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i am going to donnington park on the 10th of july for the 4th round of bdc (british drfit championship) and would like a few pointers on drift photography

what is best?

a good low speed pan?

using a monopod?

head on shot?

3 quarter pan?

thanks for any help
 
Dont use a monopod, it's just going to get in your way. The fastest the cars ever get up to is about 100-110mph on entry, and will probably only be doing between 60-90ph in the corners.

Head vs 3/4. I think depends on the car and track. One of the better cars that make loads of smoke will look good head on. A car not making any smoke will look a bit static even with a good slow pan.

As for shutter speed, if you like to abuse DOF you can go as low as 1/25 and stick some ND on the end of you glass. I think normally you will be somewhere between 1/100 and 1/40.

You could be limited by the track layout, which as of yet i don't know myself what it will be like.
 
wicked thanks for your help i got a 70-300 or 50-500 what you think would be best

do you take photos for bdc??
 
I'm a photographer and reporter for Drifted.com and cover the BDC events.

For all day use without a monopod I would use the 70-300. I had a 50-500 for a while, it's a beast and unless you are Mr T you will get tired holding it up all day.
 
get them head on going round a corner

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entry into corner

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get a few different corners, chicanes are good if you get two cars one behind each other.

have a look online at other peoples drift shots and see what looks good then copy the composition
 
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