantly trying to perfect the jumping shot … it always makes me laugh when you catch them in the wrong spot. Great pics!
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Our favorite pictures are the ones that are not quite right. They always bring a smile to my face. 🙂
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Adorable pictures. I especially lvoe the entire wedding party jumping!
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That was one of our favorite parts of the day. Trying to get everyone in unison seemed to be the furthest thing from our mind; we all just wanted to see the out-takes. lol
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Thanks for the reblog! I appreciate the support 🙂
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You really captured the joy in these people of being up in the air. Love it.
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Do you have any camera setting recommendations for jump photos, specifically for a Nikon d3100? Any advice is greatly appreciated! Love these photos!!
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We just put the camera on action mode or sometimes set it so that it takes 10 instant photos back to back, which gives lots of options.
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Sounds great! Thanks so much! 🙂
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nice pictures ! and I have to learn to be able to do just a little bit of a photo shot like that for my family.
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Sometimes a person just needs to have fun.
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good picture….
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good picture….
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Grinning from ear to ear now! 🙂 Thanks for sharing all these fantastic shots, Lesley! One of my favorite shots from my wedding pics is of me and hubby jumping on the bed in the honeymoon suite. We couldn’t get it in sync but it was so funny and so much fun trying. 🙂 I love action photos, but I’m still learning how to capture them correctly… Guess I just need to keep practicing!
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Some very nice shots!
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Each one made me smile 🙂 Such a blessing in a time like this. Thank you!
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Ohh I love these!!! Great Photography.
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Great article, I can’t wait to share it. I can think of a number of people who could use some practice. :-)).
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nothing says happiness quite like a good hop:)
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I love when fun just turns out fun.. Posed is not my thing great pics. Where was your wedding? We chatted with friends and are cruzn in October …Caribbean baby I have always wanted to go to Belize
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that is so cute, I will try it the next time itake my camera out. it is a new camera. so I am still learning it. but this is so cute my favorite one is the group wedding shot. Smile
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Lesley these are AWESOME! I loooveee doing Jumping Shots, mostly at the beach… I wonder why we all love to do it at the beach?! hahah fun post!
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I totally LOVE these pictures!!!! Which camera are you using??
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These are fantastic! So fun! I have a friend who is fantastic at doing jump shots; I, on the other hand, always look like I jumped too late lol. Have to practice!
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The thing is, people jump with joy and slump with despair, making jumping pics happier
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Amazing, fun, exciting. Everyone just looks so happy…and the bride…her smile just shows a heart that beaming with joy. Beautiful photos…
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We did that in Italy with my daughter and her friend. LOL they had SO much fun jumping on the beach it was infectious you couldn’t help but laugh and love the moment.
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What a fun and inspiring post to wake up to. The sun is out here in Hamburg and I want to go ask random people to just jump so I can take a picture! Wonder how that would go over? It truly brings out the grins.
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I like the first Photo a lot. Looking at the face of the girl. So happy
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sounds like levitasi-mode right? 🙂
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What FUN!!! Love it….. 🙂
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Great pictures and really enjoyed looking at them. Looks like so much fun and is eviident by the smiles. I got a new camera a month ago and will have to play around with it and see what I can do!
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Great photo!!
I sooooo need a holiday! 😉
xoxo
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I love those jump photo’s with groups. Somehow I’m always the only one jumping or standing on the ground.
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It’s not easy to capture movement on a photo, so when you do it’s very rewarding. I love capturing my dog jumping for his ball in the water: always makes me laugh.
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Well Lesley – nice photo (again..) and don’t you in the slightest miss bus stops, shopping malls and traffic jams, bibbing of horns…. ( I guess not) – after my recent cruise around the caribbean I wanted to relocate and live on a catamaran (still do), but have to say I hate the LONG flights…(what about you?)!
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I love these! thank you for the tips, I’ll try to get some jump shots when the family reunion happens in July. 🙂
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They really are fun. My husband always tries to get the kids jumping. Maybe next time, we’ll get HIM!
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Great shot and good advice!!
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What a great post! Made me smile…and reminded me, there’s so much fun outdoors – what the heck am I doing sitting in front of my computer screen again! Thanks for sharing these photographs with us.
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But you didn’t share the trick – I’ve tried jump shots lot of times – but never can capture anyone in a frozen moment!
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absolutely wuv the bride shot, where it looks like she is flying! awesum!!!
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These are great! Thanks for the tips!
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Tons ‘o fun!!!
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I think this blog reveals just a little about your personality 🙂 Love the wedding photos! I think I’m going to start using ‘jump’ more in pictures. It’s fun to share the energy of a moment captured in time!
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So fun!
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Love this! So fun and full of life…it seems to capture your adventurous spirit sooo well! Great ideas for shot and definitely going to try this [can’t believe I haven’t thought of it already!]
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Wow. Many of these are good. I especially like the first one, the third, the seventh, twelveth, thirteenth and fourteenth.
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Great group of photos. It looks like everyone is jumping for joy in these shots. It makes you happy just looking at them. Great share! 🙂
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Jumping for joy I am! Some of these very happily reminded me of some the jumping in the water park in Savannah shots of my granddaughter on her spring break week before last!
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Very cool. Full of life and energy!
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This made me smile today! 🙂
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Very capturing post. I do love the jump shots! We laugh front the very bottom of our hearts every time we do the jump shots! 🙂
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