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Did FIFA just crop President Trump out of an official photograph of the World Cup trophy ceremony? Here’s my expert photographer’s take
By Mike Harris Published
Opinion The internet seems to think that the commander-in-chief was intentionally cropped out of an image of the Spanish national team’s celebrations, posted on FIFA’s social media

Forget "Hand of God" is this football's "Camera of God"? Why a cable-suspended camera is being blamed by Norway for its World Cup defeat
By Mike Harris Published
News England’s World Cup Quarter-Final clash with Norway marred by controversy, but data suggests that cable-suspended camera wasn’t to blame

Timing fireworks photos is hard enough, but this sports photographer managed to get fireworks and lightning in one shot
By Hillary K. Grigonis Published
WOAH! After a Fourth of July Atlanta Braves game, a sports photographer managed to get a rare mix

Denied World Cup accreditation, sports photographer captures games on television – but not everyone is a fan
By Mike Harris Published
News When this sports photographer didn’t get accredited for the World Cup, he found an ingenious workaround – but photographing a TV has raised discussions regarding ethics

Do pros prefer Canon? EOS R1 sales rose more than 300% on MPB during the World Cup buildup
By Alan Palazon Published
News Sales of Canon's flagship camera more than quadrupled during the build to the World Cup, while Sony A9 III sales rose by 63%

A sports photographer turned “torrential rain” into stunning mid-game portraits of the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles using a cheap ultra-wide lens
By Hillary K. Grigonis Published
OPINION Getty sports photographer Patrick Smith endured a torrential downpour during a Tigers vs Orioles game and managed to get some epic shots in the process

Camera lovers, avert your eyes! Viral video shows a cable camera smoking and falling to its death during international soccer match
By Hillary K. Grigonis Published
OUCH As a photographer, the viral video of a cable camera falling more than 65 feet during a soccer match and narrowly missing a camera operator is hard to watch

I’m a former sports photographer – but after looking at this viral World Cup photo, I will never look at team photos the same way
By Hillary K. Grigonis Published
WORLD CUP Forget the classic, boring team photo. David Yarrow's Norway World Cup team photo is the stuff of legends

These photos of the very first FIFA World Cup Final are surprisingly good, considering they were taken on 100-year-old cameras
By Mike Harris Published
World Cup Camera technology has come a long way in 96 years – but the subject, moment and composition of these World Cup photographs haven’t aged a day
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