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Short track speed skating - NSW Championships 2008

I have been the official photographer for this year’s NSW Championships 2008 in short track speed skating. I have been writing on the subject of photographing the elite speed skaters for a while now. The nature of the venue with low light and its top down direction combined with bright ice, high speed an non linear direction of the races makes is a very difficult to photograph event.

I have taken close to 1500 photographs. There are many pin sharp photos from the morning session where a side window let in a lot of natural light. The later session even at high ISO resulted in some motion blur images. This is almost expected for this sport. All in all I think the event was very successful.

Here is a photo from a later session thus with a small motion blur of this year’s NSW female champion speed skater Alix-Myra Anderson. I was very impressed by Alix’s style and commitment. This girl knows how to skate.

A reminder for parents and skaters alike: You photographs are available in our on-line store.

Tags: Alix, Alix-Myra Anderson, Championships, ice, nsw, short track, skate, speed, sport

September 28th, 2008 Posted by Ted Szukalski | Photography | add comments

Sebastian speed skating

This image is slightly out of focus simply because, although Sebastian is only a beginner speed skater, he does have considerable exist speed from the corners. My camera’s focus system is not fast enough to track him. This is his fifth time on the short track course and he is really fascinated by the sport, which seems to come to him quite naturally. He has the stamina and passion for the sport and I certainly hope he can continue skating for a long time. I hope both Andrew and Krysia have the patience to train him well.

Tags: ice, sebastian, speed_skating, sport

December 8th, 2007 Posted by Ted Szukalski | Photography | one comment