INGNYCMarathonPhotos.com (a joint venture of brightroom, Inc. and Action Sports International) is proud to return as the officially licensed participant photographer and videographer of the ING New York City Marathon for the second year. Runners will continue to re-live their performance, taking advantage of state of the art photo and DVD technology in order to preserve the memories of The ING New York City Marathon, which is the premier event of New York Road Runners.
More than 80 INGNYCMarathonPhotos.com photographers will cover the event and will digitally capture over 300,000 photos of the more than 36,000 participants at the start, along the course and at the finish. Additionally, 14 digital video cameras will record footage the participants at select points throughout the event for inclusion in the participant’s personalized DVD video product. Participants will once again be able to view, share, and order high-quality photo, video, and DVD products utilizing brightroom’s proprietary system for indexing and posting images online.
Participants in the 2005 ING New York City Marathon will have the ability to record a pre-race interview at the expo to be included with their personalized DVD product. Runners can reflect on their pre-race feelings, issue a challenge to their friends or simply talk about whatever’s on their mind. 2005 Improvements on the race photography side include multiple digital customization options on the individual photos, such as color options and fully customizable text captions.
INGNYCMarathonPhotos.com is the joint collaboration of photography industry leaders brightroom and Action Sports International. Together, brightroom and Action Sports International are the exclusive photography providers for more than 600 sports events worldwide in 2005.
About brightroom, inc. (www.brightroom.com)
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Dallas/Fort Worth and the Washington, DC, area,
brightroom, Inc. (www.brightroom.com) specializes in Web-enabled
event photography. Since 2000, brightroom has captured millions of images a
year from sports, corporate, and school-related events and enabled event
participants to easily view, share, and order photo-related products through
its proprietary system and network of Web sites. brightroom also provides its
backend solution to a growing number of leading photography companies in
related markets.