During a walkthrough of Ford Field with NCAA officials in early December 2008, photographers and editors noticed that change is indeed in vogue, and if you are lucky enough to be there, you’re in for a few new things when the NCAA Men’s Final Four rolls into Detroit in early April.
Category: Sports
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March Madness: Covering the NCAA Men's Final Four? – SportsShooter
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Luck? – SportsShooter
Sports Illustrated’s Al Tielemans talks about his regimented work ethic that helps when Lady Luck smiles down on him.
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My LIfe at f/22: Best of '08: Sports
Photos by Chris DetrickHere are my favorite sport-related pictures from 2008. The first ten pictures are what I included in my sports portfolio for various contests this year.
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2008 Asian Beach Games – The Big Picture – Boston.com
About a month ago in Bali, Indonesia, the inaugural 2008 Asian Beach Games came to its conclusion
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Sports Shooter Academy to be held April 8-12, 2009 in Southern California
Photo by Crystal ChathamSports Shooter Academy VI, featuring Division I sports events, will be held April 8 – 12, 2009 in Southern California.
The 5-day, hands-on shooting workshop will feature a variety of college sports: baseball, track & field, softball, volleyball, tennis, rowing and water polo.
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Photographing the Beijing Olympics | Reuters.com
Lucy Nicholson presents a multimedia blog on Reuters’ coverage of the Beijing Olympics.
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what it all looks like: Rusty Random First Football Game of the Season Pie
It’s football season. I got to the field early and holding all my gear managed to get a cheesburger, chips and soda and eat on the edge of the field before the game. Nice evening light, Eminem & ACDC blaring on the loudspeaker, grilling meat wafting through the air; I put the chips inbetween the buns of the burger, smiled and remembered how much I love my job.
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[ Camera Obscura 5280 ]: College Football
Photos by Nathan ArmesA few frames from a recent football game. For University of Colorado and Colorado State University fans, this was THE football game of the season.
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K2 claimed 11 lives last month. Ed Douglas investigates
Early on Friday 1 August 2008, Nicholas Rice made a mistake that may just have saved his life. He spilled a pan of water. The Californian was sitting in his tent at Camp IV on the shoulder of K2’s south-east ridge, preparing to leave for the summit. Getting ready to do anything at 7,900 metres above sea level takes a long time. Melting the snow for that pan of water must have taken an hour. It’s as if time accelerates, leaving you plodding along behind, taking an age to put on boots, an epoch to fasten crampons and zip up clothing. To a brain fogged from lack of oxygen, mistakes come easily.
Check it out here.
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Olympic Moments: Mark J. Terrill
Michael Phelps on his way to his first gold medal during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008.
My pic shows an underwater view of Michael Phelps swimming the 400-meter IM, on his way to his first of eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics.Check it out here.
More Olympics posts from Lucy Nicholson, Scott Strazzante, Robert Beck, Vince Laforet, Smiley Pool, David Eulitt, Mike Blake, Dan Powers, Paul Kitagaki, Jeff Swinger, Nhat Meyer, Don Miralle, Tim Clayton, Jack Gruber, Mark Terrill, David McIntyre, Chris Detrick, Bob Rosato, David Burnett, Robert Hanashiro and Rod Mar are here.
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Mostly True: Trying to Make an Image
Technically the images were very, very good. In fact, I’d say there has never been an Olympic games photographed at such a consistently high level.
Unfortunately, this high level of imagery is due more to the improvements in camera technology, not by any advancement in the vision of the photographers themselves.
Check it out here.
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The Wild Weird World of Sports: Game Over
Photos by Sol NeelmanOk, so the Games are over. Over dinner with friends, Rob Gauthier of the LA Times and I were talking about how during the middle of the Games, we felt like it’d never end. But then, the night after the Closing Ceremonies, we wondered where did the time go?
Well, here is the Mother Load of images:
Check it out here.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Photo by Daily Mail staffer helps overturn taekwondo decision
A photo by Daily Mail photographer Dave Shopland, depicting a crucial moment in Olympic taekwondo that was missed by judges scoring the quarter-final bout, was the impetus for reversing a judging error that had cost a British athlete the win.
Check it out here.
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At Beijing Olympics, Photographers Shine : NPR
Moments after Olympic events end, another feat of Olympic proportions begins. An army of Olympic photographers and editors swings into action.
Check it out here.
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Mostly True: Beijing Olympics August 18 Part 3
Photographer Kenneth Jarecke offers an inside look at the world of photography and photojournalism.
Check it out here.
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Beijing Makes the Grade
These Olympics have put sports photographers in a good mood. Photographers and editors interviewed over the last few days universally praised the Beijing Olympics as the best-run games in years.
“It’s pretty amazing actually,” says Getty Images photographer Shaun Botterill, who is covering his tenth Olympics. “Volunteers have been unbelievable. . . . You walk around and people are opening doors for you.”
Check it out here.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Olympic panorama before 100m final shows photographers, Beijing National Stadium
A 360 degree high resolution panorama, shot by Kari Kuukka from a photographer’s corral about 30 minutes before the start of the men’s 100m final at Beijing National Stadium on Saturday, gives an up close look at the working shooters in attendance and the Canon and Nikon gear they were using.
Check it out here.
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World Records Seen From Above
Photo by Vincent Laforet/NewsweekI shot most everything from overhead today, either with the use of remote cameras or by physically shooting from the catwalks. Here is Andrei Rybakou of Belarus winning the silver medal and breaking the world record with an 185 Kg snatch in the men’s 85kg weightlifting competition. This was shot with an overhead remote camera–more on that later…
Check it out here.
