Professional photographer Mark J. Rebilas–who specializes in motorsports photography–shows and comments on his favorite drag racing photos of 2008.

 
By Mark J. Rebilas
With the Arizona Diamondbacks on the road and the monsoon season coming to a close any day now I decided to focus on trying to get some good lightning shots for stock. …

After 3 weeks of working myself to the bone we come to the final two days of the Olympics. Myself along with numerous other photographers I have been speaking to are just plain burned out. …

Photographer Mark J. Rebilas writes about his most recent shots from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Had the morning off from shooting so I caught up on some sleep and spent time chatting with friends back in the states on instant messenger before heading off to shoot the womens water polo …

I began my morning (which I was supposed to have off) by heading out to shoot the supposedly undefeatable U.S. Softball team.  It was generally assumed the U.S.A. would demoralize every team they played on …

Photographer Mark J. Rebilas had to hustle to cover wrestling, water polo and beach volleyball at the 2008 Olympic Games. Check out his photos and his thoughts.

I started my day off by spending over an hour backing up images to my LaCie 500gig external hard drive since my macbook pro was down to less than a gig of memory. Due to …

It was a relatively light day of two events to be covered. Began the day shooting some volleyball. When I arrived at the venue I noticed one of our other photographers there so I left …

My first shoot of the day was women’s field hockey. I wasn’t excited to shoot it and it ended up being one of the worst events I’ve shot since coming to Beijing. It would have …

Once again my day began covering gymnastics. This time it was the women’s individual all around final. (supposedly the biggest event in a gymnasts career) With as many days in a row as I have …

As with most days since the Olympics began I started my day off shooting gymnastics. This time it was the men’s individual all around competition. And once again it was an ass whipping by the …

I started my day off at Gymnastics to shoot the women’s team all around final. China and USA were projected to go head to head for the gold and they certainly lived up to the …

Started my day off with a very healthy breakfast at McDonalds. One good thing about the Olympics is it doesn’t matter if you eat every meal at unhealthy fast food, you won’t gain weight with …

Photographer Mark J. Rebilas describes shooting Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak and the U.S. Swim Team during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The day began with me waking up at 7:55 needing to be at beach volleyball for a 9am USA Match. I threw my clothes on and was out the door at 8:05. I had just …

Been in China for a week now and am finally acclimated to the busy schedule as well as the culture shock. Now that Im as settled in as I’m gonna get I have no excuses …

Mark J. Rebilas describes prepping for and shooting the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Professional sports photographer Mark J. Rebilas blogs about getting acclimated to venues at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Today was a very busy and tiring day but also very productive. With sight seeing as well as shooting some venue features I put in about 14 hours. After waking up around 8 a.m. I hung …

Photographer Mark J. Rebilas will blog about his experience shooting the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

By Mark J. Rebilas
www.markjrebilas.com/blog
A few years ago when I attended the inaugural Sports Shooter Academy (SSA) I learned something that has completely changed the quality of my photographs. Nope, not photoshop! That something was utilizing light …