Post Olympics: Coming back to the real world

After being in Milan for most of February, it has been an adjustment to come home. Normally I get home to what I call "Post Olympic Syndrome" where I try to catch up on all that lost sleep. This time around, I dealt with that AND getting sick. This meant that my reentry into the real world was delayed by a week.

It is always weird to go from a world where everything is Olympic focused and I am going a million miles an hour, to being back home and slowing everything down. I also go from shooting and blogging every day, to a more normal routine of shooting on select weekdays and weekends, and blogging once a week. 

I missed one corporate shoot on the week I got home, but was lucky to have my son (who has his own photo business with his wife nearby) cover for me. Then this weekend, I was right back in the routine and it felt really good. The funny thing is...I had to change a lot of my camera settings (like fast burst mode and some focus modes) when starting to shoot back home.

(Photo credit: Mykie Vang of NBC)

I have been looking back at some of the photos of me in Milan and thought I would share some of those with you all. This image was taken at the NBC studio, high above the center of Milan. 

Here is a photo of me shooting rink side at one of the women's games.

Many of you sent me photos of me on your TVs. This always makes me laugh. I think my granddaughter was the best at spotting her "Papa" on TV. 

(Photo credit: Claude Diderich)

I think I was most visible at the times when I was holding up the Canon fisheye lens. Claude was nice enough to send me this photo of me on the glass. Look at the vintage camera being used to my right.

(Photo credit: Heather Pollock)

Here is a photo of myself and Hillary Knight after the women had just won their gold medals. It was smiles all around.

(Photo credit: Heather Pollock)

Heather was nice enough to capture this photo of me wearing a gold medal.  I should clarify, that normally we are not allowed to interact with the athletes or wear a medal, but since I work for the team I am lucky to have this privilege.

Now I am looking back at the Games as another great memory, and sharing the stories with everyone. I have done one presentation to a photo club and have a couple more coming up. If you want me to present at your photo club, just let me know, and I will see if I can fit that into the schedule. I really love sharing the photos and stories with you all.

It is hard to believe that the 2028 Olympics (my 10th) will be in my home state of California! It will be really different to drive to the Games and be in the same time zone. Until then...it is back to capturing personal and corporate events, leading photo tours and more. It is not the Olympics, but I feel equally blessed to be able to do what I love! 

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