Category: Sports

  • Doug Mills Covers the London Olympics

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    Link: The New York Times staff photographer Doug Mills is covering his fifth summer Olympics, and he has photographed seven winter games. He spoke with James Estrin by phone.

  • Friday Night Light

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    Link: With that said, I love putting a wide angle to good use in sports – mainly speaking the action. It’s usually a gamble, but without risks, you’re left wondering what a play could have looked like without one.

  • Proving That Print Still Rules in Sports Photography

    Proving That Print Still Rules in Sports Photography

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    Proving That Print Still Rules in Sports Photography – PhotoShelter Blog You know it’s not just any old game when ESPN The Magazine sends 13 photographers and 30 writers to cover the faceoff between Louisiana State University and Alabama University. The two teams are arguably the biggest rivals in college football, making for an instantly…

  • 2012 Sports

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  • a week with wolverines | espn the mag

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    Link: I love gigs for this client.  ESPN the Magazine sent me to follow around the University of Michigan Wolverines for a week as they entered a tough stretch of games in the BIG 10.  I travelled with the team on their plane and buses all day with full access to whatever we needed.  Quite…

  • Photo Journal: Rich Clarkson

    Photo Journal: Rich Clarkson

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    via NPPA: one of the media coordinators came over to me saying, “Your strobe exploded and this stuff is falling on all those people behind you!  What should we do?” Everyone in those stands was watching us, and I said, “Don’t look up!”  I think he had come to tell me to stop using the…

  • Narbonne Sportfolio 2013

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    Link: By bringing together the best is sports photography, the Festival Sportfolio, the first of its kind, aims to pay tribute to the neglected talent of sports photographers.

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  • broncos + chiefs | one day + one game

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    Link: I don’t know how I drew the long straw on these series of gigs, but I’m happy I did.  This is my third One Day One Game for ESPN the Magazine and every time it’s a complete and total visual mosh pit I never want to leave.

  • Best of 2013 | Sports

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    Link: Once again, I am grateful for my editors, teammates, and both new, and return, clients for trusting me to visually document the world for them. Without them, I couldn’t be doing what I love most in this world. Thanks to my fellow photographers and competitors for always being inspirational and sharing good times, too…

  • big boys basketball

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    Link: The ad used a photo of a pot of gold, captioned with “Your pot of gold is right here baby. Report unlicensed software and GET PAID.” The photo used in the ad was of a cake baked by Cakecentral user Bethasd

  • Kenny Braun photographs surfing in Texas in his book, Surf Texas.

    Kenny Braun photographs surfing in Texas in his book, Surf Texas.

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    Texas’ Hidden Surf Scene Texas isn’t generally considered a great place to surf, but there are good waves to be found if you know when and where to look. Photographer Kenny… via Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/culture/2014/07/kenny-braun-photographs-surfing-in-texas-in-his-book-surf-texas.html Texas isn’t generally considered a great place to surf, but there are good waves to be found if you know…

  • Regards sur le sport #2 at Galerie Cosmos – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: La Galerie Jean-Denis Walter in Paris is dedicated to sports photography. It was founded a little over a year ago by JD Walter, former photo director and editor-in-chief of L’Equipe.

  • Sol Neelman: Weird Sports — zPhotoJournal

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    Link: I used to use a 400mm f2.8 lens for covering college football, in large part because we were stuck on the sidelines. My #1 lens for shooting Weird Sports is my Canon 35mm f1.4, in part because I’m not battling a sports information director for access. There are times like with Drag Queen Prom…

  • The Sports Bubble Is About to Pop – The Daily Beast

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    The Sports Bubble Is About to Pop Don’t buy ESPN’s PR talk that its 7 million-household dip in subscribers is just a blip. It’s for real, and it will have serious consequences for the way you watch sports. via The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/06/the-sports-bubble-is-about-to-pop The resulting fearsome sports arms race now is estimated by longtime cable…

  • Bob Martin’s 1/1000th: The Sports Photography of Bob Martin is a look back at a sports photography career so far (PHOTOS).

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    Incredible Sports Photos From Around the World When he was a teenager, Bob Martin thought he would pursue a career as a veterinarian. It was a short-lived dream. via Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/culture/2015/12/bob-martins-1-1000th-the-sports-photography-of-bob-martin-is-a-look-back-at-a-sports-photography-career-so-far-photos.html When he was a teenager, Bob Martin thought he would pursue a career as a veterinarian. It was a short-lived dream.

  • Investigating What Makes a Sports Photo Excellent | American Photo

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    Link: From its earliest days, still photography’s ability to freeze action has naturally complemented the fast-moving world of sports. “To play and to watch sports is to be in the moment. Still photographers are masters of moments,” says Gail Buckland, curator of the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the…

  • LensRentals.com – How to Get More Out of Your Sports Photography

    LensRentals.com – How to Get More Out of Your Sports Photography

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    How to Get More Out of Your Sports Photography Great sports photography is not about recording moments that happen on the field of play, rather great sports photography is a medium that connects the viewer with the athlete and sport in an intimate way not possible in any other way. Most viewers of sports watch…

  • 101-Megapixel B&W Photos of Pre-War Era Racing

    101-Megapixel B&W Photos of Pre-War Era Racing

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    101-Megapixel B&W Photos of Pre-War Era Racing Photographer Rick Wenner was recently sent to Wildwood, New Jersey, to shoot a peculiar event called “The Race of Gentlemen.” It’s a gathering of drag via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/08/10/101-megapixel-bw-photos-pre-war-era-racing/ Wenner was equipped with a Phase One XF IQ3 100MP Achromatic camera system that captures a 101-megapixel black-and-white photo with…

  • Inside the bizarre world of independent wrestling

    Inside the bizarre world of independent wrestling

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    Link: Wrestling is flourishing in unexpected places all across Britain. It’s a low-budget, high-energy world where DIY daredevils band together in the belief that teamwork makes the dream work – no matter how unlikely it seems.