By helenhart. 17 May 2009

Sporting Images covered this event with Duane and Matt providing the action photography. Everyone enjoyed the great day in superb weather and a lovely setting, and even the local dolphins made an appearance just before race finish. All 4500 photos are sorted by cap colour and are available to view at the following link
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By helenhart. 18 Apr 2009

Sporting Images had 4 photographers covering this event with Duane Matt Lucas and Trent taking over 55 000 images in all 152 events over the 6 days of competition. Using both Canon and Nikon long lenses and Pocket Wizard remotes (above and underwater for some events) (more…)

By helenhart. 06 Apr 2009

Sporting Images has just released some of its favourite artwork available as posters – all with inspirational quotes. Priced at $24.50 for the 12×8” print or $75 for the large 20×16” prints, they make ideal gifts for that someone special or for the office or home gym wall. Click Here to view and purchase. (more…)

By helenhart. 01 Apr 2009

Channel 10 recently interviewed Duane and Holly Hart on a Sports Photography feature on the Totally Wild TV Show. The feature was aired on Channel 10 on Wednesday 1st April..
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By helenhart. 15 Mar 2009

Sporting Images photographer Duane Hart has been nominated in the top ten of the Sport Category of the 2009 Australia’s Top Photographer awards . Click Here to view all the nominees.

By Duane Hart. 25 Feb 2009

I recently updated my camera kit and have gone to Nikon for my long lenses. The Canon 400 2.8 lense has been replaced with a lighter Nikon 500 f4 VR lense and a Nikon D300 Camera. I will still be using the Canon Mk3 Camera with the 200 1.8 EF lense combination for all my indoor action photography as its still the fastest and combination for indoor work. I also now have a Canon 5d Mk2 camera with a 24-105 IS lense as we gear up in the next 2 years to provide video slow motion clips at the events we cover.

Here is an updated list of the equipment I use: (more…)

By helenhart. 20 Feb 2009

Matt Shane and Duane recently covered this event at Suttons Beach Redcliffe.
Duane used the Canon 5d mk 2 with a 24-105 EF lense in an EWA bag out in the water for the swim start/exit photos , and then trialled the new Nikon VR 500 f4 lense with a Nikon D3 for the bike and run photos. (more…)

By Duane Hart. 16 Feb 2009

Duane (Filming the start from the water using the 5d mk2 with the EWA Marine bag) and Matt (Finish line with a Nikon D300 and 200 2.8 lense) covered this event and you can watch the short video by clicking (more…)

By helenhart. 30 Jan 2009

Matt and Duane have just covered this event at Chandler with Duane testing the new Canon 5d Mk2 Camera and the results in low light were superb. This venue had the lights in the centre lanes turned off, however with the new cameras, we are now able to get good action at 6400 asa at 1000th of a second and it appears as if the athletes are competing in daylight. Duane also managed to photograph the action from the underwater position using the 24-105 IS lense at 6400 asa 400th at f4. (more…)

By helenhart. 29 Jan 2009

The latest copy of American Photography Magazine ‘Shutterbug” has a feature story on Sports Photography including the work of Sporting Images photographer Duane Hart.
Click here to view the magazine: Page 1 – Page 2

By helenhart. 23 Jan 2009

Matt, Duane and Holly recently covered the Queensland Junior and Elite Championships at Chandler with over 1500 photos taken. Duane also managed to get some shots from the underwater position on day 3 and they were all taken at 6400 asa 800th at 24mm with the 24-105 IS lense. Matt’s action photos were taken with the Nikon D300 camera with a 400 2.8 lense at 3200 asa from the back of the grandstand. This event was a trial to see if we would provide coverage of future diving events, however there were no orders coming from this event.
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By helenhart. 20 Dec 2008

Sporting Images provided coverage of the 2008 Queensland Swimming Championships at Chandler with 5 photographers. Lucas and Michael (Canon) covering the morning heats and Matt (Nikon) Duane and Kaitlyn (Canon) the evening finals.
Over 40 000 images were taken over the 7 days and with Helen and Tania cropping and sorting all the images into their events, we had all the images available to view on our website 24hrs after the event finished. (more…)

By helenhart. 02 Dec 2008

SIA photographer Duane Hart has won the Sports Category at the recent 2008 International Aperture Awards
His image of a sprinter’s shadow won Gold and he was one of only 2 Australians in the top ten in the sports category. It was taken taken at the 2006 Commonwealth Games using a 400 2.8 with a x2 converter and is full frame and not cropped (straight from the camera) His 4 other entries gained a silver and 3 bronze awards. (more…)

