Everybody in America seems to be in love with football—the American version—with its bone-splittingly violent hits, precision offensive and defensive schemes, and nail-biting drama. As a photographer, the trick is knowing how to bring home the dynamic images that tell the story, excite your clients and readers, and provide you with the satisfaction that comes with capturing the big plays in an arresting manner.

Here are five quick tips on how to do just that.

Editor's Note: This is a guest blogpost from Sports Photographer Damian Strohmayer.

This week in the news: Nikon's new products turned a couple of heads; Apple released a new batch of updates to most of their product line; and Samsung announced two new lenses.

This is your B&H Photo Pulse News Roundup for October 26^th, 2012. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest news as it breaks.

This week in the news: GoPro announced their highly-anticipated HERO3 camcorders; Canon issued a new product advisory; Sony has a giant tablet for you, and more.

This is your B&H Photo Pulse News Roundup for October 19^th, 2012. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest news as it breaks.

Over the last 15 years, I have worked as a photographer on assignment in over 60 countries, ranging from drug stories in the Horn of Africa to climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. My clients have mostly been magazines, ranging from all the National Geographic publications, to Esquire, Outside, Men's Journal, Stern, GEO and many others, plus a host of commercial clients. Seeing the world with a camera—and sometimes a pen—as a passport to open concealed doors and even hidden worlds can be a magical—often wild—ride. 

While the world of assignment photography has changed in the last decade, pushing photographers like me to acquire new tools like video and audio, many of the tricks for making memorable images haven't changed. 

Here are five simple tricks I recommend to students when teaching workshops, whether in Africa or in my backyard of Colorado.

Editor's Note: This is a guest blogpost from Pete McBride.

You can go to school, learn concepts and theories, and do very well as a student. But there are some things that you won't learn in school about being a photographer and a creative. Because of this, you'll most often be learning as you go, and trying to adapt to the ever changing environment.

We talked to nine creative professionals about what they learned.

Photo is Ryan - Set up by Shineylewis. Featured in the B&H Photo Flickr Group.

This week in the news: Pentax, Nikon, and Sony all announced new cameras; Apple unveiled the highly-rumored iPhone 5 and other devices; RED released details on their new Epic-M Monochrome, and more.

This is your B&H Photo Pulse News Roundup for September 14^th, 2012. Sit down and grab a cup of coffee, because this was a huge week for consumer electronics.

Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest news as it breaks.

The photo above is quite a striking one, and we recently featured it on our Facebook wall. It was shot by Mike Finn, a photo enthusiast who loves to create awesome scenes. After closely inspecting the photo, we thought it would be great to ask him how it was created.

Can you take a guess? We talked to Mike about how he created it. Here's how.