photography of sports

"For the past 60 years, Michael Zagaris has taken his camera behind the scenes of the NFL, capturing the moments that define America's game. With unparalleled access--42 Super Bowls, 49 seasons as team photographer for the San Francisco 49ers, and a behind-the-scenes passport to the rest of the NFL--Zagaris takes his aim beyond the field and to the locker room, the bench, the practices, and the training camps. His intimate portraits convey the nerves, the tension, the pain, and the elation with emotional depth and the clarity of a longtime insider. With contributions from ... Hall of Famers Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, and Fred Biletnikoff, as well as text from ... sportswriter Steve Cassady and sociologist Dr. Harry Edwards"-- Provided by publisher.

A collection of two hundred photographs of professional skateboarders, including Tony Hawk, Nyjah Huston, Eric Koston and more. Includes photos from New York to Hong Kong to Istanbul and beyond.

Compiles over 280 archival sports images that capture athletes training, competing, and defeating the odds over the past 150 years in a wide variety of sports, along with the stories behind the photos, and information on the photographers. Features portraits of well-known and lesser-known athletes, action shots on and off the field, and celebrations of the human mind, spirit, and body.

Provides an introduction to stereo photography, contains three-dimensional photographs of athletes in action; and includes a pair of 3-D glasses.

A guide to taking digital sports action photographs that covers equipment, color management, shutter speed, composition, and other related topics and provides tips on shooting baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, and tennis events.

Discusses journalism and photography careers associated with sports, describing how to get started, the realities of the workplace, and more.

Collection of black-and-white and color photographs taken by New York Times staff photographer Barton Silverman which capture the peak of action in sports competitions from the 1960s to the 1990s.