Guides, tips and stories for athletes and the photographers who shoot them
Stories
Nine New York City Marathon wins, five New York Mini 10K titles, and a cancer foundation she built after her own diagnosis. The story behind the name on this weekend's Central Park race.
Locations
Harlem Hill, the Three Sisters, and Cat Hill turn a flat-looking Central Park loop into three separate photo opportunities in one race. Here is where to stand for the NYRR Grete's Great Gallop 10K.
Stories
8,517 runners finished this year's Grete's Great Gallop 10K on the same Central Park loop where Grete Waitz once won five straight titles. The full gallery from Saturday's race is up now.
Photography Tips
Learn the exact settings, position, and timing to shoot darts clearly, avoid a common mistake, and turn your photos into paid work.
Locations
The Ironman World Championship put Kona on the map for endurance sports, and the Waikiki Roughwater Swim has been running for 55 years. Here is where to shoot both, and why open water swimmers are some of the easiest athletes to sell photos to.
Photography Tips
Mainland photographers already charge tourists $195 to $995 for a beach session on Oahu and Maui. Here is how that pricing maps onto action photos of someone catching their first wave, and when to actually be in the water.
Locations
Two races define SUP racing in Hawaii: a 40-mile channel crossing that started it all as a competition, and a 9-mile downwind run that started the sport itself. Here is where to point a camera for both.
Techniques
Hawaii's tropical sun is harsher than most surf destinations, and shooting from the water opens up a second set of gear questions entirely. Settings and lens choices for land and water, and how to work with, not against, the island's brightest hours.
Photography Tips
Hawaiian Fire on Oahu, Goofy Foot on Maui and Hawaiian Style Surfing on Kauai put fresh groups of beginners in the water daily. Here is how to pitch a standing partnership and sell the photos afterward.
Photography Tips
Learn real settings, positioning, and timing to get sharp Snooker shots, avoid a common mistake, and turn your photos into paid work via Surf Snaps.
Locations
Queen's Beach in Waikiki hosts NCAA Division I beach volleyball; Kalama Park in Kihei mixes tourists and locals on the sand. Where Hawaii's beach volleyball scene actually plays, and why the sport is an easy addition to any Hawaii shoot list.
Locations
Long before surfing, outrigger canoe paddling held the islands together. From daily practice at Waikiki's Outrigger Canoe Club to the Queen Liliuokalani Canoe Race in Kona, here is where crews train and race, and how to shoot a canoe differently than a surfer.