…in Vancouver olympics. The former sports superpower had only one silver medal when there were only a few days left and the last days brought four bronzes. The list of underperformers is long. Among Finland’s best were two athletes who returned from their retirement. Before the games the leaders were talking about 12 medals…
I was supposed to give you a link to the excellent blog of Finnish sports photographer Kari Kuukka once he gets to full speed in Vancouver but “frankly, it does get kind of frustrating shooting guys finishing at places ten to fifty.” His Vancouver blog entries are still good but not like the exceptional entries he did from Beijing (then in Finnish). Unfortunately this time his assignments and many practicalities didn’t support his blog as much as two years ago.
It is really interesting to read about the successes and failures of a sports photographer, about the images he wants to take and his comments about the use of his images in the media. On the front page of his homepage there is a slideshow of his photos and links to other resources such as his amazing 360°x180° panoramas. Although he almost always thinks that technical errors in his photos are made by him and not by the equipment, he is certainly not dismissing the possibilities of new technology. He is a firm believer that in sport journalism times are changing – hopefully also in the Finnish sports as well.
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