ESPN Images deploys photographers wherever the network needs them, from major sporting events to feature assignments to the Bristol Car Wash.
The gallery above features just some of the many “behind the scenes” shots ESPN Images captured in 2012 — pictures that might not have made the airwaves but have been assembled here for your viewing pleasure.
Go behind the scenes of a “My Wish” profile being filmed; see a birds’ eye view of the NFL Live set when Lawrence Taylor visited; watch as actor Vince Vaughn tried to operate an ESPN camera and many more.
Front Row features ESPN Images’ work daily in the Captured On (and Off) Campus feature at the top of the right margin. We’ve got more of ESPN Images’ best shots from 2012, running the gamut from X Games to the NFL to college sports and more.