By helenhart. 18 Nov 2008

Sporting Images recently provided coverage of the 2008 Womens Rugby League World Cup and International Police World Cup held at Kawana in Caloundra. Both World Cup events are (more…)

By helenhart. 06 Nov 2008

Sporting Images provided coverage for the recent Noosa Triathlon Festival and congratulations go to the all the competitors and organisers of the week long event.
We had 7 photographers at the Noosa Triathlon on Sunday and for the first time covered the swim exit with 2 photographers – Matt and Lucas. Duane and Michael (400 2.8 long lenses) again covered the climb out on the Bike Course with Delwyn and Lee photographing the transition and run to the finish, Matt and Lee the finish line, and Shane the finish high panoramas.Over 40 000 images were taken in one day by our 7 photographers during Sundays main race, and all were available on the website 4 days after the event Click Here to view all the (more…)

By helenhart. 02 Nov 2008

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SIA currently has released its large A3 size (297×420mm) 2009 calendar with some of its more famous images with inspirational quotes. Priced at $28.60 they make ideal gifts for that someone special or for the office or home gym wall. Click Here to view and purchase the calendars, and the images are also available as Framed Artwork

By Duane Hart. 21 Oct 2008

I recently drove up to Maryborough for the final day of the QSS 15yrs Girls Cricket Championships and covered 2 of the games . Met West won the final against host team Wide bay in a close game. The action was taken with the 400 2.8 with the x2 converter. 800mm on 800 asa 2700th at f5.6. Most of the time I (more…)

By helenhart. 17 Oct 2008

Sporting Images provided coverage of this event with 2 photographers – Michael and Matt who took over 15 000 images of the 200 plus teams in the 4 days of competition.
After more than 600 preliminary round games, the finals saw Elanora, Benowa, PBC, Keebra Park, & Cavendish Road High schools walk away with victories in their respective divisions. It was a fitting finish to the biggest schools team event ever conducted in any sport anywhere in the world
Click Here to view the photos.
We also now have a company Facebook page so if you have a Facebook account make sure you check it out.

By helenhart. 13 Oct 2008

Sporting Images provided coverage of this event with 3 photographers – Duane, Lucas (Canon) and David (Nikon) We had 3 cameras in position for the 100m finals again this year.
Over 18 000 images were taken of all 370 events and (more…)

By helenhart. 06 Oct 2008

This weekend Sporting Images provided coverage of the Gold Coast Half Ironman and the Tanita Sprintman Triathlon .
A record field turned up at the new home of the Gold Coast Half Ironman yesterday to compete in one of the toughest events on the SIA calendar. Calypso Bay proved to be the perfect venue which enabled spectators to support their competitors regularly along the open-pan course and beautiful marina.
The new Tanita Sprintman also attracted a big field in the lead up the Noosa Triathlon, where 400 competitors tackled the 1km swim, 33km cycle and 7km run distance.
Matt and Lucas covered the Swim finish and Finish line photos and Duane photographed out on the cycle course and then helped out at the finish line. Over 10700 images were taken and (more…)

By helenhart. 29 Sep 2008

Sporting Images recently covered the Gold Coast Gymnastic Club Gymnastics carnival over the 4 days of competition. Congratulations go to all the local and interstate competitors and supporters and it is our 6th year of coverage of this particular well organised event.

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By Duane Hart. 31 Aug 2008

This weekend I took the family on our annual country trip out to West Queensland for the Zone Championships. Helped by my daughter Holly, we photographed the 40 competitors over the 2 days and had the display van set up at the event. It was good to get back into photographing the country sports after a busy month in Beijing, and I prefer getting out and doing the smaller events as they are well received by the organisers and the children enjoy seeing their photos on the big screen for the first time.
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By Duane Hart. 10 Aug 2008

Flying home tonight and looking forward to seeing the family and friends. Its been a very enjoyably 2 weeks and the Chinese have done a fantastic job and looked after the media very well. I was staying in the North Star Media village with fellow Aussie photographer and good friend Delly Carr, and the volunteers and transport have been the best I have seen at an Olympics. London have a hard act to follow. The Beijing photos are now available to view in our Editorial Archives.

