Late as hell, but some Formula D pics

[A.P. Photography]

Drifting is hard to get cause sometimes the car will be going faster/slower on one part than the part you are focusing on. DGTrials was my first event where I got it right, Formula D I was getting my but kicked by the sun.clouds/sun/clouds/sun and it kept messing up my settings cause I was shooting into the sun so it would blow out the pics or underexpose them when I had it on manual so I flipped it to Tv and set the speed and it ended up dropping the ISO down too much for me to work it right. Like Tom got me to understand, it was a great learning expierence.

[Jaimecbr900]

I'll just have to get more practice at it. Too bad Drifting like that only happens a couple of times a year.

[QuickBrick]

What's up Mr. Tom....

Same oh chit buddy

It was good to see you at drift, wish I could have spent a little more time with ya but I was filling ALL my memory cards that day along with coordinating the models…

On the permission thing (earlier in the thread), if you’re looking for permission on the Cooper girls go ahead, I’d love to see them and might send a few over to Cooper...

Both were shot at 1/60th, f/22 and f/16, @ 200mm, with an ISO of 200. That was my first real attempt at that kind of pic, so I have to practice with it a lot more. I wanted more of effect like what I've seen in Nemesis and Matt's shots. I think I was a little too far away or should've slowed it down a little more though. Not sure.

Any suggestions?

Matt’s on track Jaime, but absolutely, I’ll send over a PM later tonight…

Again, enjoyed the shots bro…

T

P.S. After reading the last post, another great place to practice those shots would be Commerce (at the end of the bleachers)…

[Jaimecbr900]

On the permission thing (earlier in the thread), if you’re looking for permission on the Cooper girls go ahead, I’d love to see them and might send a few over to Cooper...

I'll post up some more of the Cooper cars for ya.

Not that kind of permission exactly. Patrycja doesn't like me posting pics of her w/o her seeing them first. I wanna respect that.....since she would kick my ass if I didn't . I'll show her all her pics on Sat at the shop and she'll either give the go or no go I'm sure.

Matt’s on track Jaime, but absolutely, I’ll send over a PM later tonight…

Again, enjoyed the shots bro…

T

P.S. After reading the last post, another great place to practice those shots would be Commerce (at the end of the bleachers)…

I look forward to the PM. I'm always game for learning something new. I've wanted to do those kinds of shots for a while, but never seem to get them quite right.

The only problem with Commerce is that "open track" night I don't think they have enough lighting towards the end of the track. They're also sticklers about not letting anyone close enough to the action. It would probably work near the 60'-330' mark though.

IF I get to make it to Commerce on Friday night, I'll see for sure.

[QuickBrick]

I can relate the "I've got to see them first" thingy... LOL

Hit Commerce on Saturday not Friday night Jaime (unless your shooting Red or racing yourself). You’ll have more daylight to shoot which helps your learn to adjust for different lighting conditions (time of day). Utilize a laptop to check your shots at the track and make adjustments then go back for more. You'll have plenty of time and find it shortens the learning curve...

T

[A.P. Photography]

I can relate the "I've got to see them first" thingy... LOL

Hit Commerce on Saturday not Friday night Jaime (unless your shooting Red or racing yourself). You’ll have more daylight to shoot which helps your learn to adjust for different lighting conditions (time of day). Utilize a laptop to check your shots at the track and make adjustments then go back for more. You'll have plenty of time and find it shortens the learning curve...

T

LOL so can I.

A laptop does help as I have found that out recently. It came in very handy on Monday night especially when it was my first time using the flash.

Oh and Tom, just a reminder about my PM. Gotta have feedback on those as well bud. Oh yeah, where do you want me to email the pics from the cooper booth too? The ones you were helping me with.

[QuickBrick]

Sorry Matt my bad on the late feedback I've been swamped this week, kind of why I took last night off (photo wise)...

I'll send you a PM with my email addy and after work tonight give you that feedback bud...

Looking forward to the model shots and send over a few of your flash shots from Monday night, I’d love to see them...

T