Dateline Beijing:  As I said earlier it's been 32 years since I began my Olympics Photographic career covering Volleyball during the 1976 games in Montreal.  As the first Chief Photographer of the "original" Volleyball Magazine I felt pretty good about going off and shooting it this morning.  While I felt at home in the arena the game really has changed.  Sure it's still 6 men/women to a side and yes they do volley the ball.  However the scoring rules have been modified and these guys can jump out of the gym and pound the ball straight down.  And talk about fast, and did I mention tall? Some of them looked to be 6'15" (LOL).

I worked the angles and fortunately after getting into the grove it started to come back. They still spike the ball, the offence it still directed by the setter and some how they manage to dig the ball.  So if you're going to shoot your sons or daughters Volleyball games try and get a nice high angel from behind the line, its easier, and the shots are higher percentage.

So what does Bicycle racing have to in common with NASCAR, they have crashes.  During the Women's Points Race several of the riders got into a rather nasty dust up. And the race kept going under the "yellow flag" 

 

As you can see lots of bikes on the track at once and accidents are bound to happen.

And to make it even more odd, during the "sprint" they maneuver for position and at time get so close to the photographers that a 14mm lens is to long.

And then there is racing!

Riding along
Richard
Photon Wrangler

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