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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.
Category: Sports
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Brilliant America’s Cup Photos Taken From Land, Sea, and Air
Brilliant America’s Cup Photos Taken From Land, Sea, and Air
For photographers, the problem with most sailing competitions is that the pictures begin to look the same from race to race – sailboats against a nondescript horizon of blue sky. The America’s Cup is different. Its backdrop is San Francisco’s iconic skyli
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/10/the-americas-cup-from-air-land-and-sea/?viewall=true
“The first week we had three photographers covering the race,” says Shaw, who covered the races starting back in July. “My boss at Getty Images gave us a budget to get up in a helicopter and we would rotate between the helicopter, the boat and land. I went up in the helicopter on the first day and it was spectacular.”
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One of the greatest GIFs ever
The Clearly Dope
via The Clearly Dope: http://theclearlydope.tumblr.com/post/62201148096/classroom-basketball-dunk
You could be forgiven for not getting too excited about the camera in Apple’s new flagship iPhone 5S. They’ve put dozens of tweaks into it, but not a single one sounds… sexy. It’s still 8 megapixels, it still doesn’t zoom, and the phone’s still the same size as last year. Do all the little changes add up to something bigger?
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The fanatical fantasies of pro wrestling fans
The fanatical fantasies of pro wrestling fans
UC Irvine researcher Crystle Martin studies what pro wrestling fans can teach us about storytelling, education, and community. What she found is like “fantasy football meets Dungeons and Dragons.” …
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/09/24/the-fanatical-fantasies-of-pro.html
UC Irvine researcher Crystle Martin studies what pro wrestling fans can teach us about storytelling, education, and community. What she found is like “fantasy football meets Dungeons and Dragons.” Lissa Soep interviews Martin about the interactive theater of professional wrestling fandom.
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The State tells its sports columnist he can’t cover University of South Carolina football
Link: » The State tells its sports columnist he can’t cover University of South Carolina football JIMROMENESKO.COM
“The publisher of the paper has removed Ron Morris from any coverage of the football program, which down there is akin to the Washington Post not letting Dan Balz write about government,” one of Morris’s former colleagues told me. “Effectively, he’s being forced out at the behest of the football coach, with the publisher not standing up for him.”
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Reuters Dumping North American Freelance Sports Photographers
Reuters Dumping North American Freelance Sports Photographers
Freelance photographers who have been shooting sports on contract for Reuters in North America started getting phone calls Friday from Peter Jones, the North American Sports Photo Editor at Thomson Reuters, who told them that their sideline services would
via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/reuters-dumping-north-american-freelance-sports-photographers
Thomson Reuters has entered into a new agreement with USA Today Sports Images, and USATSI will be providing Reuters with a live feed of all of their sports photographs
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Getting Hired: What Sports Illustrated Looks For In Photographers
Getting Hired: What Sports Illustrated Looks For In Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog
As part of our latest free guide, Growing Your Sports Photography Business, we interviewed Brad Smith, Director of Photography at Sports Illustrated. Prior to his gig at SI, Brad served as the Senior Sports Photography Editor at The New York Times for 12
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2013/07/getting-hired-what-sports-illustrated-looks-for-in-photographers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
As part of our latest free guide, Growing Your Sports Photography Business, we interviewed Brad Smith, Director of Photography at Sports Illustrated. Prior to his gig at SI, Brad served as the Senior Sports Photography Editor at The New York Times for 12 years. He talked to us about what he likes to see in a photographer’s portfolio, the types of images (and photographers) he’s looking for, and why.
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New Guide: Growing Your Sports Photography Business
New Guide: Growing Your Sports Photography Business – PhotoShelter Blog
In our latest free guide, Growing Your Sports Photography Business, we offer an in-depth look at the sports photography industry today. This comprehensive guide includes insider advice from sports photography veterans like Rich Clarkson, Brad Mangin, and
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2013/07/new-guide-growing-your-sports-photography-business/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
In our latest free guide, Growing Your Sports Photography Business, we offer an in-depth look at the sports photography industry today. This comprehensive guide includes insider advice from sports photography veterans like Rich Clarkson, Brad Mangin, and Director of Photography at Sports Illustrated Brad Smith.
