http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/phil-hillyard/ Phil Hillyard began his career as a copy boy with the Adelaide News, gaining a cadetship as a photographer eight months later in 1989. After its closure in 1992 he freelanced for a couple of years before accepting a staff position on the Adelaide Advertiser working there as a news photographer and moving to sport in 1996. He transferred to the Daily Telegraph in 1998 as a sports photographer. In that time he has covered a number of major assignments for News Limited’s group of papers including three Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games, eleven cricket tours, soccer in South America and the Tsunami in Sri Lanka. He has won many national and international awards for his work including four Walkley Awards. He was named Australian Press Photographer of the Year in 2001. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/shooting-the-ashes-540-balls-a-day-and-you-cant-miss-one/ My mates would say to me “Are you serious? You’re being sent to watch every ball of The Ashes, and you call that work?” It sounds like a dream job ... and believe me it is. But a lot goes in to photographing cricket, particularly an Ashes. I was lucky enough to be given the assignment of covering the last two Ashes series for News Limited. The 2005 tour of England and then the return battle in the Australian summer of 06/07. In 2005 we set off at the beginning of June and wouldn’t return until mid September. It was a monster of a tour, including the one-dayers it was almost a 15 week trip. And sadly, England won. The first thing you need to be a cricket photographer is stamina. There is no other sport like it. 540 balls a day, the best part of eight hours of action, five days in a row, countless training sessions, and the series last for months on end. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Phil Hillyard) Article, Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/shooting-the-ashes-540-balls-a-day-and-you-cant-miss-one/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/shooting-the-ashes-540-balls-a-day-and-you-cant-miss-one/#item560 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:35:35 +0000 Phil Hillyard | Author bios | The Punch