The final few days I spent trying some slow shutter speed images and the rhythmic gymnastics finals proved the best sport to photograph for this. I got to the venue early to get one of the only spots low down so I could shoot into a black background on the far left hand side of the mat. Had about 2 metres of good black background to work with. The image below was taken 1/15th at f11 200 asa with a 200 1.8 lense handheld panning in the direction of movement. (more…)

By helenhart. 05 Aug 2008

By Duane Hart. 04 Aug 2008

A busy last few weeks before the Beijing Olympics had me covering 6 Queensland School Sport events in 2 weeks.The first event was a road trip with our tech Katelyn to the 19 yrs Cross Country Champs in Rockhampton for 2 days followed by the 12yrs Touch in Southport , Lucas covered the 15’s Football in Toowoomba while I flew up to Gladstone for 2 days at the 12yrs Basketball. Then it was out to Toowoomba for a day at the 18s Basketball and then a flight out to Longreach for a day at the 12yrs Boys Tennis – before flying back to Brisbane and then Sydney for my flight to Beijing.

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By helenhart. 30 Jun 2008

-Queensland 12yrs Rugby league Championships – Chinchilla

Helen and Duane recently provided coverage of the Queensland School Sport 12yrs & Under Rugby League Championships in Chinchilla, photographing the first 4 days of action, with the images being available to view and purchase in the display van. As with all country Queensland events, the hospitality was superb the food great and the weather stayed fine. We also managed to cover some local U16 and over 35 Games Chinchilla Bulldog games on the Saturday evening. Thanks go to Phil Coleman and the team at South West School Sport who hosted such a wonderful the event. All photos went up on our website every evening and (more…)

By helenhart. 01 May 2008

The May 2008 issue of top US magazine Rangefinder, has an interview with SIA photographer Duane Hart. The article discusses how Duane started out in Sports photography and how his business has evolved to stay at the forefront of the Sports Photography event selling market in Australia over the last 15 years.
Duanes article can now be viewed by clicking these links: Page1 – Page2 -.
Duane has also just been voted as a top 10 finalist in the recent Australias Top Photographers Competition

By helenhart. 15 Mar 2008

XBlades National Touch League – Coffs Harbour

Sporting Images and Broad Images recently provided our annual action and team photography service at the XBlades National Touch League in Coffs Harbour on 12th-15th March, and this marks the 12th, and last year of our coverage of this event.
Broad Images Michael and Glen with help from tech Katelyn photographed all the teams in the first 2 days – and had all 1100 laminated and named team photos back to the participants by day 3.
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By helenhart. 18 Dec 2007

Queensland Swimming Championships
Sporting Images recently provided photographic coverage of the Queensland Swimming Championships at Chandler, in our first year of coverage of this event. Over 37 000 images were taken over the seven days of competition and we had a team of 7 working to make the images available on our website. Michael, Duane Lucas and Wayne photographed the event with Katelyn our busy Tech, and Helen and Tania worked on getting all the images available on the website as soon as possible. Go To Photos and please note as of 1.1.09, our archived images will only be available on our website for 3 months before being deleted from our website.
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By helenhart. 17 Dec 2007

Tom Ang’s new book “Digital Photography Masterclass” by UK publisher DK Publishing, was released in May 2008. One of the photographers featured in the book is Sporting Images photographer Duane Hart, and he is interviewed about his photography and it features a selection of his recent work. To view the book and order an advanced copy go to the Publishers website – The first 2 pages of Duanes article can now be viewed in pdf format by clicking here Page1 – Page2

By helenhart. 11 Nov 2007

Noosa Triathlon
Sporting Images covered the recent Noosa Triathlon with 5 photographers, in our second year of coverage of this event. Duane and Michael were out on the cycling course with the 400 2.8 lenses on the long climb up Gynther Drive getting as many cyclists as they could as they streamed past.
Shane had the best view of the day being positioned on top of the finish arch getting some superb wide angles of the finish, and Delwyn (300 f4) and Lucas (400 f2.8) shot the run to the finish photos.
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With no arm numbers this year the identification of the athletes was reliant on (more…)

By helenhart. 04 Nov 2007

2007 Queensland Secondary Schools Athletics Championships
Sporting Images had 4 photographers covering this well organised event, and over 25 000 images were taken over the 4 days. We all used our Canon Mk3 Cameras and 400 2.8 lenses and Duane had a remote Mk2 camera with a 17-35 lense in place for the steeplechase again this year.
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Having 4 camera angles for the 100m finals was a first – and many of the track finals had 2-3 cameras on the event including most finishes.
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It took our office staff over 2 weeks to sort all 25 000 images into the 350 events that were on, and the images are all now available to view.
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By helenhart. 01 Oct 2007

