Category: Sports
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Investigating What Makes a Sports Photo Excellent | American Photo
Link: From its earliest days, still photography’s ability to freeze action has naturally complemented the fast-moving world of sports. “To play and to watch sports is to be in the moment. Still photographers are masters of moments,” says Gail Buckland, curator of the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the…
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LensRentals.com – How to Get More Out of Your Sports Photography
How to Get More Out of Your Sports Photography Great sports photography is not about recording moments that happen on the field of play, rather great sports photography is a medium that connects the viewer with the athlete and sport in an intimate way not possible in any other way. Most viewers of sports watch…
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101-Megapixel B&W Photos of Pre-War Era Racing
101-Megapixel B&W Photos of Pre-War Era Racing Photographer Rick Wenner was recently sent to Wildwood, New Jersey, to shoot a peculiar event called “The Race of Gentlemen.” It’s a gathering of drag via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/08/10/101-megapixel-bw-photos-pre-war-era-racing/ Wenner was equipped with a Phase One XF IQ3 100MP Achromatic camera system that captures a 101-megapixel black-and-white photo with…
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Inside the bizarre world of independent wrestling
Link: Wrestling is flourishing in unexpected places all across Britain. It’s a low-budget, high-energy world where DIY daredevils band together in the belief that teamwork makes the dream work – no matter how unlikely it seems.
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NFL Insider – The Leica Camera Blog
Link: Jon Willey shares his candid images from the world of the American football
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Pyeongchang Olympics 2018: Photos From the Final Week – The Atlantic
Pyeongchang 2018: Photos From the Final Week A look at some of the final events of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/02/pyeongchang-2018-photos-from-the-final-week/554219/ After two weeks of competition, Norway topped the Olympic medals chart with 39 total medals, followed by Germany, Canada, and the United States. Here, a look at some…
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The Daily Edit – Runner’s World: Mark Davis | A Photo Editor
The Daily Edit – Runner’s World: Mark Davis Runner’s World Creative Director: Jesse Southerland Director of Photography: Amy Wolff Photographer: Mark Davis Heidi: How did this story come about? Mark: When I was a sophomore at NYU’s Tis… via A Photo Editor: https://aphotoeditor.com/2018/06/26/the-daily-edit-runners-world-mark-davis/ If you have ever been to running or sporting events, you know that…
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World Cup Photographs Make ‘Accidental Renaissance’ Photos | Time
How World Cup Photographers Are Creating ‘Accidental Renaissance’ Artwork These soccer photos would be right at home in a Renaissance museum via Time: https://time.com/longform/world-cup-accidental-renaissance/ Soccer photography, like the sport itself, can produce wildly unexpected — but nonetheless satisfying — results. That’s particularly true of images from the World Cup, the sport’s biggest international event.
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“The Bane of My Existence”: U.K. Sportswriting’s Access Crisis – The Ringer
“The Bane of My Existence”: U.K. Sportswriting’s Access Crisis British journalists chronicling mega-events like the Champions League are often operating on a timeline out of their control and with little access to players, publishing stories well after they’ve been reported. Could this be the dark future of U.S. spor via The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/sports/2019/5/29/18643311/uk-sportswriting-embargo-access-champions-league-independent British journalists…
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Favorite Career Moments from 5 of the Best Sports Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog
Favorite Career Moments from 5 of the Best Sports Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog Sports photography is exciting, exhilarating, and full of adrenaline. It requires an experienced photographer who knows the game and can execute in split-second moments. As fans, the first images that come to mind are those game-winning catches and triump via PhotoShelter Blog:…
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Meet the female pro wrestlers of Mexico – The Washington Post
Perspective | Meet the female pro wrestlers of Mexico Photographer Diana Bagnoli takes us into the world of Mexican wrestling. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/06/13/meet-the-women-pro-wrestlers-of-mexico/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.48d9faef8379 Lucha libre is Mexico’s version of what we in the United States refer to as pro wrestling. Its dates to 1863, when a Mexican wrestler named Enrique Ugartechea developed a form…
