• Image by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images. Opening Ceremony - Olympics Day: 1. Cameron Spencer mounted his camera on a metal bar directly in front of him and used a very slow shutter speed and small aperture high aperture capture the streaking fireworks and the lighting of the Olympic torch.
    Image by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images. Opening Ceremony - Olympics Day: 1. Cameron Spencer mounted his camera on a metal bar directly in front of him and used a very slow shutter speed and small aperture high aperture capture the streaking fireworks and the lighting of the Olympic torch.
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The first 7 days at the Olympics - highlights from Tokyo 2020

30 July 2021

Getty Images is the Official Photographic Agency of the International Olympic Committee. With a team of over 100, including 48 specialist sports photographers, four are from Australia and New Zealand – Cameron Spencer (Athletics), Adam Pretty (Weightlifting), Phil Walter (Sailing & Marathon/Walk Race), and Ryan Pierse (Surfing & Athletics).

Image by Steph Chambers/Getty Images. Polish Table Tennis player Natalia Partyka Day 1 of the competition at the Olympic Games was an action-packed day that featured dozens of highlights. In this frame, Getty Images Staff Photographer Steph Chambers captures the focus of Polish Table Tennis player Natalia Partyka as she gets ready to serve the ping pong. This photo embodies the determination of so many Olympians who train their whole lives for this moment.
Image by Steph Chambers/Getty Images. Table Tennis. Day 2. Polish Table Tennis player Natalia Partyka as she gets ready to serve. 

Covering a total of 339 events at the Tokyo 2020 games, each will be equipped with four camera bodies, two flash units, and a variety of lenses, along with robotic and remote cameras. Capturing an impressive 2 million images over the duration of the Games, 5,000 images each day will be uploaded the Getty website. These are some of the highlights of week one of the Games, with a hero shot from each day.

Image by Al Bello/Getty Images. Diving - Olympics Day: 3. Getty Images Staff Photographer is an expert in covering aquatic sports and this picture is case and point. Here, Al is able to show the beauty and symmetry of synchronized diving as Haruka Enomoto and Hazuki Miyamoto of Team Japan compete during Women's 3m Springboard Finals on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Image by Al Bello/Getty Images. Diving - Olympics Day: 3. Haruka Enomoto and Hazuki Miyamoto of Team Japan compete during Women's 3m Springboard Finals.
Image by Patrick Smith/Getty Images, Skateboarding - Olympics Day: 4. Before these Olympic Games kicked off, I wondered who the next big star would be to break through and put their name on the proverbial map. On Monday, Japan’s 13-year old skateboarder Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest gold medalists in Olympics history as she shocked the world and won the inaugural Women’s Street Final. In this photo, Getty Images Staff Photographer Patrick Smith perfectly captures the Nishiya’s joy when she realizes she’s secured the gold.
Image by Patrick Smith/Getty Images, Skateboarding - Olympics Day: 4. Japan’s 13-year old skateboarder Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest gold medalists in Olympics history as she won the inaugural Women’s Street Final.
Image by Al Bello/Getty Images. Getty Images Staff Photographer Al Bello expertly uses an underwater robotic camera to capture this frame during the semifinal one of the Women's 200m Individual Medley on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Bello’s timing to create this image is impeccable as he snaps the robotic camera just as the swimmers are pushing off the wall and are fully extended in the water.
Image by Al Bello/Getty Images. Al Bello used an underwater robotic camera to capture this frame during the semifinal one of the Women's 200m Individual Medley on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Bello’s timing to create this image is impeccable as he snaps the robotic camera just as the swimmers are pushing off the wall and are fully extended in the water.
Patrick Smith/Getty Images, Fencing - Olympics Day: 6. “In this photo, Getty Images Staff Photographer Patrick Smith used a slow shutter speed to capture the movement and action of a fencers Luigi Samele of Team Italy and Aron Szilagyi of Team Hungary competing on day five of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. His framing of the Olympics rings in the background gives the photo a sense of time and place. Technically this type of photo is very difficult to make as you need to have something in the frame that is in focus, which at a slow shutter speed, is very hard to achieve.
Image by Patrick Smith/Getty Images. Fencing - Olympics Day: 6. Fencers Luigi Samele of Team Italy and Aron Szilagyi of Team Hungary competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Richard Heathcoate/Getty Images, Handball - Olympics Day: 7. “It’s a bird, it’s a plane, its… Kristine Breistoel of Team Norway’s Handball Team! In this photo, Getty Images Staff Photographer Richard Heathcoate timed the use of his remote camera perfectly to capture Breistoel as she soars toward goal during the Women's Preliminary Round Group A handball match between Montenegro and Norway on day six of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Image by Richard Heathcoate/Getty Images. Handball - Olympics Day: 7. Richard Heathcoate used a remote camera to capture Kristine Breistoel of Team Norway as she soars toward goal during the Women's Preliminary Round Group A handball match between Montenegro and Norway.

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