A book has also been produced with some of the best images from Duane’s work over the last 15 years. The book is updated with the latest photos from his collection. To see the latest copy click on the book below:
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By Duane Hart. 22 Sep 2007

Maranoa Zones Little Athletics Championships – Goondiwindi by Duane Hart
A very enjoyable and rewarding 2 days photographing over 80 competitors in Goondiwindi for the Maranoa Zones Little Athletics Carnival. I drove across after covering 2 days at the U18 Touch Nationals at Coffs Harbour from Grafton up the Gibraltor Range and through Glen Innes , Inverell and taking in the beautiful scenery on the way to Goondiwindi.
Competitors from Dirranbandi, Goondiwindi, Texas, Mitchell, St George and Tara were competing, and I always enjoy traveling out to this event and the hospitality of the organisers and friendly and eager competitors always makes it a very enjoyable photographic assignment.
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I have covered this event for the last 5 years and while there may not be as many competitors or photo orders as other events we cover, I rate it as one of the highlights of the year. The new multimedia van was very well received, and the competitors enjoyed watching their photos come up on the big screen.
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By helenhart. 24 May 2007

For those interested in Sports Photography, there is a new book that has just been released in the USA. Compiled by local Queensland editor and photographer Peter Skinner, and featuring the some of the best work of Sporting Images photographer Duane Hart. The book is now available to review and purchase at the following webpage

By Duane Hart. 11 May 2006

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By Duane Hart. 05 Oct 2004

I travelled to these Games with my good friend Delly Carr, staying in an apartment in a residential part of Athens. Some of the highlights included hearing the New Zealand Anthem at an Olympics when 2 Kiwi athletes won Gold and Silver in the Triathlon, and the swimming where the Australian athletes did so well.
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The 100m Mens final from side on was an image I had always wanted to do and it took a lot of planning and luck to get the image just before the moving TV camera traveling parallel with the athletes came past. I shot it at the 70m mark on my Canon 10d with my trusty 200 1.8 lens hand-held at 1000asa f8 at 250th. Also the Australian mens hockey grand final was a great event to photograph as they had waited so long for a gold that the emotion and action of the final made for great images.
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By helenhart. 26 Aug 1998

Watch In High Definition mode

By Duane Hart. 11 Aug 1996

-Extract from Duane Harts 2007 Portfolio Book

The Atlanta Games were my first Olympics, and I had been fortunate to gain accreditation through a number of national sporting groups that had used my services including Athletics Australia and Hockey Australia.
By 1996 my agency Sporting Images was starting to supply a large number of national and international magazines, however (more…)

By helenhart. 09 Oct 1991

Duane Hart started the Sporting Images Photo Agency and Library with his partner Helen after arriving in Brisbane in 1992 with only 2 back-packs and a passion for sports photography. The first office was in a small cramped apartment in Melton Rd Nundah, and after a few years of long hours and hard work they slowly shaped the agency baseing it on quality sports photography. The office moved to Clayfield in 1994 and images were photographed on negatives and slide film, scanned and added to a comprehensive digital filing system with every image databased. The images were then (more…)

By Duane Hart. 10 Aug 1991

Extract from Duane Hart’s 2007 Portfolio Book .
I was living in London at the time, after arriving from New Zealand, and was working as a computer draughtsman for Harrods by day, and training and racing 200m/400m for first division club Belgrave in the evening and weekends. I managed to get photographic accreditation for the World Championships in Tokyo from a good friend and editor Kerry Hill from New Zealand Athlete Magazine (‘typing’ the application out using Letraset stickers and using the bottom of a twink bottle for a company stamp) I flew Aeroflot to Tokyo via Moscow and almost didn’t make it at all as I arrived at Moscow airport on the final day of the 1991 Russian coup, to be greeted by a young soldier with a rifle who asked where we had come from. He then herded us into the terminal and told us he didn’t know what would happen to us. I saw the Russian team waiting in an adjoining terminal and after showing the security my (twink bottle stamped) media credentials, I was on the plane with them to my first World Championships.
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I had just enough money to pay for my accommodation and had to survive (more…)

By Duane Hart. 15 Jan 1970

Queensland School Sport slideshows (more…)