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April 30, 2008
Photographers Rights
Yes, as a photographer you do have some rights.
For the sports photographer this might not be as big an issue as it is for others. But I can imagine that a photographer somewhere might be approached on school grounds while taking pictures of your own child participating in a sport. Photographer's rights is a hot topic right now on several blogs and podcasts. There is some good information and reference material that I wanted to share with all of you.
- Photographers rights for the, the United States.
- Street photographers rights for the, Australia.
- Photographers rights for the, the United Kingdom.
- This is a scary post regarding ads that are running in England, UK Declares War on Street Photographers
- Here is a link to a follow-up post about what is happening in the UK,Photographer's Rights: One More Time.
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April 27, 2008
United Cruises To Victory Over Real Salt Lake, 4-1
DC United showed no signs that they had come into Saturday night's game with a two game losing streak. United controlled play throughout the contest, cruising to a 4-1 victory over Real Salt Lake.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 29: Santino Quaranta #25 of the DC United takes a shot on goal against Real Salt Lake's Goalie Nick Rimando #18 during a MLS game at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC April 29, 2008. (Photo by Allen Clark/www.OffWingPhoto.com)
For more coverage of the game please visit:
- From DC United, United exacts revenge on RSL
- The Offside, Snap Judgement
- The DCenters, First Impressions
- United Mania, United Returns the favor, defeats RSL 4-1
See more photos from the game by visiting our Photoshelter gallery or our Flickr gallery. Click on any of the images below to be taken to our Flickr gallery from the game.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 29: Luciano Emilio #11 of the DC United struggle for control of the ball with Real Salt Lake's Carey Talley #3 and Andy Williams #77 during a MLS game at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC April 29, 2008. (Photo by Allen Clark/www.OffWingPhoto.com)
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April 26, 2008
New Functionality to OffWing Photo
We just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you "look ahead," before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.
Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.
This feature does run ads, but we have set the preferences to show charitable organizations.
Enjoy!
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April 21, 2008
New York Times Writes About Sports Blogs
Or did they?
Earlier this week the New York Times ran a story, "Tension Over Blogging." In the story, Tim Arango writes, "Tension over sports blogging is one of the strains between sports franchises, leagues and reporters to have emerged during the digital age."
Funny, the story did little to talk about the sports bloggers that started blogging and the millions of people that turn to blogs for coverage of the sports they love and to interact with the other fans that coalesce around specific blogs. The story didn't talk about the role of blogs in sports or even journalism. The story also didn't touch on how the blogs have affected the coverage of sports and the expectations of the readers of the New York Times or your favorite blog, like OffWing Opinion.
Are you asking yourself what the story was about yet? The blogging headline caught our eye but the story had nothing to do with blogging, the real story is one that has played out in other industries over the past decade, it is about the Internet and it's affects on an industry, this one being the "sports entertainment industry." At stake are billions of advertising dollars.
Prior to the Internet only print, radio, and television news organizations had the means to communicate to the masses. Traditional media's audience have come online and blogging has simplified the process of publishing to the point that quite literally anyone can publish a blog. The larger sports leagues have at the same time been developing their own media delivery platforms, while also securing the "coverage" of the events as a revenue stream. They are now making moves to limit access and coverage of their sporting events so that the public's eyeballs (and subsequent advertising dollars) return to League and team websites.
The NYT's article is really about the problems of print journalism in meeting the needs of their viewership. Stories come out everyday about more layoffs at a venerable publication. Management hands out point and shoot cameras to reporters; video cameras and audio recording devices to photographers. Quality drops as both reporters and photographers are asked to do more in less time. Yadda, yadda, yadda...I don't really want to go down this path right now.
John Harrington also wrote about this topic today in a story, Sports Coverage Blackout - It's About Time. He also touches on press limits being proposed by high school sport leagues in various places around the country. OffWing Photo also looked at this topic earlier this year and how it was being played out in Arkansas and Illinois.
OffWing and OffWing Photo will continue to cover the events that we are given access to. While our writers can sit in the stands or watch from their living rooms, our video and still images our taken by yours truly and a group of dedicated photographers. We strive to provide quality images that would rival the other photographers covering events, we don't want to do anything less.
The disservice of all this is to the fans, because your source for information is being limited. OffWing blogs because like you we love our teams and the sports we cover. The limits of our coverage should come down to our capabilities and the desire of our fans. While the big leagues can lock us out, they shouldn't. We increase the value of their "product" and bring them more eyeballs.
Sorry, I am a hopeless romantic. I root for my home town team, look up to the heroes of my sports, and feel fortunate to share with all of you what I can.
Rah! Go team!
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April 13, 2008
Tough Day For Caps in Game 2
The Washington Capitals fell to Philadelphia today, 0-2. For more news on the game check out OffWing Opinion for coverage.
Here is a shout out to the Kaylors watching the game at home. We had a great time watching Friday night's victory on their big HD TV.
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April 12, 2008
Washington Capitals Jump On Flickr
While researching for Game 2 of the NHL's Eastern Conference quarterfinal series hockey game between the Washington Capitals and the Philadelphia Flyers I was clicking around the Caps website. While there I clicked on a graphic for "Image of the Day."
A few others (shout out to tai.shar who also frequents our galleries) had found the gallery which includes just one photo per day, really. Nothing more. Well, it is a start. It looks like photographers for the away games are also posting a picture.
For more Cap pictures you can check out OffWing on flickr.
We will be back tomorrow with pictures from game 2. Later.
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April 06, 2008
Busy Day For OffWing Photographers
Saturday was a busy day for the OffWing photographers. Kate McGovern was covering the exciting the story of the Capitals getting into the playoffs by the hair of their chinnie (not sure of the spelling on this), chin chin. Don't get me wrong with that characterization, the Washington Caps have been playing great.
Alexander Semin celebrates his third period goal with Ovechkin and Green. The goal sealed the win for the Capitals at 3-1.
Photo by Kate McGovern
The Caps have completed an incredible comeback as the first team in the 30-team era of the NHL’s history to go from 14th or 15th place in their conference to a playoff spot. Kate posted a couple of other pictures that you can check out on OffWing.
At the same time Ellen Blanchard was at RFK covering the return of soccer season as the DC United took on Toronto FC. DC picked up a 4-0 win in front of the hometown, for more on the game you can check out Kris Herrell's coverage, Ellen also has more pictures from both the first half and the second half.
Photo by Ellen Blanchard
So what did this leave me? A day of spent inside a cold and dark hotel ballroom for a some continuing education. I along with about 30 other photographers participated in the Aperture Users Profressional Network's (AUPN) road tour of one-day intensive briefings on Apple's Pro photo application, Aperture, which is a great workflow tool for photographers.
With the Caps extending their season we are planning for an exciting spring and summer. OffWing and OffWing Photo will again be expanding our coverage of more sports and events.
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April 04, 2008
Caps Win Over Tampa Makes 6th Straight Win
The Caps moved into eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings with their win over the Lightning on Thursday, jumping a point ahead of idle Philadelphia. With one game left in the season, the caps are still hoping to gain a berth in the NHL playoffs.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 3: Fans of the Washington Capitals celebrate after Alex Ovechkin's 65th goal of the season during a NHL hockey game with the Tampa Bay Lightning on April 3, 2008 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Allen Clark/OffWingPhoto.com)
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 3: Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals celebrates with teammates following his second goal of the night during a NHL hockey game with the Tampa Bay Lightning on April 3, 2008 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Allen Clark/OffWingPhoto.com)
See more photos from the game soon by visiting our Photoshelter gallery or our Flickr gallery.
If you are a blogger and would like to use our photographs please contact us.
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