Today is Day 8 of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada, almost the halfway mark, and it’s time to have a look at the activities in British Columbia. Over 100 medals have been awarded so far, with the United States, Germany, Norway and Canada leadi
via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/vancouver_2010_part_1_of_2.html
Collected here are some photos from Days 1-8, with more to follow in another entry after the closing ceremony.
Instead of interacting with my children today, I went through my extensive archive system (a box of dusty discs in the basement) and pulled out my favorite sports photos from the 2000s. I am one o…
via shooting from the hip: http://strazz.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/a-decade-of-sports/
Instead of interacting with my children today, I went through my extensive archive system (a box of dusty discs in the basement) and pulled out my favorite sports photos from the 2000s.
If 6-year-olds created a bike race, it’d easily be a form of cyclocross. It’s fun to ride, fun to watch, fun to shoot.
I crisscrossed the state to Bend a week ago for the final day of the national championships to see what I could see and to test out my new cold-weather gear before the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
December 8, 2009 – Eddie’s a Go! After waiting years for the perfect surfing conditions to run the prestigious big wave contest, the Eddie …
Link: http://elysebutler.blogspot.com/2009/12/eddie-would-go.html
Eddie’s a Go! After waiting years for the perfect surfing conditions to run the prestigious big wave contest, the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational was finally on at gorgeous Waimea Bay on the North Shore. The contest has only happened 8 times in its 25 years of running because of their strict standard for huge, beautiful, bone-crushing waves.
I am a photojournalist because of my love of sports and sports photography. As a teen, my bedroom wall was a shrine to two people Farrah Fawcett and Walter Iooss, Jr.. Each week when Sports Illustr…
via shooting from the hip: http://strazz.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/sportfolio/
I am a photojournalist because of my love of sports and sports photography.
By Rod Mar
Football is easily my favorite sport to photograph. Combining peak action, great emotion and a sense of ritual and ceremony, football is not only a visual feast for the eyes, but also your camera. There’s a reason why up to 100,000 fans pack stadiums every weekend, planning days, weekends and even annual vacations around games.
Walter Iooss and Neil Leifer have had good and bad games. Like athletes, Nicholas Loomis reports, they got better through intense competition.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/showcase-78/
As Walter Iooss and Neil Leifer will tell you, sports photographers have good games and bad games. Like athletes, they get better through intense competition.
I was sweating out a prep football practice here in Florida when ESPN the Mag called with a cool last minute assignment. Always fun to see their name on the caller I.D. I was to jet off to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for the weekend to cover the University of Alabama Crimson Tide take on their bitter rivals – the University of Tennessee Volunteers. It got even better. I didn’t need to cover every-down, game action – just wander the stadium making pictures of what a true megafootball college program is all about.
When the Clinch Game finally comes around in the World Series it means there are more meetings, more thought put into your coverage and generally speaking, things turn a bit more serious than in the earlier games.
The main topic: How to cover the jubo.
Link: The Clinch Game: It’s All About The Jubo « Sports Shooter Academy
Fred R. Conrad likes to come up with a different theme and photographic technique for each marathon. This year, on the 40th anniversary of the race, he wanted to focus on individual runners, separating them from the sea of more than 40,000 participants. “The marathon is such a visual jumble,” said Mr. Conrad. “I wanted to isolate moments and individuals. To crystallize and distill the scene.”
Link: On Assignment: New York City Marathon – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com
Link: Sports Shooter Academy VII Dates Announced « Sports Shooter Academy:
SPORTS SHOOTER ACADEMY VII will be held April 7 – 10, 2010 in Southern California featuring a line up of award-winning photographers on the faculty. The Academy is a hands-on, shooting workshop where participants cover real sports events under the guidance of the faculty and receive critiques of their work nightly.
Link: Baseball Stock Photography: Mangin Photography Archive:
I am a freelance sports photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area where I regularly shoot assignments for Sports Illustrated and Major League Baseball Photos. My work keeps me busy from the first pitch of Spring Training to the final out of the World Series. When not shooting, I enjoy attending San Francisco Giants games in my season ticket box seats and working on SportsShooter.com, the online resource for sports photography, of which I am a founding owner.
Don’t Fence Me In » THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS:
When mixed martial arts first came onto the scene, I didn’t care. I’d see signs along I-5 or ads in the Willamette Week for cage fighting, but I could never get excited. Perhaps it was shooting low-budget pro wrestling at dim armories in the past that turned me off. Not sure. Or thinking, “It’s not going anywhere. I’ll get that another time.” Well, that time has come in a big way.
UFC 102 hit Portland this past weekend and – thanks in large part to buddy Chris Ryan – I was able to secure a spot ring side.
Photo Business News Forum: US Presswire “Steps In It” With MLB and Getty Images:
As the boys of summer were just getting into the swing of things, US Presswire hired an unemployed Peter Toriello after he was laid off from Getty four months prior where he was in charge of the Getty’s MLB relationship. USPW announced Toriello’s hire as “Director of Global Sales and Business Development” on March 4, 2009. What they didn’t announce was that in addition to Toriello’s physical capabilities, they also obtained a valuable knowledgebase of information about how Getty was handling the MLB contract. With Getty losing the NFL to the AP, the MLB deal becomes that much more important to Getty’s cache. What is in question is what potential proprietary trade secrets might Toriello have taken and/or shared with US Presswire, if any?
via Kahuna
Gannett, AP Refuse to Sign New Sports Credential Policy:
“The credential restrictions would be untenable,” said Mark Silverman, editor of the Tennessean, which covers the SEC’s University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University. “They fail to recognize that we are not just a newspaper. We use a variety of mediums and I believe we are going to be able to make a prior restraint argument.”
via PDNPulse
Ask Sports Shooter: ‘Why should newspapers cover local events?’:
In fact, due to the advertising downturn and the Chiefs 2-14 season last year, our paper reluctantly decided to skip sending me on the road to the final two road games of the 2008 season, marking the first time in over 20 years the Star had not covered a Chiefs road game. Combining the often blowout, non-competitive games with the reality of needing to save as many jobs in our department as possible made that an easy decision.
