3 DNY DO OLYMPIÁDY - CO TAKHLE PÁRTY?

Když jsem přiletěl do Ria a šel do MPC , byla to pohodka, nikde nikdo, klídek, jako by ani Olympiáda neměla být. .. No dnes se vše rapidně změnilo. Už z rána byly dlouhý fronty u kontrol a v MPC se to hemžilo jak na mraveništi a k tomu všemu vás kolem jedný odpoledne čekala vyjedená jídelna, žádný “grab&go” ani burgy, jen dlouhatánská fronta k teplému baru. Tak nějak mi to přijde, že za dva dny, kdy dojede komplet zbytek novinářů, si budu jídlo radši nosit sebou. Přeci jen pekárna Cia do Pao je levnější a dobrá. Dnes moc fotek nepřibylo, protože jsem většinu dne proseděl v MPC a dolaďoval www.worldsportsimages.com/rio2016.

Pak rychle na trénink házené, a teď sedím v autobuse a jedu na party od Canonu, kam nás pozvali. Je to až v centru, takže tak hoďku a půl cesta. Máme ale štěstí, že nás veze executive bus pro media, který jezdí na delší vzdálenosti. Momentálně Barra-Copacabana.

— O 5 HODIN POZDĚJI —

Tak musím říct, že Canon teda umí pařit! Byla tam supr muzika, skvělé chuťovky a k tomu pivo a drinky co hrdlo ráčí. Když pak přišly Brazilky v kroji (tom brazilským, tzn bikiny a peří), zatančit sambu, pěkně se to rozjelo. Nic méně dostat se z centra přes Copacabanu do Barry chvilku zabere a tak jsme sbalili supr dárek CPS batoh a valili jsme. 7 zastávek metrem a pak už lehárko v media busu. Když jsem vystoupil v Barre koukal jsem jak puk 23:50 a pekárna pořád otevřená a všude živo, tak jsem lapnul pár bulek na ráno a valil domů. Jelikož jsem neměl foták tak aspoň pár snapů z telefonu pro nasátí atmosféry 🙂

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Teď jsem dorazil a i když už mě padá hlava, nedá mi to, abych se s vámi o zážitky nepodělil a nepostnul blog. Je 00:52 dobrou noc 🙂 Užívejte v rytmu samby a zase zítra.

WORLD SPORTS IMAGES has just launched!

Today I am proudly launching new project called :

 WORLD SPORTS IMAGES

When I started with sports photography in 2013 I immediately become hooked to it. Through 2013 and 2014 I was shooting different venues, mainly Czech American Football league but also some beach volleyball events, ninepins (yes it is a sport :), ice hockey (poor lense) and many other sport venues. 

My image bank grew to 50000 images from which the selection of the best ones is around 2700 photographs. I started to think about my own online photo bank, with robust system, with one type of description of each image. Because I delivered my images to different agencies through the years, I knew this will be the tough one. Go to each photo and manually rewrite it to my own standard. Man I wish I would did it in the beginning.

I started to build it (two times already) and I was always pushed back by the effort it required and the back-end capabilities and price of the system. Until this year. With the new Zenfolio system I found exactly what I needed from product/license/system/services options available. So I started again and finally I finished it. 

From now on all my images will be available through WorldSportsImages.com 

But this is not the end. There are many new things, products, services  that I want to introduce in the future, but lets take it step by step.

So feel free to visit my new page . Also a new twitter account was setup @WorldSportsIM so if you want to get news about sports photography and new images, be sure to follow it. 

Tethering - Canon EOS 5D Mark III with tablet Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition

USB Host Cable

If you shoot in studio or at home, it is always a good idea to have a large preview of your images. One option could be a laptop or PC, but more and more people are using 10inch tablets these days. They are much easier to carry around and they already offer great resolution and display quality.

If you have Canon EOS 6D, EOS 70D you can skip this article and just use the build-in WiFi with the EOS Remote application.

I tested the tethering with my 5D mark III and Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 . First of all you need an USB host cable. It is very cheap if you buy a noname one or you can buy the original Samsung ET-R205 (buy at Sunnysoft.cz or Amazon).

The next step is to choose an application from Google playstore. I tested a few, and ended up using Helicon Remote which is working quite fine for me. You can fully control your DSLR with it, but I like to control my camera directly, so I'm using it only for image previews.

Camera Remote

If you also need a wireless shutter, I found one application that works like a charm, and it is very easy to setup - Camera Remote. It can fire all kind of cameras like Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Minolta etc. Great to have it as an option on your phone, instead of putting the shutter on 2s.


When you connect your camera to your tablet, it automatically detects it and you can start shooting.

If you want some special gear like tablet mount or fancy orange cable go to tethertools.com, they have a wide variety of gadgets. So far they are offering a tablet mount only for 1st generation of Galaxy Tab, which has a different size than the new 2014 edition.

And here it is what it looks like when I am shooting at home:

And the final image :)

1st place winner !!!

What a great Saturday! I went to annual Canon Zoom competition in Brno ZOO and won a 1st place. Unbelievable. It was quite rainy as you can see from my images Pittbulls vs Knights, and I honestly was thinking about staying home. I am really glad that I kicked my butt and went there. The first place prize was a Canon EOS 1100D!

Here is the winning photograph. Thank you Canon.

​1/2500, f2.8, 200mm, iso 2500

It was shot behind the terrarium glass, with no post-processing at all, stright from the camera. It was lucky moment as the iguana stayed on branch just below the lights.

For more animal pictures go to my gallery here.