Guides, tips and stories for athletes and the photographers who shoot them
Photography Tips
How buying sports photos online works on Surf Snaps: browse free, spot yourself, pay per photo from $8 and download the full-resolution file.
Photography Tips
Surfed this morning and want the photos? Search Surf Snaps Explore by surfing, break and date to find a photographer's gallery and download yours.
Photography Tips
Looking for photos of yourself at a game, race or session? Search Surf Snaps Explore by sport, location and date, with no account needed to browse.
Photography Tips
Find your race photos by searching Surf Snaps Explore by sport, place and date. Here is how to search, spot yourself and download the full file.
Photography Tips
A year-round calendar of 12 NYC races worth shooting after the marathon, from turkey trots to the Brooklyn Half, with dates to confirm.
Photography Tips
Club members, coaches and pacers all have marathon photos. Here is how NYC run clubs can pool them so every runner finds their shots in one place.
Photography Tips
What a phone can realistically capture at the NYC Marathon, how to get sharper shots, and how to turn them into photos you can sell on Surf Snaps.
Photography Tips
Signs, cheer squads, bands and borough character: how to photograph the crowd at the NYC Marathon, and why those non-finish-line photos sell too.
Photography Tips
A spectator's guide to photographing your runner at the NYC Marathon: pick a spot, time your arrival with the tracking app and get the shot as they pass.
Photography Tips
Your next race season starts now: the Brooklyn Half, NYRR 5Ks and the Turkey Trots worth shooting after the NYC Marathon, with dates to confirm.
Photography Tips
SmugMug or Surf Snaps for NYC Marathon galleries? A fair comparison of discovery, fees and storage for photographers choosing where to host race-day photos.
Photography Tips
A high-volume workflow for organizing and selling 5,000 NYC Marathon photos by mile marker, wave and bib number, from culling to upload to payout.