1. TOM JENKINS
Jenkins started being a professional sports photographer in 1989. For the vast majority of the time since he has
worked for The Guardian and The Observer newspapers. Of the many international events he has covered probably
the 5 World Cups and 3 Olympics stand out as the highlights.
For this photograph Jenkins would have used a slow shutter
speed lense, the reason being for this is that also you can see
the biker it actually captures the movement, you can see the
air and force that is given off the bike. The camera would
have also had a large lense that would be able to zoom in and
capture a clear shot.
For this photograph a fast shutter speed lense has
been used as the people in the foreground
(especially Kelly Holmes) are very clear and visible
and the background is blurred. This shows us that
the focal point and what we ‘want’ to see is the
winner of this race. This also allows the camera to
capture every small detail.