25 photos from 2017

2017 is kind off a strange year to from a sports photo perspective.
I have done quite lite sports photo during 2017.

But the things i have done has been truly great.
First both the Women´s and the Men´s team from the local Floorball club, JIK qualified to the major league.

Then i covered the Swedish championship finals for Expressen, a major Swedish newspaper. That our local team HV71 won.
I also covered the public celebration for them.

I covered the Europe league final between Manchester United and Ajax.

The last game i covered was the first off the two play off games between Sweden and Italy. The game where Sweden scored the only goal. Which also means that Sweden qualified for the FIFA World Cup that will be in Russia next year.
This was also on assignment for Expressen.

Play off Sweden - Italy

One week ago i covered the first off the two games in the Play off to the FIFA World cup between Sweden and Italy.
It was on a assignment for one off Swedens biggest newspapers.
I had a cold, was really tired. Had some rented gear.
And found out that my monopod didn't fit with the super tele lens that i rented... (A Canon 200-400/4L, great lens, even though i proffer the 400/2,8 for soccer).
A big shutout to the great photographer, and really nice person. Pontus Lundahl who works for TT photo agency. He had a spare monopod that worked with the lens. And he really saved my day.

I also had the privilege to sit next to Jonas Lindqvist. A staff photographer off Dagens Nyheter. Who is a great sports photographer. That helped, and helps, me a lot.

Drone footage and photos.

I recently got a Drone, a DJI Phantom 4 Pro+
And today i got the permit needed to use it for commercial purposes here in Sweden.
The footage and photos below are shoot during "private flights" when i learnt to fly the drone. And are not for sale.
(The photos are shoot in RAW).

The footage in the video are not color corrected at all. (It's shoot in 1080 60p .mov).
What i have done is some simple cutting in Premiere Pro and exported the final cut in a format that works with Vimeo. (Shoot on the place where i live).

Where i live! from Daniel Malmberg on Vimeo.

Europa League Final 2017 (Ajax - Manchester United)

There is always a special thing working during championship finals.

There´s some extra off everything. The fans and the players gives all what they got. And a whole lot more photographers than otherwise.

And as always with championship finals. It´s all about the winners, the medals and the trophy.

“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”

― Brian Tracy