Getty Images, the official Photographic Agency to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will be deploying a team of approximately 60 renowned and award-winning sports photographers working around the clock to capture a record 30,000 images at the London 2012 Olympic Games. A “handful” of these photographers will shoot only in 3D.

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GETTY IMAGES TO CAPTURE LONDON 2012 GAMES IN 3D

Getty Images will be the official photographers at next year’s games, showcasing our unique 3D imagery

London, United Kingdom – 2 September, 2011 – Getty Images, the official Photographic Agency to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has announced that it will shoot the London 2012 Olympic Games in stunning 3D. This will be the first time Getty Images has shot the Games using this technology and Getty Images is deploying a handful of 3D-dedicated photographers to ensure the best still shots are captured.

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Marc Feldman admitted it was “a stupid mistake” that got inadvertently sent to Getty Images. One of the photo he captured of golfer Matt Bettencort had a caddie digitally removed from the background [read article]. Getty, which has a strict policy against altering its news images, later put out a “mandatory kill” notice on the photo after itr was alerted to the digital manipulation, and dropped Feldman from its roster.

According to Feldman, he was in the press tent processing the images when Bettencort and his caddie stopped by to look at the photos. The caddie then suggested the photo would look better without him in it. “So I showed them how easy I could do that,” Feldman said. “I thought I just saved it to the desktop not to the send folder. I certainly did not mean to send both of them to Getty.”

Sounds like a plausible mistake that anyone can make [Photoshop CS5 is really to "blame" here for making it so easy]. But, once the picture was published, shouldn’t Feldman have contacted Getty Images himself to point out the mistake? And shouldn’t the person responsible at Getty Images figure out this was not an original image but an altered one [different filename, EXIF info altered, etc.]?

Here is what Feldman wrote about the mistake:

“I made a mistake. It wasnt intentional it was simply, tragically an error that will cost me Its not about the money or the position, It about my reputation and sense of self. I would like to thank those who have been understanding and supportive and invite the rest to continue do dream up whatever conspiracy theories you choose.”

[PDN]

Getty Images has severed ties with a freelance photographer who had digitally manipulated a golf photo. Marc Feldman’s digitally manipulated image was discovered by a photo editor at the Dallas Morning News: one photo showed golfer Matt Bettencourt with a caddy behind him, the other with just trees.

Getty Images has a zero tolerance policy on photo manipulation.

Read the article and view the images at: PDN.

Getty Images are calling for artists to submit to its Flickr Collection on Getty Images.

Submit a portfolio of 10 images for consideration and if your work catches the eye of a Getty Images editor, you’ll then receive an invite via Flickrmail to join the Flickr Collection on Getty Images.

[ Submit your Getty Flickr Portfolio at: Flickr ]