For those who are not awake to the media gold mine that is the NFL Superbowl. The Big game was today, Superbowl XLIV was contested between The New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. The Superbowl is the Mecca for all types of media, with more money being spent on television advertising during the game then most Australian TV networks would see in a year. This is well and truly a circus.
As you can imagine with this much interest in a game of sport, photographers are all over it, with images from this years Superbowl to reach billions of viewers, images are in high demand and images will be delivered and posted via the internet faster then ever before. The game has only been over for 20 minutes (at time of writing) and I have found numerous photo blogs of professional imagery post processed laid up with fancy text and published for the world to see......within 20 minutes!!! and that was only how long it took me to find it. I would wager most of my money that these images were up and ready to go even before the final siren blew.
Media photographers in the 21st century work fast! and they can because of the internet. The photographers who will be the most successful from today’s events will be those who have their images ready the fastest, those with images in front of millions of viewers, some of these are guaranteed to be editors from the worlds media outlets looking for images to use NOW!
The message here is simple, if your planning to be a professional photographer in any field and you don’t have some kind of web presence.....Get one! Never has the ability to show your images to a global audience who are looking for them has never been easier, or cheaper! Photo blogs can be set up for next to nothing these days, and sites like www.photoartgallery.com give you a space to upload and display your images to a global audience for free!
So no web presence? Get crakin!!
and Well done Saints and Congratulations people of New Orleans!
Photographers all over the winning team in Superbowl XLIV.
Image on the net within minutes of the win. Getty Images.
