Media following the Media

Getty Images photographer Lisa Blumenfeld is interviewed by Canal + in Spain.

They stared and followed.

Wondering what was going on, Getty Images staff photographer Lisa Blumenfeld was wondering why a group of cameras seemed interested in her.

So she asked.

They told her they were interested in following a photographer for Game Four of the 2007 NBA Finals. Despite being hesitant and having to lay down ground rules (can’t bother her or editors during the game and no technical questions on how GI sets up their equipment) she told the three man crew ok.

Three men – a reporter, a cameraman and a boom mic operator – from Canal + in Spain, followed her on the court, in the transmit room and even set up an interview afterwards.

We called it media following the media.

The group of men from Spain were more interested in how the process of taking pictures work and how we got the photos out to our clients than the Spurs winning the 2007 NBA Championship.

What footage they took from following Lisa will be turned into a feature and played nationally in Spain on Canal +. They promised us back in the United States a copy as well.

“The interview went well, they were just curious how long I have been working for Getty and how often I shoot basketball,” Lisa said. “They wanted to know who my favorite athletes to shoot were and I told them Kobe Bryant and LaDainian Tomlinson.”

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