Charlotte-based sports photographer Jamey Price shot the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby.

There’s really no explaining it. It’s a tradition like no other. People from all walks of life, all levels of income and all levels of interest in horse racing turn their eyes upon Louisville once a year for a festival of beauty, booze, sunshine and partying with the backdrop being the most famous horse race in America. Welcome to Kentucky Derby 138.

Continue reading and see many more photos on Jamey’s blog.

A couple months ago I was asked to cover a USC Women’s Rowing Practice session.  The team practices out of a boathouse right in the middle of LA Harbor in San Pedro, California, which made for a very nice backdrop!

The most important advice I was given during my internship at Getty Images is that the best photos always combine clean backgrounds, good composition and good light.  This is the mantra that I always repeat to myself when I’m shooting because it forces me to plan ahead and to think outside the box.  Rowing is a sport that particularly lends itself to this approach because, unlike sports such as baseball, football or basketball, which are often unpredictable and are usually captured from a “safer,” more standard angle, rowing is very repetitive.   Since I can predict where the subjects will be for pretty much the entire event, there is more time to experiment and to plan ahead.  I make the composition first, making sure whole background is in frame exactly how I like it and once the subject arrives in the right part of the frame, I fire the shutter.

I absolutely love this process because it enables photographers to create images that are unique to their vision.  While it is nice to have a photo of a wide receiver diving for that winning touchdown, if the thirty other photographers around you captured the same moment, it doesn’t really set you apart.  Editors expect you to capture images like this.  That said, following your vision and turning standard editorial photography into a creative process will always keep you inspired will impress your editors and/or clients!

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Phoenix-based sports photographer Mark J. Rebilas shares photos from the second race on the 2012 NHRA in the Arizona desert.

The second race on the 2012 NHRA was my favorite stop on the circuit. Not because its a cool track or its a big race but because I get to sleep on my own bed every night. Lets get right to the action of a gorgeous weekend in the Arizona desert.

On the Thursday before the race began I was invited out to the track to participate in the NHRA media race. I had never done it before so I figured I’d give it a shot.

Continue reading and see many more photos on Mark’s blog.

One of my all-time favorite Giants, John Tamargo, has a print file in the photo archive at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York (Photo by Brad Mangin)

San Francisco Bay Area-based sports photographer Brad Mangin has donated over 4,000 of his iconic baseball slides to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

I have been photographing Major League Baseball games for 25 years, dating back to 1987 when I was shooting beautiful Fujichrome slide film as a college intern at the Contra Costa Times. Over that time I have accumulated hundreds of thousands of baseball pictures, both on film and digital. I shot film through the 2002 season and started shooting digital in 2003. I love my pictures, and my online archive of over 50,000 baseball images generates regular income for me every month. I have many original transparencies I do not need anymore, and I would like to share my archive with someone who cares about baseball as much as I do. Enter the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. This is the new home of many of my prized images.

Continue reading and see more photos on Brad’s blog.

This special file cabinet houses the Brad Mangin collection of over 4,000 original color transparencies in cold storage at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Milo Stewart Jr. / National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

It was pretty cool to get this certificate from the Hall of Fame after my recent donation, especially since it is signed by my friend Jeff Idelson.

"Memories and Dreams," the official magazine of The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum recently published a story about my donation. To download a PDF file of the three-page story and read it please click on the image above.

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Atlanta-based freelance photographer Pouya Dianat shot a matchup between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat for ESPN The Magazine’s ONE DAY | ONE GAME.

ONE DAY | ONE GAME is ESPN The Mag’s way to try to capture 360 degrees of a sporting event using a fleet of photographers, writers, researchers and editors. I was lucky enough to squeeze my way onto that roster thanks to Jim at ESPN and found myself in Miami for a January 29, 2012 matchup between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat. (They previously did this for a Houston Texans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers NFL game with much success).

Continue reading and see more photos on Pouya’s blog.

Roanoke, VA-based editorial photographer Ryan Stone shot a bike polo tournament in New York City.

Last weekend I went to NYC to shoot the ESPI 2012 bike polo tournament. Had a lot of fun and really enjoyed seeing friends and working on my cycling project.

See more photos on Ryan’s blog.

Ohio-based photographer Ryan M.L. Young covered the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, OH.

So, I’ve been meaning to get this post up for awhile now, but the madness of March took over and has delayed it well into April. But anyways, as I’ve mentioned in previous posts I once again covered the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus this year with a talented group of friends. Having covered the event before provided both valuable experience to make the weekend go much smoother than last year, and also made for new challenges in seeing different pictures from last year. This can be difficult because alot of these events are not something that I’ve ever shot besides for at this time last year. Therefore it was a weird paradox of seeing something almost for the first time, but then having to fight the instinct to make certain pictures because you’ve actually made them before. Bodybuilding and figure were probably the sports that were made most difficult because of this.

Continue reading and see many more photos on Ryan’s blog.

Athens, OH-based photographer Joel Hawksley covered the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, OH.

For the second year in a row, I’ve had the privilege of working on the Arnold Sports Festival photo team. This year brought better access and the comfort of being familiar with the event from shooting it last year.

See many more photos of the festival on Joel’s blog.

Austin-based graduate student Cooper Neill has spent the past two weeks documenting the Unicycle Football League playoffs in San Marcos, TX.

Two weeks ago my friend Julia Robinson (@JuliaRPhoto) invited me to go out and shoot some weird sports with the weird sports man himself, Sol Neelman (@SolNeelman). The weird sport? The Unicycle Football League playoffs in San Marcos.

Unicycle football is exactly what the name says – 5 on 5 football played on unicycles in a gravel parking lot. It’s not tackle football but it’s not flag football – it’s “flackle” football. Players are down and play is stopped when a players flag is pulled or he touched the ground either by jumping from his unicycle, falling off or forced off by the opposing team.

There is no coin toss – play starts after a unicycle jousting determines who kicks and receives.

It is fast paced, highly competitive and extremely impressive to see the skill these guys have on unicycles. Kicking, passing, catching and “running” must all be done while on the unicycle – if you fall off you can not engage in the play until you have fully re-mounted. Extra points are worth 2 and an NFL 2-point conversion is worth only 1 since it is harder to kick.

Continue reading and see more photos on Cooper’s blog.

April 13, 2012; Pontiac, MI, USA; An Oakland Community College golfer during the Oakland Community College Invitational held at the Pontiac Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-Oakland CC Athletics

Detroit-based sports photographer Tim Fuller shot his first golf tournament of the year, the Oakland Community College Invitational, at the Pontiac Country Club in Michigan.

The winter that we had, or lack there of, was very mild compared to most winters here in Michigan. When we had record breaking temps back in March I was able to get my first round of golf under my belt for the year. Today, I was able to photograph my first golf tournament of the year, which was the Oakland Community College Invitational. Being the athletic photographer at Oakland CC I have photographed this tournament the previous two years and those two years consisted of golf, rain, snow, and some more rain. Not the most enjoyable weather. However, today was awesome! Sun, more sun, and even more sun made for a really enjoyable time and some nice light.

See more photos on Tim’s blog.

April 13, 2012; Pontiac, MI, USA; Oakland Community College golf head coach Rick Coatta talks to his golfers before the Oakland Community College Invitational held at the Pontiac Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-Oakland CC Athletics

April 13, 2012; Pontiac, MI, USA; An Oakland Community College golfer during the Oakland Community College Invitational held at the Pontiac Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-Oakland CC Athletics