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Hi All,
I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to shoot trackside (for the first time ever) at Silverstone for the F4, GT Cup & monoposto races, just over a month ago. All thanks to Andrew C from this forum, he might not remember but back in 2009 I posted in here looking for recommendations on a bridge camera, he suggested in no uncertain terms that a DSLR was a better option and provided a decent equipment list, so that's where I started... Andrew helped me out with some in-depth tuition for shooting Snetterton with my new equipment and off I went.
5 years, and a lot more advice, later, I was stood the right side of the fence all thanks to Andrew and Talk Photography... It shows just how valuable this place is!
So on to the photos, its a bit sad but even though I've now hit my thirties I still got incredibly nervous doing this & probably didn't make the most of the opportunity (as much as I tried). Even though I, and most of the beginners in this forum have read it a million times, shooting trackside to a brief is a 1000 times more difficult than rocking up on a Jolly as a spectator with a camera... PERIOD! Don't kid yourself the fence isn't nearly as much of a problem as you tell yourself it is...
Here's a very small selection from 3000 actuations (considerably less made it to my PC), don't be too hard on me.. I was bricking it 95% of the time
1. Avoid photoshopping it later, avoid photoshopping it later (V------FYI I failed )
2 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
2. Take my word for it, when you're 2 feet away from a Ferrari 458 at full tilt with only a waist high bit of armco protecting you... its difficult not to get the shakes
5 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
3. is he going to run wide, is he going to run wide, is he going to run wide....
Richard CHAMBERLAIN - Porsche 935 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
4. Must get a shot of everyone, Must get a shot of everyone... easier said than done
1 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
5. Please don't crash, please don't crash
Chris BENTLEY - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
6. Please be sharp, please be sharp
Tom Jackson - Chris Dittmann Racing by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
7.Avoid getting the porta-loo in shot, avoid getting the porta-loo in shot
Shaun BALFE - Ferrari 458 GT3 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
8.Try and show some racing, try and show some racing
4 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!!! hopefully not the last chance I get, thanks so much again to Andrew and all the folks at TP that brought me here
BTCC this weekend as a spectator again, maybe see some of you about
Thanks for looking
I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to shoot trackside (for the first time ever) at Silverstone for the F4, GT Cup & monoposto races, just over a month ago. All thanks to Andrew C from this forum, he might not remember but back in 2009 I posted in here looking for recommendations on a bridge camera, he suggested in no uncertain terms that a DSLR was a better option and provided a decent equipment list, so that's where I started... Andrew helped me out with some in-depth tuition for shooting Snetterton with my new equipment and off I went.
5 years, and a lot more advice, later, I was stood the right side of the fence all thanks to Andrew and Talk Photography... It shows just how valuable this place is!
So on to the photos, its a bit sad but even though I've now hit my thirties I still got incredibly nervous doing this & probably didn't make the most of the opportunity (as much as I tried). Even though I, and most of the beginners in this forum have read it a million times, shooting trackside to a brief is a 1000 times more difficult than rocking up on a Jolly as a spectator with a camera... PERIOD! Don't kid yourself the fence isn't nearly as much of a problem as you tell yourself it is...
Here's a very small selection from 3000 actuations (considerably less made it to my PC), don't be too hard on me.. I was bricking it 95% of the time
1. Avoid photoshopping it later, avoid photoshopping it later (V------FYI I failed )
2 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
2. Take my word for it, when you're 2 feet away from a Ferrari 458 at full tilt with only a waist high bit of armco protecting you... its difficult not to get the shakes
5 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
3. is he going to run wide, is he going to run wide, is he going to run wide....
Richard CHAMBERLAIN - Porsche 935 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
4. Must get a shot of everyone, Must get a shot of everyone... easier said than done
1 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
5. Please don't crash, please don't crash
Chris BENTLEY - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
6. Please be sharp, please be sharp
Tom Jackson - Chris Dittmann Racing by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
7.Avoid getting the porta-loo in shot, avoid getting the porta-loo in shot
Shaun BALFE - Ferrari 458 GT3 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
8.Try and show some racing, try and show some racing
4 by Fireproof Creative, on Flickr
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!!! hopefully not the last chance I get, thanks so much again to Andrew and all the folks at TP that brought me here
BTCC this weekend as a spectator again, maybe see some of you about
Thanks for looking