Britain’s Mo Farah sailing to victory in the men’s 10K. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonannie
The Olympics bring out the best in everyone (or so we hope). That includes those people tasked with bringing us all those gripping, stunning, soon-to-be iconic images flooding our media.
So, how can we learn to do what they do? Photo provider Shutterstock can help: They spoke with several professional Olympics photographers about how they get the best shots. Their advice included – unsurprisingly – getting in as close as possible; including the crowd for wide-scale background shots; being comfortable while you wait for the right moment; getting creative with your equipment; tinkering with things like exposure for unique shots; and making sure you know a little bit about the sport before you start snapping.
Read more at Shutterstock’s blog, here.
More on the Olympics
- Andy Murray wins gold – and earns a hug from an 11-year-old boy
- Samuel L. Jackson’s Olympic tweets: NBC, give this man a job
- Lightning Bolt strikes twice
- Bert Le Clos is the world’s proudest parent
