Trent Nelson – Sports
A quick Survey
- Name / Business Name: Trent Nelson
- Located in: Salt Lake City, Utah
- Started in: 1988
- Status: (Full Time, Part Time, Hobbiest, etc) - Full Time
- Types of Photography: Photojournalism, Action, Documentary, Street
- Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 1D Mark II N / 50/1.4
- Interesting Personal Fact: Would have been a comic book artist, but can't draw.
Find out more
- Main Site: http://trentnelson.net
- Blog: http://trenthead.com
- Twitter: @trenthead
- http://theclick.us
- http://utahphotojournalism.com
Bio From his Blog
A native of Northern California, Trent Nelson is currently Chief Photographer at The Salt Lake Tribune. Trent is a three-time Utah press Photographer of the Year, known for his keen observation and creative skills. He’s covered winter and summer Olympic Games, a pair of NBA Finals, and the NCAA Basketball Final Four for the Tribune, and since 2005 has traveled throughout North America covering polygamy. Assignments for the Tribune have taken him all over the United States, Africa, the Balkans, Honduras, and Russia. Trent lives in Sugar House with his wife, two kids, and his wife’s dog.
Links from his Site
- FriendFeed
- PhotoShelter
- Last.fm
- SportsShooter
- MySpace
- Zibtips (My Book on Photography)
A word from the Author - Jarvie
One of the more sad events of 2009 for me involves Trent.
He was a keynote speaker at PhotoCamp Utah.
I was prepping a presentation for after his and so I sadly was not able to see the presentation, and it makes me sad.
Everyone talked about it and loved it, so I know I missed something special.
This post focuses on his sports photography which he does a lot of. But of course he does so much more working for the paper.
He's a really neat guy, we get along well.
He's also a guy after my own heart having way too many projects and websites... Just Like ME! haha
And of course Trent does a whole lot more than sports photography for the paper.
Here's a couple of my favorite non-sport Pictures
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January 19th, 2010 - 15:44
The best thing about this guy is that he is very dedicated to bringing other photographers up around him. On assignment, he will try and trick you and pull pranks on you constantly and often act shifty for no other reason that just to make you worry, but besides being a scheister, he has helped many photographers in this area become better and get in contact with the people and resources needed to succeed. The first football game I ever shot for the paper, my camera broke five minutes before kickoff, luckily he had an extra nikon body (no idea why, he shot Canon at the time) in his bag and let me use it. I was a stringer back then and would have been so embarrassed to come back to the paper with nothing. He really saved me, not to mention while working for the competing paper. I’m glad you featured him.
January 23rd, 2010 - 23:01
I echo Mike Terry’s comments. Trent is a unique person. He is so full of ideas, energy and creativity, but mostly because he is decent human being. You couldn’t have chosen a better photographer to feature!!!
June 29th, 2010 - 15:48
He probably doesn’t remember but I met Trent one time in 2002 at the Olympic Torch Relay. He was very nice and treated me like an equal even though I was working for a student run newspaper. A very classy guy and a great photographer.