Alex Wong of the New York Times talked to NBA photographers and came away with some interesting insights in a recent article. Wong focuses on how technology has re-shaped the job in recent years, and even took the time to get a quote from Blazers team photographer Bruce Ely:
On game day, Butler uses a combination of tethered remotes and custom phone apps to operate any number of cameras in an arena.
He sends photographs to a team of editors in Secaucus, N.J., with the press of a button. In seconds, they can be published on the league’s official social media feeds and reach millions of people around the world.