As a matter of course, I follow Olympic Photographer Jeff Cable. He is a super guy and an excellent photographer. Jeff is not strictly a photographer of the “games” as his skills and creativity go way beyond such a narrow scope. You can see some of his work, including Olympic shots, at his website:
If you hurry on over, you can catch his new slide show which is captivating!
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The YouTube Video below, One Shot, documenting the harried and stressful business of photographing the Olympic games gives the viewer some insight into the pressures of the job. One of the photographers interviewed explained that when he started covering the games twenty years ago, it would take a minimum of forty minutes to get a picture to the “editor” and now that same shot can be sent through cyberspace in 68 seconds.
If you like the Olympics or Photography or both, you will certainly enjoy this YouTube Video:
From the YouTube Video web page:
‘One Shot’ Photographing the Olympic Games’ offers a unique behind the scenes look at photographing the Olympic Games, from the photographers themselves, but also from the operational perspective of the organising committee and the host city.
‘One Shot’ is built around the 100m men’s final in Rio de Janeiro and features Lucy Nicholson (Reuters), Bob Martin (Sports Illustrated/SilverHub), Tsuyoshi Matsumoto (Yomiuri Shimbun), Tim De Waele (Freelance), Denis Paquin (Associated Press) and Ken Mainardis (Getty Images). This short version of what will be a 25 minute feature was created for the Rio Debrief held in Tokyo in December 2016 and premiered at the PyeongChang World Press Briefing in Korea.