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​How Olympic photographers shoot athletes

How Olympic photographers shoot athletes 

At Rio Olympic Games, the athletes are not the only members who need to show their strength and endurance, the Olympic photographer is also doing very hard work. The world's largest photo agency Getty Images chief photographer Al - Bello has participated in the 11 Olympic Games (including the Olympic summer games and Olympic winter games) photography work. A few days ago, he accepts the interview to reveal the hard work of Olympic photographers.

Al - Bello is currently filming the swimming events. Bello said shooting out of a piece of the iconic images of the Olympic Games is not just so simple as pressing the camera button, which needs to pay a very hard work.

Bello said: "if you think this job is easy to get those beautiful pictures, if you also want to do the job. You only need to spend a day working with me, I'll show you it hard side."

At the beginning of 1990s, Bello had engaged in the photographer job. Initially, his career is a photographer of boxing project. In Bello personal career, he caught a lot of beautiful iconic images.

And He has participated in the 11 Olympic Games photography work Bello said, the photography especially in underwater photography is really not easy. Bello said: "this work very nervous, also very pain. I didn't enjoy it, until I returned home. Of course, when you pay a lot of effort, after making a good image, you will feel all efforts are worth it."

How Olympic photographers shoot athletes

In the 2012 London Olympic Games, Bello was captured by a very famous image. in this image the diving team beauty Christina enters the water instantly, forming a beautiful heart-shaped spray, which was very good-looking.

Then, how did Bello capture these screens? First, before the game started, Bello will give own camera with a waterproof shell. Then, he will go to swimming pool, set the camera at the right Angle. Next, he and his team members will connect the camera and computer. Thus they can adjust the camera through the relevant technology and remote control shutter. Once the pictures were taken, they will quickly cut, editing, and then sent to the customer within two minutes.

Bello said: "I still feel amazing. But this is what we are in the world, it is rapid development." Winter Olympic Games will bring some new challenges. Bello said: "I think alpine skiing is the most difficult project. The film as a whole is difficult can let you out. Of course, my team and I have been efforts, we have been ready."

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17th Aug 2016

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