Despite a combined valuation of its 32 teams nearing $150 billion, the National Football League (NFL) has long relied on a literal chain -- carried by a "chain gang" -- to measure first downs. This archaic measurement tool may finally be on its long-overdue way out, possibly replaced by camera technology.
The second race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season was an absolute thrill, with a trio of cars crossing the finish line side-by-side, creating a "photo finish" and one of the most incredible endings to a race ever. Photographer Alex Slitz was at the finish line next to the NASCAR official waving the checkered flag, capturing one of the best photos ever of a photo finish.
Sony was a major player in the massive record-setting broadcast production of Super Bowl LVIII but its support of image capture at the event didn't end there. More than 50 a9 III cameras and 145 lenses were available for photographers and Sony Pro Support was on hand, too.
Ahead of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, PetaPixel chatted with Mike Francis, CBS Sports' Vice President of Engineering and Technology, about the camera technology that underpins not just the broadcast on CBS and Paramount+, but the cameras that help the refs make the correct calls.
The FBI has charged a 44-year-old Pennsylvania man with two felonies after the man allegedly flew a drone over M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, during the AFC Championship Game between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs on January 28.
No camera is as exciting or interesting as the Sony a9 III. Since Sony announced it in early November, the a9 III has occupied considerable space in my mind. Many questions have swirled since, and the answers to each have proved mercurial.
Although action camera mounts are simple pieces of equipment, they can completely change the type of footage possible. That's especially true with 360-degree cameras. Insta360 aims to offer more creative and easier filming solutions with its new Ski Pole Mount.
After I posted photos from Saturday’s Chiefs vs. Dolphins sub-zero NFL playoff game, I received a lot of messages. Some were from people asking how I was able to stay warm, and the rest were from photographers who all asked the same question: “How did you keep your hands warm?” Short answer? I wasn’t able to keep my fingers warm, but I was able to maintain feeling in them.
Tamron Americas revealed that John Calvin and Chandler Weber won the lensmaker's Tamron User Photo/Video Contest 2023.
A woman won the grand prize for the first time in the 17-year history of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest contest, the world's largest action sports photo competition. Australian photographer Krystle Wright wowed the more than 50 contest judges with an incredible photo of climber Angela VanWiemeersch scaling a cliff in Long Canyon, Utah.
Formula One has been the pinnacle of motorsport since its inaugural season in 1950 and has has been at the forefront of imaging technology throughout its history.
The world of mirrorless camera lenses is strangely devoid of professional 300mm lenses. That is, until now. Sony has released a brand new full-frame 300mm f/2.8 G Master lens and I had a chance to test it out.
Canon has announced three new RF-mount lenses, including the RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM super-telephoto zoom lens for full-frame Canon EOS R-series mirrorless cameras.
Baseballs won't be the only thing flying through the air in Texas tonight as Fox Sports has integrated drones into its World Series coverage for the first time.
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill celebrated his touchdown by grabbing a phone and recording a selfie of himself doing a backflip.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has introduced legislation to ban recruiting photo shoots during unofficial visits.
Thanks to significantly better camera technology, sports broadcasts have radically transformed in the past decade. However, even as the cameras improve, they remain primarily in the same locations. That is about to change.
Mark Pain is an internationally acclaimed sports photographer with multiple "Sports Photographer of the Year Awards" from the British Press Awards. He has photographed many of the world's most incredible sporting events during his decades of work, including having shot the Ryder Cup, professional golf's premier team competition.
Baseball legend and Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. was spotted last month capturing photos of soccer star Lionel Messi during an Inter Miami game in Florida, now Griffey has taken his photography talents to an NFL game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys.
Professional sports photographer Carlos Gonzalez has been shooting player portraits for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings for many years for The Star Tribune's annual season preview. Most years, alongside traditional portraits, Gonzalez tries a second camera setup for something experimental and different.
Professional photographer Kurt Arrigo has earned acclaim for his fantastic aquatic imagery. Having grown up on the small European island nation of Malta, Arrigo has spent his life around the ocean.
The World Sports Photography Awards celebrate the best in professional sports photography worldwide. This year's 24 winners showcase the incredible athleticism and impactful stories that endear so many people to the world of sports.
A photographer has spent the best part of 20 years traveling the world capturing hundreds of weird sports.
There are few sporting events as grueling and chaotic to photograph as the annual Tour de France, the world's premiere cycling race. The multi-stage race covers about 3,500 kilometers (2,220 miles) across just over three weeks. To capture great shots of the event, photographers are outdone only by the cyclists themselves.
The crack of a bat crushing a baseball is one of the quintessential sounds of summer. However, for sports photographers, the cracking sound of a big, expensive front lens element is becoming depressingly common.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) Amateur Draft is just around the corner, running from July 9-11. As teams prepare to pick players, hoping to find future superstars, scouting is critical. Scouts use many tools to evaluate players, including sophisticated technology.
The Pixellot Show S3 is a new fully automated video camera that captures 12K video via an array of three cameras to shoot and deliver footage of an entire sporting event without any human intervention.
Walter Iooss Jr.'s photos have graced 300 Sports Illustrated covers in a career spanning six decades. He has captured iconic images of every athlete, including Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Pele, Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Phelps, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, and Kobe Bryant.
This morning, the Brooklyn Nets basketball team of the NBA posted a video compilation on Twitter of the "best from the Netaverse." The Nets tagged Canon USA in its post, leading PetaPixel to investigate, "What is the Netaverse and what's Canon's involvement?"
A bat used by Babe Ruth has been sold for $1.85 million, setting the record for the most ever obtained for a baseball bat. The price was reached thanks mainly to "photographic corroboration" that specifically tied the item to Ruth.
Freelance NFL photographer Janaye Johnson has shared a dizzying video of her perch high in the rafters above the field which gave her an incredible perspective of the in-game action.
An unusual and humorous situation unfolded during an NBA basketball game on Saturday after a Lakers player took a photographer's camera to the ref as "photo evidence" of a blown foul call.
Getty Images, the world's best-known photo agency, has handpicked its most exciting pictures from this year's World Cup in Qatar with the photographers sharing the stories behind them.
A photographer has lifted the lid on 60 years as an NFL photographer which saw him cover 42 Super Bowls.
Photographing football campaigns in one of the most aggressive and intense types of commercial photography there is. While some photoshoots will have a sushi chef for craft services, football sets have doughnuts, caffeine and loud music. Football is unlike any other sport to capture, and I absolutely love it.
Much to the surprise of many, photographing athletes doesn’t always mean you are a sports photographer. Truthfully, I don’t know much about sports at all.
A sports photographer was given the unusual task of giving the pre-game talk instead of the coach, which he delivered in an emphatic fashion. The team went on to win the game.
Brad Bradley photographed his first Cotton Bowl in 1948 with a Graflex Speed Graphic when he was just 26 years old. When he photographs the 87th edition of the annual college football game on January 2, 2023, he will be 100 years old, having turned a century in July 2022.
Sports photographer David Gray has won the top prize at the World Sports Photography Awards for his image of tennis player Naomi Osaka rescuing a butterfly at the 2021 Australian Open.
Australian aerial photographer Brad Walls has captured a visually compelling photo series that turns a squash court into geometric art from the perspective of his drone.