European Drag Racing Blog - Latest Comments

Re: Tommy Johnson Jr Sails away at the Main event

jason_motorsport_sensors — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:22:53 -0000

Some beautiful photography here. you certainly know your stuff!

Re: 320mph, night racing and pretty blue skies at the FIA European Finals!

Dom — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:10:58 -0000

Just canon Pro series bodies and lenses , nothing special

Re: 320mph, night racing and pretty blue skies at the FIA European Finals!

Insanity285 — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:34:54 -0000

awesome shots, if you dont mind me asking, what camera, lenses and settings do you use? they are so rich in colour!

top stuff!

Re: 2010 in 1320ft

Sid — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:01:40 -0000

Great pics as usual Dom.
see you at the drags!...

Sid. ed/6

Re: Santa Pod Easter Thunderball picturerama

Dom — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:54:24 -0000

Next race will be easter, the next blog post on the other hand should be in a couple of days !

Re: Santa Pod Easter Thunderball picturerama

Isaiahwallace — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:26:19 -0000

when will the next race be?????????????

Re: Ur’s turns up the pressure up at the FIA Main Event

Kingsley_tudor — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:24:36 -0000

hey man in response to the watermarks ruining the images, there is away to do it so that you can overlay the image on the top ,and a watermarked on the bottom and when people try to steal it the watermark shows up.far simpler than my explanation

Re: Ur’s turns up the pressure up at the FIA Main Event

Dom — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:12:47 -0000

There is no "right" camera setting there is a technically correct exposure, however if you choose to shoot at that setting is a personal decision as to if the technically correct exposure is going to give you the picture you want. . . . . . . once you understand the basics you then have the choice as to if you want to use them or if you want to something that doesn't confide to the basic rules. Rules are meant to be broken.

Re: Ur’s turns up the pressure up at the FIA Main Event

Ray — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:33:41 -0000

I'm still struggling with learning the 'right' camera settings for the perfect shot myself so I'm nowhere near your league but I generally admire your work Dom. Some of these are great and the sort of shots I would like to be able to produce in time; others I just can't see what you were trying to do. The spectator shots are what I normally end up with!

Capturing the ferocity of a top fuel launch or a pro stock/pro mod burnout just captures drag racing for me; the use of filters and exposure just makes it stand out even more. Pic 1,2 & 11 really float my boat.

Do you do motorsport photography courses ;-)

Re: Ur’s turns up the pressure up at the FIA Main Event

Martin Gleadow — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:07:07 -0000

Love the non-standard parachute shots. The head on ones look lifeless to me, using wide angle and side view captures a lot more of the action.

Like the shot through the smoke of the Habermann car too (can't remember which Habermann drives which car).

Re: Ur’s turns up the pressure up at the FIA Main Event

Kitten — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:21:22 -0000

Fantastic pics!! What a weekend! Can't wait for the next!

Re: The Shady Truth behind ND Filters

neal @ retrophoto — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:28:34 -0000

oh dom.......how things change mate.....did you forget who used to give me stick when I was doing this when you started? 8-) Great info matey, your blog is top notch! see you at the races! neal @ retro photo

Re: The Shady Truth behind ND Filters

Matt Stanton — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:34:21 -0000

Great write up Dom, I'm sure it's shown plenty of people the advantages to using them.

I'd love to read more about he equipment you use, and why you chose it.

Re: Santa Pod Easter Thunderball picturerama

Matt stanton — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:23:52 -0000

Truly excellent work, and the write up is superb, a good read and I like that you've included technical information about the shots.

Re: Motorsport Photography Tutorial 101

Matt Jacques — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:03:44 -0000

Excellent work, Dominic - on both your photos and the blog post! I'm a newbie motorsports photographer and photoshelter user as well from across the pond in Canada.

Did you happen to see the excellent write-up on motorsports photography by John Thawley on Photoshelter? I think it's the absolute best article I've ever read on the topic:

http://blog.photoshelter.co...

Cheers!
Matt

www.mattjacques.com
twitter = mattjacques

Re: Motorsport Photography Tutorial 101

Brendan McFarlane — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:14:10 -0000

Excellent article, and I can see why you won the award, first class work!

Re: How to take better Sports Photos- Part 2

Pit Silas — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:08:19 -0000

Great article. There's a lot of good info here, though I did want to let you know something - I am running Ubuntu with the current beta of Firefox, and the look and feel of your blog is kind of funky for me. I can understand the articles, but the navigation doesn't function so great.

Re: Motorsport Photography Tutorial 101

waska — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:29:41 -0000

Great write up. Yes, you're absolutely right about those three ways of showing, what is happening in track. I suggest the fourth way - go to the pits or other crowded areas around the track, as you can find some very interesting life and shoots there. Ordinary spectators can't see it, so it will be very interesting to watch.

Keep up with the good work, and check out my web @ http://waska.lt !

Re: Renault MSA young Motorsport Photographer of the year 2009 is. . . .

Pete Hewitt — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:23:44 -0000

Well Done!!! this is only the start of things to come

Re: Through the key hole at the FHRA Nitro Nationals

King of Europe — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:45:38 -0000

Great pics Dom,

Re: Renault MSA young Motorsport Photographer of the year 2009 is. . . .

King of Europe — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:37:31 -0000

Well done Dom!

Knew you were special from the first time you took pictures of us at Autosport 09, or was it 08.

Re: NSRA Hot Rod Drags

Martin Smith — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:25:43 -0000

Grate pics, Very good positions of camera. Keep up the good work. Martin

Re: NSRA Hot Rod Drags

Gary J Alce — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:04:11 -0000

Without doubt, simply the best Dragracing pictures I have ever seen...
And I've been around for ever.
Superb !!

Re: NSRA Hot Rod Drags

Gary J Alce — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:50:27 -0000

Quite simply, the BEST dragracing pictures I have ever seen....
And I go back to the 60's.....
Superb !!
Gary J Alce

Re: Cooking up a storm at the Finals

Deborah Glazebrook — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:13:10 -0000

Brilliant photos, even though we were there its still nice to see from a diffrent view and a view us punters don't see Ta