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The Daily Promo – Sol Neelman | A Photo Editor
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This Week In Photography Books: Sol Neelman | A Photo Editor
This Week In Photography Books: Sol Neelman
This is the kind of book that is very hard not to like. In fact, if you hate it, I’ll have to accuse you of lacking any sense of humor whatsoever. Which means you’re no fun, so I’d rather you spent your Friday reading time elsewhere.
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Sol Neelman: Weird Sports — zPhotoJournal
Sol Neelman: Weird Sports
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.
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Photo Brigade Podcast #49 with Sol Neelman | The Photo Brigade
Photo Brigade Podcast #49 with Sol Neelman
Sol Neelman is a failed athlete turned sports photographer living in his home city of Portland, Oregon, USA. In 2007, he left his staff job at The Oregonian to pursue a life-long project documenting sports culture around the globe. In July 2011, Kehrer Verlag in Heidelberg, Germany published his first book, “Weird Sports,” and in September 2014 his second book, “Weird Sports 2.”
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Weird Sports 2: The Photo Book by Sol Neelman — Kickstarter
Link: Weird Sports 2: The Photo Book by Sol Neelman — KickstarterThis book isn’t about creating a definition of what sports is or is not. It’s about starting a discussion about what role sports play in people’s lives. It’s about simply celebrating fun.
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Weird Sports 2: The Photo Book by Sol Neelman
Link: Weird Sports 2: The Photo Book by Sol Neelman — KickstarterFor too long, I feel the narrow definition of sports has been limited to professional leagues and Olympic competitions, folks with monster builds and monster salaries. Sports is to be taken seriously, for the serious athlete. Does it really need to be that way?
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Five Questions for Sol Neelman
Link: APAD blogHis pursuit of turning his personal passion into his life’s work, endless love of travel and appreciation for all people and things new, different and weird — as well as the desire to make everything fun — makes Sol one of my favorite people in the world. He also encourages that in others, which I love and appreciate.
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Lucky ’13
Link: Lucky ’13 » THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTSAre 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.
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Weird Sports (10 Photos)
Link: Weird Sports (10 Photos) | PDN Photo of the DaySol Neelman is a failed athlete turned sports photographer
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Sol Neelman’s Quest for Oddball Sports
Link: LensWhile other sports photographers head to Florida for spring training, Sol Neelman drives through the mountains of Idaho looking for K-9 keg pulls and a skijoring event (skiers, pulled by horses). His itineraries are not shaped by the N.F.L. season or the P.G.A. tour, but by the schedules of weekend warriors pursuing oddball pastimes.
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Sol Neelman’s new Weird Sports column at Wired Playbook blog
Link: dvafotoSol Neelman has just started a new Weird Sports column at Wired.com’s Playbook sports blog.
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Das Book: The Making Of Weird Sports
I’ve got a copy of Weird Sports sitting in the front room of my house and EVERYONE who picks it up, whether they are a photographer or not, loves it. They slowly flip through the pages, laughing hysterically. Definitely recommended. Here’s Sol’s story of putting it together…
THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTSThis 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.
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Santa’s Drivers
THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTSI 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.
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The State of Utah’s Magical Underwear
THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS:
Peace, love and underwear. All were on full display at an Undie Run, in Salt Lake City of all places
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Dirty Minded People
THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS:I shot The Dirty Dash, a 10K muddy fun run in BFUtah
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Good Clean Fun
THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS: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.
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Spotlight on Sol Neelman
the image, deconstructed: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.
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Weird, Weird World of Sports
Wired:Sol Neelman has been on the road for several years, chasing the wacky world of weird sports. He’s got a new book filled with his collection of the oddest contests, and he’s still out there shooting the most obscure sports he can find.
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Oh, Kaiju. I Do Love You.
Link: Oh, Kaiju. I Do Love You. » THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTSI 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.
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Great Balls Of Fire!
Link: Great Balls Of Fire! » THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTSYep, 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.