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The Speed Project – The Leica Camera Blog
[contentcards url=”http://blog.leica-camera.com/2018/04/16/the-speed-project/”] The Speed Project – The Leica Camera Blog Olaf Heine tells the inside stories of a 550km run from LA to Las Vegas
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Hours of Sport Events Photoshopped Into Dizzying Single Photos
Hours of Sport Events Photoshopped Into Dizzying Single Photos “Crowded Fields” is a new eye-popping photo project by photographer Pelle Cass, who used Photoshop to combine hours of sporting events and hundrds of via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/04/13/hours-of-sport-events-photoshopped-into-dizzying-single-photos/ “Crowded Fields” is a new eye-popping photo project by photographer Pelle Cass, who used Photoshop to combine hours of…
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Pyeongchang 2018: Photos From the First Five Days – The Atlantic
Pyeongchang 2018: Photos From the First Five Days A look at some of the competition from the first days of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/02/pyeongchang-2018-photos-from-the-first-five-days/553352/ After five days of competition, Germany leads the Olympic medal standings with 12 total medals, followed by the Netherlands and the United States. High…
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Homegrown rodeos make it ‘Cowboy Christmas’ in the Rocky Mountain summertime – The Washington Post
Perspective | Homegrown rodeos make it ‘Cowboy Christmas’ in the Rocky Mountain summertime From Carbondale to Snowmass, photographer Matt McClain visited small-town rodeos in Colorado and documented a piece of the West. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/08/04/homegrown-rodeos-make-it-cowboy-christmas-in-the-rocky-mountain-summertime/ It’s the end of July in a place known as “The Ultimate Rocky Mountain Hideout,” the tiny town of Carbondale,…
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Capturing Camaraderie in a Minor League Baseball Team – The New York Times
Capturing Camaraderie in a Minor League Baseball Team Fred Conrad, a former staff photographer for The New York Times, has been documenting the Rockland Boulders baseball team’s friendship with each other and love for their sport. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/capturing-camaraderie-in-a-new-york-baseball-team/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body In a bygone era, sports photographers didn’t have the benefit of Telephoto lenses, digital cameras…
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The Grisly Spectacle of Lucha Libre Extrema – Vantage – Medium
The Grisly Spectacle of Lucha Libre Extrema Photos from the underground Mexican wrestling scene via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/the-grisly-spectacle-of-lucha-libre-extrema-cb4b60213af4 assignment for a Mexican magazine, photographer Annick Donkers found herself angling for an invitation to a particular car wash outside of Mexico City. On some nights, this car wash transforms into a venue for the hardcore wrestling style…
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Grayson West Photography — Tour de France 2017 Stage 5 PLANCHER-LES-MINES,…
Grayson West Photography Tour de France 2017 Stage 5 PLANCHER-LES-MINES, France — Fabio Aru emulated compatriot Vincenzo Nibali in winning stage 5 of the Tour de France on Wednesday. Astana’s Aru won the 160.5km stage that… via Grayson West Photography: http://pushingthebuttons.tumblr.com/post/162656864796/tour-de-france-2017-stage-5-plancher-les-mines The photographer Carolyn Drake set out for the U.S.-Mexico border just after Donald Trump…
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Grayson West Photography — Tour de France 2017 Stage 3 Peter Sagan won a…
Grayson West Photography Tour de France 2017 Stage 3 Peter Sagan won a thrilling uphill finish to Stage 3 of the Tour de France. Sagan pulled his right foot out of his pedal in the closing meters as BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet… via Grayson West Photography: http://pushingthebuttons.tumblr.com/post/162569655261/tour-de-france-2017-stage-3-peter-sagan-won-a Happy Summer! On this day of fireworks, BBQ’s,…
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An Inside Look at Photographing at the Olympic Games
An Inside Look at Photographing at the Olympic Games What does it take to cover the Olympic Games as a sports photographer? Here’s a 10-minute video titled “One Shot” that offers a behind-the-scenes look at via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2017/01/06/inside-look-photographing-olympic-games/ Here’s a 10-minute video titled “One Shot” that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Olympics from the…