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Al Bello (Back) grabbing a picture at gymnastics

Wow, what a hectic morning. I was assigned to the women’s gymnastics team final along with Rebecca and four photographers – Harry How, Al Bello, Shaun Botterill and Ezra Shaw. For those of you who don’t understand exactly what I do (I know there are some people who read this who don’t even know who I am) is that I edit photos in practically real time. Photos are spooled into my laptop through different areas located in the arenas and I go through all of the pics and choose the best ones. Once I finish, I edit each photo in photoshop (cropping, levels, sharpness, etc.). Next I caption the photo and then I send it out to our various clients around the world. So, for example an Aussie wins a gold (even miracles happen) then I would route the photo to certain clients in Australia.
Between the four photogs today Rebecca and I looked through 2,258 photos. Out of those photos we sent 123 total out to our clients and to gettyimages.com. That’s roughly 18 percent of photos that were shot will ever see the light of day. The other 82 percent sit on a server and might never be looked at again. So that makes what we do as editors ever so valuable to realize what photos will be both newsworthy and sell.
Enough about work lets talk the Olympics. As of now, and it’s mid-way through day five, China holds a commanding six gold lead on the USA 16-10, however we have more total medals with 28-24. Luckily for us Americans, we still have three more medals for Phelps to claim after already going five-for-five. He’s the man.

Weather report – It’s umm, I don’t know. I honestly haven’t been outside since early this morning. I would guess its about 15% visibility but it could also be raining.
Jamie Squire taking pictures at the bike race