For almost as long as I can remember, the end of the year has always excited me because that means go karts converging on a small dirt track in Arizona called AKA Speedway for the Holiday Classic. Ranging from 6 year olds puttering around the slick dirt track all the way up to professional businessmen [...]
Jan 16, 2010 | Categories: Racing, Sports | Tags: action, AKA, arizona, catchfence, children, Crash, dirt, dirt track, dust, fans, Glendale, go cart, go kart, Holiday Classic, impact, karting, kids, mud, oval, phoenix, PKRA, Racing, small town, spin, sun, sunset, wall, winner | 3 Comments »
As a photographer who works between 50-60 hours a week one thing that gets tough is taking the extra time to try unique shots. Sure sometimes it can produce something wonderful that makes it worth the extra time and effort but more often than not it doesn’t work as planned and leaves you pissed off [...]
Apr 21, 2009 | Categories: Baseball, Diamondbacks, MLB, Me, Pocket Wizard, Remote Camera, Sports | Tags: action, aerial, Albert Pujols, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baseball, batter, beaned, broken bat, bunt, catcher, catwalk, celebration, Chad Tracy, Chase Field, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Chris Snyder, Chris Young, Conor Jackson, crowd, day, elevated, empty seats, Eric Byrnes, extra innings, fans, game winning hit, hit by pitch, home, home run, Jackie Robinson, James Loney, Jon Garland, Jon Willey, Jonathan Broxton, Juan Pierre, Justin Upton, Los Angeles Dodgers, magic arm, Manny Ramirez, Mark J. Rebilas, Mark Reynolds, night, outfielder, pitcher, play at the plate, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, press box, professional sports photographer, Rafael Furcal, Randy Wolf, remote photography, Rick Ankiel, Roof, roof open, Russell Martin, safety cable, shadow, St. Louis Cardinals, stadium, Stephen Drew, stolen base, sunny, super clamp, tag, unique, wide angle, wireless, Yadier Molina | 20 Comments »
If the Phoenix International Raceway wasn’t 30 miles from my house I doubt I would come to this race. While it is a fun track to drive on its not quite as fun as a fan. So instead of hanging out waiting for some action I decided to really put in 100% effort and try [...]
Nov 10, 2008 | Categories: Desert, Me, NASCAR, P.I.R., Racing, Scenic, Sports | Tags: 3 time champion, action, arizona sports photographer, backflip, blown tire, boring, Brian Vickers, burnout, cactus, car of tomorrow, Carl Edwards, catch fence, caution, celebration, Champion, championship, Chase for the Cup, checkered flag, Clint Bowyer, clouds, Colin Bruan, Crash, dark, David Reutimann, Desert, excitement, fans, field editor, finish line, Fire, garage area, goodyear tires, Greg Biffle, infield, informative, instructions, Jamie McMurray, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, Johnny Benson, Justin Allgaier, Kenny Wallace, Kevin Harvick, lens flare, light pocket, Marcos Ambrose, Matt Kenseth, motorhomes, motorsports, motorsports photographer, motorsports photography, mountains, NASCAR, night, one mile oval, P.I.R., Phoenix International Raceway, photographer in Phoenix, photography how to, pit road, pit stop, Playoffs, port-a-potty, puddle, Racing, Rain, red flag, reflection photo, Ron Hornaday, RV, Saguaro cactus, Scott Wimmer, shadows, sky, Sliced Bread, sparks, spin, starting line, Sterling Marlin, storm, sun, sunset, tech inspection, transmitting images, verizon wireless card, victory lane, wall | 13 Comments »
Nikon D3, 600mm with 1.4 convertor, 400iso, f7.1, 1/1250th
For some reason I chose to do the NASCAR race in Kansas City even though I hate shooting at this track. The first two days of horrible shooting made me realize why I hate the race but the last day did a pretty good job of making [...]
Sep 29, 2008 | Categories: Chilis, Kansas, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: action, Bass Pro Shops, Brian Vickers, burnout, Casey Mears, Chad Knaus, Chilis, collision on pit road, crashes, Dale earnhardt jr, Denny Hamlin, Drifting, Elk, fans, Green flag, Greg Biffle, hit by car, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, Kansas City, Kansas Speedway, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Mike Bliss, motorsports photographer, mounted, NASCAR. Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, Parking Lot, Phenom, photography, pit stop, professional photographer, Racing, restart, Rookie, running over pit crew, sam hornish jr, Sliced Bread, slide job, sold out crowd, spin, sports photographer, Stuffed animal, Superstar, Tony Stewart, Traffic, victory lane | 9 Comments »
