Deseret News photojournalists share the highs and lows, the ups and downs, the celebrations and the controversies.
via Deseret News: https://www.deseret.com/sports/2024/12/20/deseret-news-sports-photos-of-2024/
Deseret News photojournalists captured the highs and lows, the ups and downs, the celebrations and the controversies
https://www.deseret.com/sports/2024/12/20/deseret-news-sports-photos-of-2024/
See the Summer Olympics in a series of composite images.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/09/sports/olympics/olympics-paris-photos-frames.html
At the Summer Olympics, the critical moments that decide who wins or loses often flash by in the blink of an eye. In the men’s gold-medal table tennis match, above, China’s Fan Zhendong scores on Sweden’s Truls Moregardh with a quick shot to the corner. Below, we revisit some of the most visually stunning scenes captured by New York Times journalists, frame by frame.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/09/sports/olympics/olympics-paris-photos-frames.html
https://petapixel.com/2024/08/09/olympics-was-a-dream-assignment-for-this-pro-surfing-photographer/
“Early on in my career, I was so focused on strictly action photos. As I have matured as a photographer, capturing high-impact action photos in gorgeous light is what I’m interested in now,” Haffey says. “Tackling light has become my obsession, and since every event is different, it’s a quest with no end.”
https://petapixel.com/2024/08/02/how-advanced-camera-tech-helps-pros-take-amazing-olympics-photos/
Professional photographer Nick Didlick has been shooting for nearly 50 years, so he has experienced significant shifts in how photos are captured, shared, and consumed. He’s currently in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics and chatted with PetaPixel about how photography has changed, how better technology helps him capture better photos, and the challenge of capturing the perfect moment.
L.A. Times photojournalist Wally Skalij captures scenes, inside looks and perspectives that make the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris the spectacle it is.
via Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2024-07-28/behind-the-lens-a-photojournalists-take-on-the-2024-paris-olympics
No, he won’t be covering them all. But what he will be doing is bringing you visual gems. Scenes, inside looks and perspectives that make the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris the spectacle it is.
It used to be the most coveted real estate in sports journalism. But its power to set the agenda disappeared along with its elite photographers.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/business/media/sports-illustrated-covers.html
“When I was a kid and getting S.I., you didn’t have that immediate 24-hour news cycle just hitting you over the head,” said Nate Gordon, a former picture editor at Sports Illustrated who is now the head of content at The Players’ Tribune. “You would get that cover and you’d be like: ‘Man, this is what happened last week. That’s so cool.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/business/media/sports-illustrated-covers.html
Athleticism and competitive spirit are on display in the winners of the World Sports Photography Awards.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/08/22/golfer-in-the-clouds-wins-the-world-sports-photography-awards-2023/
The World Sports Photography Awards celebrate the best in professional sports photography worldwide. This year’s 24 winners showcase the incredible athleticism and impactful stories that endear so many people to the world of sports.
Coverage of games, players and leagues will now primarily come from The Athletic, the sports website that the company bought last year.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/business/media/the-new-york-times-sports-department.html
“We plan to focus even more directly on distinctive, high-impact news and enterprise journalism about how sports intersect with money, power, culture, politics and society at large,” the editors wrote in an email to The Times’s newsroom on Monday morning. “At the same time, we will scale back the newsroom’s coverage of games, players, teams and leagues.”
Every few years, The Olympics marks one of the few moments in history where the entire world can come together. It’s truly an incredible moment in time and these 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo are no different. With so many images swirling around, it’s important to remember that visual storytelling plays a major role in…
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/07/going-for-gold-sports-photographers-tweet-photos-from-the-tokyo-olympics/
Whether it’s AP photographers, Getty Image contributors or freelance photographers covering the Olympic Games for the first time, there are already a ton of photos from this year’s big event making their way around the Twittersphere.
Gerry Cranham has just turned 92 and there has never been a book that looks back on his extensive and prolific career as a whole. Crazy! Mark Leech, a great English sports photographer, who is also his friend, his agent and sort of his spiritual son, is d
Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/1293/Gerry-Cranham-A-Life-Devoted-To-Sports-Photography
Former editor in chief at the newspaper L’Equipe Magazine, turned gallery owner specializing in sports photography, Jean-Denis Walter writes a regular column for Blind. His third essay is devoted to one of the most important photographer of the genre.
As much of the working world operates remotely right now, and as the photo community gathers online to support one another, we’ve been hosting webinars in an effort to connect, inspire and learn from each other. Last week, we sat down with legendary New York sports photographer, Rob Tringali, to speak about his long career…
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/04/watch-qa-with-rob-tringali/
In our new on-demand webinar, A League of His Own, Rob joins us to discuss his lifelong passion for sports photography as he walks us through his earliest moments on the field, and how he has approached the craft with authenticity time and time again.
The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America’s finest news source.
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“I am unable to detect any gratitude from owners of magnesium wide receivers and titanium running backs who continually execute, on command, motion-based operations with a 350-pound explosive ball. I honestly cannot believe my proximity sensors.”
To photograph subjects who’ll be moving past him in a flash, Doug Mills spends weeks of preparation.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/assignment-32/
The regimen begins long before he arrives at a Winter Olympics site. Doug Mills, just shy of 50, calls himself a “survivor skier,” who must train for a few weeks to ensure he can ski safely to photographic vantages along the slopes. (You thought photographers got there by bus?)
How does Bruce Bennett photograph a disc moving at 100 miles per hour? With seven different cameras, Nicholas Loomis reports.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/assignment-27/
Bruce Bennett has been shooting with seven cameras at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver: three at arm’s reach, with lenses of various sizes; two mounted in the rafters, pointing down to the goals; one clamped to the stanchion that holds the goal-indicator light behind a net; and one inside the net itself.
“It’s kind of like playing piano,” said Mr. Bennett, who is the director of photography for hockey imagery at Getty Images.
Nobody covers the NBA Finals like Sports Illustrated. Two photographers, three assistants, hundreds of pounds of gear and hundreds of man-hours in set up and travel time.
Shawn Cullen and Jordan Murph (along with Kevin Liles) worked tirelessly setting up remotes and helping SI staffers John McDonough and Bob Rosato with their coverage.
North Korea’s football team has been shamed in a six-hour public inquisition and the team’s coach has been accused of “betraying” the reclusive leader’s heir apparent following their failure at the World Cup, according to reports.
via The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7918468/North-Korean-football-team-shamed-in-six-hour-public-inquiry-over-World-Cup.html
North Korea’s football team has been shamed in a six-hour public inquisition and the team’s coach has been accused of “betraying” the reclusive leader’s heir apparent following their failure at the World Cup, according to reports.