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Shooting Sports: Tips from the Pros
Shooting Sports: Tips from the Pros
By Jim ColtonAs the Photography Editor for Sports Illustrated for fifteen years, I had the honor of working with the best sports photographers in the world. But I also had the pleasure of working with young up-and-coming sports enthusiasts who often asked
via NPPA: https://nppa.org/page/shooting-sports-tips-pros
So I’ve come up with six tips to help them capture that magic moment in sports. And I’ve also asked 15 of the best sports shooters in the world to talk about some of their greatest moments and to offer a tip of their own. (see links below)
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Hoop Dreams in Oaxaca’s Hills
Link: Hoop Dreams in Oaxaca’s Hills – NYTimes.com
“In my part of the Sierra, the basketball courts are like the zócalo in the colonial city,” Mr. Santiago said, using the Spanish word for “plaza.” “It’s really the most important part of the town. A respectable town has a church, and a basketball court in front of the church.”
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Sports Illustrated cover shoot with San Antonio Spurs “Big Three”
Sports Illustrated cover shoot with San Antonio Spurs “Big Three” – Houston Tx Advertising Photographer Robert Seale
Robert Seale Photography is an Advertising, Corporate, Commercial, Sports Portrait, Editorial, Oil and Gas, Industrial, and Annual Report Photography studio located in Houston Texas that works for Advertising, Corporate, Commercial, Editorial, Industrial,
via Houston Tx Advertising Photographer Robert Seale: http://www.robertsealeblog.com/sports-illustrated-cover-shoot-with-san-antonio-spurs-big-three/
With the NBA Conference playoffs nearing completion and the Spurs already a lock for the Finals, I got a call from Brad Smith, the Director of Photography at Sports Illustrated, asking if I could quickly get to San Antonio. Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker rarely if ever pose together, but had reluctantly agreed to pose for an SI cover which would come out a couple of days later, to coordinate with the beginning of the finals.
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Sportfolio 2013 L’Equipe Press Sport
Link: Sportfolio 2013 L’Equipe Press Sport | Le Journal de la Photographie
Their team is the largest photo service in Paris, employing just under 50 people (photographers, editors) led by Jacques Deydier
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Documentary Series on Underground Wrestling Chronicles Unlikely Hero
Documentary Series on Underground Wrestling Chronicles Unlikely Hero
Staten Island, NY-based photographer Anthony Tafuro’s series Gallow follows 21-year-old underground wrestler Jack Gallow through his triumphs and failures. The photos thrive on the drama of the wrestling scene in Staten Island, and the tension surrounding
via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/05/documentary-series-on-underground-wrestling-chronicles-unlikely-hero/
Staten Island, NY-based photographer Anthony Tafuro’s series Gallow follows 21-year-old underground wrestler Jack Gallow through his triumphs and failures
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14 Ways to Shoot Better Sports
14 Ways to Shoot Better Sports
You’re camera gives you an excuse to be closer to the action than anyone else who’s not on the field of play. You’ve got the best seats in the house. The athletes are performing right in front of you. Be thankful and count your blessings.
I’ve shot nine Olympics and I can tell you shooting a grade schooler’s baseball game brings me the same amount of professional satisfaction. Actually, that’s not true at all. Still, you can find much joy in photographing the younglings and it will greatly help you polish your craft.
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allison o’keefe – one goal
Allison O’ Keefe – One Goal
Allison O’Keefe One Goal Grand Forks, North Dakota. Winter. It’s so cold you can barely breathe, and 12,000 people don’t care. They brave the wind, snow, and negative temperatures…
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/03/allison-okeefe-one-goal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+burnmag+%28burn+magazine%29
Grand Forks, North Dakota. Winter. It’s so cold you can barely breathe, and 12,000 people don’t care.
They brave the wind, snow, and negative temperatures to watch their beloved University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey team, and they expect a win — because they don’t hang second place banners in their hundred million dollar arena
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if it plays in peoria
Link: if it plays in peoria – Shooting from the Hip
I photographed the only Chicagoland team playing this weekend, Seton Academy, and Illini Central’s Class 1A championship win over Madison.
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Match-Fixing in Soccer
Soccer’s New Match-Fixing Scandal
How #*%!ed is the beautiful game?
via Grantland: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8924593/match-fixing-soccer
Match-fixing is corroding the integrity of the game at every level. It’s not just South African friendlies or Korean league games or Chinese “black whistles”; it’s not even just the occasional Calciopoli-type scandal that you can explain away by saying “well, Italy is Italy.” Operation Veto found suspect World Cup qualifiers, suspect European Championship qualifiers, suspect Champions League games
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World Press Photo: Should Olympic Games photos dominate the sports categories?
With just 11 photos from the 2012 Olympic Games rewarded at this year’s World Press Photo, Bill Frakes, a photographer with Sports Illustrated and member of the competition’s jury, speaks to BJP about the choices made
