Goodwill Games


 What We're Doing 

   All of the pictures that you see here (and can 
   download free of charge) have been taken by
   a select group of sports photographers, and
   represent the quality work that people have
   come to expect from us on a daily basis. TBS,
   which owns the Goodwill Games, wanted to see 
   that the photos were available to the 
   world, with the single restriction that they
   are for editorial use only. These photos are
   not model-released, and as always, sports
   personalities own their own likeness, so any
   non-editorial use is prohibited unless it is
   specifically worked out with the Goodwill Games 
   or the specific photographer  (see below for 
   contact information). 

 Who we are..

   The Photography Staff for the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games 
   brings together two decades of winter sports and Olympic 
   experience from across the US. 

   In addition to taking photos of the events, the Photo 
   Operations department is charged with overseeing the 
   venues and the coverage by an anticipated 100 accredited 
   photographers from around the world.

   Photo Manager Joe Traver is a freelance photographer, 
   based in Buffalo, NY who shot his first Olympics in Lake 
   Placid in 1980. He has managed several large multi-sport 
   events, from The World University Games and Summer Goodwill 
   Games to the Centennial Olympics in Atlanta... he leaves in 
   April for six months in Sydney Australia in preparation for 
   the 2000-Olympics this September where he is the photos 
   supervisor. 
   
   Nancie Battaglia move to Lake Placid to cover the Winter 
   Olympics in 1980 and loved the area so much she stayed and 
   is now an international expert in winter sports.  
   
   Nathan Bilow is usually shooting on one of the great ski 
   hills of the world, documenting for the US Ski and Snowboard 
   Association; he is based in Crested Butte, Co.  

   Kyle Christy is a Turner/Atlanta photographer who will 
   help round out the coverage of VIP's and celebrities. 
   Film coordinator and picture editor Mike Groll is an 
   experienced wire-service editor who is now a staff 
   photographer (on vacation) from The Buffalo News.  The 
   staff is joined by six members of the United States 
   Military photojournalism class at Syracuse University; 
   all experienced career photographers in different branches 
   of the service, some with Arctic training - they'll need it.


	Photo chief  	            Joe Traver, traver@compuserve.com
	Senior Photographer    Nancie Battaglia, nbphotog@northnet.org
	Photographer    	  Nathan Bilow, NBILOW@youngminds.com
	Photographer		  Kyle Christy, Kyle.Christy@turner.com  (Turner)

  	US military photojournalism program, at Syracuse University:
	Photographer    	  Michael "USMC" Jones, majfish@yahoo.com
	Photographer    	  Andrew "Drew" Meyers, autozoom@juno.com
	Photographer    	  Jeremy "JT" Lock, lockjt@hotmail.com
	Photographer    	  Randell L. Robinson, MoVirgo3@aol.com
	Photographer    	  Marla Brose, mbrosek@hotmail.com
	Photographer    	  Preston J. Keres, navyphojo@gateway.net

	Photo editor	           Mike Groll, Mgroll@aol.com
	Photo opps mgr          Greg Fiume, gcfiume@earthlink.net
	Photo opperations       Douglas  Benz, DJBenz@compuserve.com
	Photo asst    	  	   Nicholas  Jones, powdernick@aol.com
	Photo asst    		   Tyler Eaton, eatont@northwoodschool.com
	Photo asst    		   Kyle  Adema, kyleadema@yahoo.com
	Photo asst    		   Aaron  Cieri, zerkon66@hotmail.com
	Photo asst    		   Matthew Yaniro, m_yaniro@hotmail.com
	Photo asst    		   Homer Boutte, boutte@kvvi.net
	Web & Imaging tech   Greg Nason, gcnason@syr.edu


    Workflow 

           For information about our workflow (in terms of
           both images and electronic distribution), please
           see the Goodwill Games Photo Workflow section on 
           this page. 

    Hi-Res Image Format 

           When you download a hi-resolution image, it may
           have a strange suffix but it is simply a
           normal JPEG image, and can be opened by
           any image viewing or editing application that can
           read JPEGs. (On Windows machines, you may
           have to rename the image with a ".jpg" suffix; on
           Macintoshes, you may have to set the file type
           and creator codes.)

           We had to use a strange filename suffix because
           a lot of web browsers out there will do
           everything that they can to display a JPEG
           image in the browser window, even if it doesn't
           have a normally-recognizable JPEG filename
           suffix. Due to the size of these images, we
           decided that it would not be that useful to view
           the image in a web browser, but rather that users
           should be able to save the image to your local
           hard disk outright.

 
   Special Requests:
   The WGWG photo office will operate as a full service picture 
   agency and can fill requests for any specific event or individual 
   coverage during the games.  The images can best be delivered by 
   e-mail or internet on deadline.   Please contact Joe Traver in advance 
   (via e-mail:  traver@compuserve.com)  with conprehensive request 
   information, contacts, transmit numbers etc. and call by phone as 
   listed below.
   There will be a one-time flat fee of $250 for an editorial picture 
   request coverage and image delivery.  Commercial rates available 
   on request.
		


       Contact Information 

              If you have any other requests for custom images,
              prints, dupes, or other purchases, contact  Joe
              Traver, manager of photo operations for the
              Goodwill Games at 716-884-8844 or via e-mail
              traver@compuserve.com

	      During the games please call the photo office at the
	      Main Press Center in Lake Placid 518/523-5716
	      or Traver at the Lake Placid Hilton at 518/523-4411, 
              fax 523-9908
	
	      Post games call Amy Phillips, Goodwill Games public relations,
	      404-827-4696 Amy.Phillips@turner.com


              If you have any questions about the web site, the
              tools that we use, or anything else of that nature, 
              or you are having problems with the site, please
              mail him at Robert.Zylstra@turner.com, and he
              will get back to you as soon as he can.


 Goodwill Games Photo Workflow


       Editing workflow

       At the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games, all photos are being processed
       and delivered to the photo website from The Lake Placid Hilton 
       Resort Hotel, which serves as the Main Press Center and the photo 
       operations command; assisted by the High Peaks processing lab and imaging 
       facility.
       Here is the typical path for an image to take through the workflow:

       First, the image is shot and processed. A
       photographer at a venue shoots the image on either color
       negative or color chrome/slide film, and then this film is delivered 
       to us at the press center.

       Editors on-site then edit this film, choosing the best pictures.
       These pictures are scanned individually from the original film, 
       converted to JPEG files, captioned and sent to the Internet desk for 
       distribution over the internet.