beyondBeijing2008.com

Continuing in its tradition of offering up exactly what we want, Boston.com’s Big Picture blog has a ton of fantastic shots from the fencing action this week in Beijing, with the duelers’ silvery lamé space suits and crazy blinking helmets on full display. I want one to wear, whether I’m making toast (flying crumb protection) [...]

Here’s a common scene—but still impressive—at the Beijing Olympics: dozens of photographers firing the most expensive digital photography gear available on the planet at full speed. The sound of all those shutters re-clacky-clicketing alone must give goosebumps to any photo aficionado, but the total price of all this machinery would actually make anyone faint. How [...]