Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Californian John Blakemore another F! photographer. I got many tips from his book. Many techniques can be used digitally & with all sports photography. http://www.amazon.com/FREEZING-SPEED-Techniques-Grand-Photography/dp/B0012TGOBM On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: > I worked in Formula 1 for 35 years. I got to know the photographers pretty > well. There have been some excellent ones and others who just got the > shots. It is probably much technically easier nowadays than when I started, > but far more restrictions on access. > I remember David Winter at the 1978 British Grand Prix, I was a spectator > since I was between jobs from Hesketh to Williams and watched from the > inside of Clearways with Chris Witty, a journalist then, and Gunnar Nilsson > who was very ill with cancer. David was standing about one pace from the > apex panning as each car went by trying to get a driver portrait with his > new 300mm f2.8. You couldn't get anywhere near that now. Back then my > favourite photogs were David Winter and Diana Burnett. > Darren Heath is probably the standout nowadays. I have a fabulous print of > his. > Bernard Cahier and his son Paul-Henri are (were in the case of Bernard) > dear friends of mine and both produced fantastic work, though I think son > out shoots father... To be fair, Bernard had far more to do than just shoot > pictures and the technical skill needed back then was far more difficult. > I believe static shots of cars is a completely different skill set and > vast sums of money are spent on super high quality kit and a large staff. I > know very little about anything outside F1 though! > FD > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 12 May 2013 17:50:17 -0600, Charcot _charcot at comcast.net_ > > (mailto:charcot at comcast.net) wrote: > > > > Sorry no prize - just the goodness that comes with sharing > > > > ernie nitka > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >