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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 Dress Rugby that I was actually on the pitch taking photos with players flying around me.
Link:
http://www.zphotojournal.com/photo-journal/2015/3/19/sol-neelman-weird-sports
Are these my best images from 2013? Perhaps. Or not. You tell me. Are these some of my favorite images from the year? Yes, yes they are.
Sol Neelman has just started a new Weird Sports column at Wired.com’s Playbook sports blog.
This past year, for me, has been the year of the book. The year I achieved a dream. The year I gave birth. The year I became a father. I’ve been a little hesitant to write about my book. Maybe because it still doesn’t seem real. But I’m slowly coming to terms with reality, that it is in fact real. Very real. Another reason I’ve put off this entry is because of how truly personal this book is to me. Not sure if I can express it in words.
I got a rule: if a Weird Sport is happening less than a mile from mi casa and there’s money light and red Santa outfits AND the promise of beers, I’m soooooooooo there. And that’s how I ended up revisiting a classic Portlandia Weird Sport: Urban Golf.
Peace, love and underwear. All were on full display at an Undie Run, in Salt Lake City of all places
I shot The Dirty Dash, a 10K muddy fun run in BFUtah
5K Foam Fest in Ogden, an obstacle course full of soapy Slip’n Slides and water hazards. As if Utah doesn’t already have a reputation across the land for keeping their program clean cut.
I'm also looking for layers, which is a reason why I prefer using a 35mm f1.4 rather than a 400mm lens. I want more information, not less. I want more intimacy, not less.
Link:
http://blog.imagedeconstructed.com/2011/09/spotlight-on-sol-neelman.html
I think I’ve said this before (like everything), but when I’m asked what’s my favorite weird sport, Kaiju almost always comes right to mind.
Yep, this was my first trip to The Bluegrass State, an eye-opening, eyebrow-singeing voyage to photograph the semi-annual Machine Gun Shootout in the sticks outside of Louisville.