For the past several years I have always marked the March Meet onto my schedule. While its not a mainstream race where I have much chance of making back the money I put out in expenses it is just such a fun race that its more than worth the financial dent it puts into my [...]
Mar 13, 2010 | Categories: California, Drag Racing, Me, Pocket Wizard, Racing, Remote Camera, Sports | Tags: accident, Adam Sorokin, airplane, altered, Art Chrisman, Auto Club Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, bird, Brendan Murry, burnout, cherry picker, crane, Crash, Cruz Pedregon, Dan Horan, Denver Shutz, dragster, elevated, explosion, Famoso, finish line, Fire, flip, fly over, funny car, hawk, how to, jeep funny car, Josh Crawford, launch, Leah Pruett-LeDuc, Lee Paul Jennings, lift, magic arm, March Meet, Mike Boyd, Mike Chrisman, Mike McLennan, nostalgia, parachute, Paul Romine, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, remote, Remote Camera, Rick White, Ron Capps, Ronald Martinez, Sean Dale, smoke, spark plug, sparkplug, super clamp, tire, Todd Losenko, Twig Ziegler, Will Martin, Winged Express, wireless | 7 Comments »
NASCAR is one of my favorite sports to shoot. In 2009 I found myself covering several more races than I initially planned at the start of the season. Thats a good thing though because it allowed me to get some pretty cool shots which makes for a better year in NASCAR photos! Enjoy.
Dec 28, 2009 | Categories: California, Daytona, Florida, Kansas, Las Vegas, NASCAR, New York, Racing, San Francisco, Sports | Tags: airplane, airport, backstretch, Best of 2009, bird, Boris Said, Brad Keselowski, burnout, Camping World, Carl Edwards, celebrations, Champion, Charlotte, clouds, confetti, crashed car, crew member, Dale earnhardt jr, David Reutimann, Daytona, DIS, egret, fans, finish, fisheye lens, garage, Greg Biffle, Homestead, infield, Jason White, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Justin Allgaier, Kansas, Kasey Kahne, kyle busch, Las Vegas, Line, LMS, LVMS, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Miami, motor speedway, motorspeedway, mountains, NASCAR, Nationwide, night racing, P.I.R., Palm Trees, Paul Menard, phoenix, pictures of the year, pit road, portrait, practice, qualifying, reflection, Richmond, road course, Sears Point, sky, snow, Sonoma, spectators, Speedway, Sprint Cup, Star Filter, start, sunset, Texas, TMS, Tony Stewart, tri oval, truck, tunnel, turn four, victory lane, Watkins Glen, winner | 5 Comments »
Its been approaching four years since I got out of the Navy with an honorable discharge after almost five years of service but it honestly seems like yesterday that I made my living as a military photographer on the flight deck of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. While I am sooooooo [...]
Aug 20, 2009 | Categories: Me, Military, Navy, Scenic, Travel | Tags: aerial photography, air to air, aircraft carrier, aircrew, airplane, airplane wash, Alaska, bird wash, bolter, catapult, clouds, deployment, EA-6B, F-14, F-18, fighter jet, final approach, flight, flight deck, fly by, flyby, formation flying, helicopter, high speed pass, hornet, John C. Stennis, landing, launch, military photographer, mountain, navigator, Navy, nuclear, Pacific Ocean, PH, photographers mate, photography, pilot, Prowler, Rain, S-3B, sailor, Seahawk, SH-60, snow, sunset, super hornet, supersonic, swing wing, tail hook, tailhook, Tomcat, top gun, underway, USN, Viking, water | 12 Comments »
Every March nostalgia drag racers from around the country make the pilgrimage to Bakersfield, California for the March Meet, the most sacred of nostalgia drag races. Whenever my busy schedule allows it I also make the trip out to the race because there is always some wild action going on as people race at speeds [...]
Mar 11, 2009 | Categories: California, Drag Racing, Me, NHRA, Pocket Wizard, Racing, Remote Camera, Sports | Tags: airborne, airplane, blown, body, clouds, collision, Crash, Dan Horan, dragster, driver, explosion, Famoso, finish line, Fire, flames, fuel altered, funny car, heatwaves, helmet, impact, light pocket, light shaft, magic arm, March Meet, Mike Chrisman, Mike McLennan, moon, nitro, nitro methane, nostalgia, parachute, pieces, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, reflection, Remote Camera, shutdown area, sky, Southwest, sunset, super clamp, Tom Padilla, top fuel, tripod, two car crash, wall, Winged Express | 58 Comments »
The race I look forward to more than any other is the Daytona 500 every February in Florida. Typically it is one of the most exciting races of the year and is always great with photo sales. During the first 8 days of Daytona it did not rain once. Of course on race day it [...]
Feb 18, 2009 | Categories: Daytona, Me, NASCAR, Pocket Wizard, Racing, Remote Camera, Sports | Tags: accident, airplane, airport, Aric Almirola, backstretch, big one, blown tire, caution flag, champagne, Champion, Crash, crowd, Dale earnhardt jr, David Stremme, Daytona, Daytona 500, DIS, draft, drafting, driver introductions, Elliott Sadler, fans, flag, gas can, goodyear tire, grandstand, Green flag, halfway point, impact, jet, jet dryer, Joey Logano, Lake Lloyd, magic arm, Martin Truex Jr, Matt Kenseth, NASCAR, overheating, Paul Menard, penalty, pit road, pit stop, plane, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, Racing, Rain, rain delay, rainout, red, Remote Camera, restrictor plate, safer barrier, safety cable, sam hornish jr, shortened race, soft wall, speedweek, spin, start, stock car, super clamp, superstretch, three wide, Tom Cruise, track dryer, US Airways, victory lane, wide angle, winner, yellow | 7 Comments »
