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During the Winter Olympics, we’ve seen more than our share of athletic action sequences—complex motions broken into stills. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’ll be recreating the effect in the real world (or anywhere else you like).The Challenge
Shoot an action sequence of any sort.
The Method
You’ll want to set your camera on a tripod and shoot [...]

24 Feb, 2010

A Canadian victory kiss – for the ice

Posted by: admin In: Around Beijing| News

By Mary-Beth Fay, NBC News Producer

VANCOUVER – Still giddy, ice dancing gold medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, held a press conference with the Canadian Olympic Committee Tuesday morning to discuss their victory – a first for Canada. 
The mood of the press conference was light with a lot of laughter from the press [...]

By Petra Cahill, msnbc.com

VANCOUVER – The crowds at Vancouver’s curling events, which at first blush seem to be among the Winter Olympics’ more genteel sports, are anything but quiet.
With shouts of “Here we go, Canada, here we go” in unison with foot stomping, cowbell clanging, clapping and flag waving, the crowds at Monday’s [...]