On Assignment: Up for the Downhill – Lens

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On Assignment: Up for the Downhill

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?)