Seven days on the road now – and Monday was the first ‘day-off’ during this week. We took a train from Sopron to Vienna for a day-trip, to see the sights and have a little change of scenery. This is one of the things I love about being on the continental Europe – you walk…
Now – I know I should have gotten this written yesterday… Friday saw the first games of the EuroBasket tournament that I had come cover over here. With the games starting at 6pm, that still left me plenty of time during the day to spend some free-time in the nice summer weather here in Sopron….
After a hectic and eventful Wednesday – it was time to hope for a little less action on Thursday as we made our way to Sopron. Night was spent tossing and turning in a room with an air-con that didn’t seem to cool the room at all, so it was very warm and stuffy in…
What a day…. First flight from Birmingham to Munich was delayed first by 30 minutes, then 45 minutes and eventually departed an hour late. Had a tight change in Munich (1 hrs 25 min) to the Budapest flight, and when we landed the Budapest flight was about to depart in 7 minutes. Luckily we got…
Arrived back home from Portugal on Monday afternoon – picture editing and washing clothes was the name of the game during the few hours of Monday (as well as cooking dinner). Tuesday it was time to start getting ready for the next trip – heading to Hungary for 9 days of EuroBasket qualifying games. Clearing…
Weekend spent in Portugal photographing the Finnish Men’s National team in this years World League openers against Portugal – here’s a little story of the trip. Friday morning flight to Porto – via Zurich, on the first flight I got talking to ‘Pat’ – a Greek guy who was just going back to Greece after…
During the winter and indoor season I like to complain about the dark conditions – but let’s face it. Nothing compares to the day of a cricket photographer when it is raining. Depending on the ground – you can be nicely and comfortably seated in a press-room, enjoying a free and fast Wi-Fi. Or you…
Got a quick call to come over to Surrey Sports Park for an evening of basketball action – instead of cricket and football. Where as I do love my basketball – it meant another long drive in the car from Barnt Green to Guildford. First game of the day was between Germany and Latvia –…
First the bitter defeat to Finland in the Ice Hockey World Championships – losing 6-1 🙂 On Tuesday evening in Oxford’s Kessam Stadium, Sweden faced England in their last warm-up game before the trip to Germany for the Championships. The teams had faced each other two days prior, behind closed doors where Sweden won 1-0….
Being a sports photographer does not always mean that you get to sit on the side-lines of a big match or event. As a freelancer you are always struggling to get your images published from these events due to the amount of photographers. So, to make a living out it – one has to be…