Sergio Perez's McLaren Mercedes passes the Ferrari Pit wall (f/11, 1/250sec Iso 100 @ 300mm) (Click to view larger)
OK, not quite what you were expecting when you put 'High Speed Photography' into google or another search engine, but the principals are the same using a high speed of around 1/800 sec you can freeze even an F1 car at full speed down the straight. But that would make for very boring photgraphs of a stationary car on a stationary background. That is something anyone can do, the time you start to struggle is when you hit the stops on your camera and everything then becomes blurred, or if the car is passing you on the straight then keeping the car in frame becomes the challenge. First time I tried that was what was happening, I would get the front of a car or the rear of a car in the image, all perfectly in focus and sharp but just missed the car, that is where learning the art of panning comes in. If you watch professional F1 photographers at
Monday, 15 April 2013 15:35
Mark Bolton
Sebastian Vettel enters the Red Bull Racing Pit (f/13 s. 1/30 ISO100 @300mm)
March comes around and it is F1 season again, another year of Sundays spent glued to the television or computer to see who will be the fastest driver in the world, last year this was Sebastian Vettel for Red Bull Racing. The one Sunday during the season when I am not glued to a screen is for the Chinese F1 Grand Prix, then I get to go and experience the noise (which is beyond any noise you can imagine when there are 22 cars revving their engines in front of you) and try out some high speed photography techniques. This year I knew exactly where to get the tickets there is an online travel agent called
Ctrip which has both Chinese and English websites, so the tickets can be ordered easily online, so whilst browsing with friends we decided to go for the Grandstand High tickets, as these afford the best view of the track and the pits. I decided that I wanted to capture some more panning and blurring shots so
Friday, 13 July 2012 16:41
Mark Bolton
Singapore Marina Bay - National Day Fireworks (Click Image to view Larger)
During a recent trip around South East Asia, I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a day and a night in Singapore, it has been a very long time since I was there and many things have changed. Probably the biggest change is the development of the Singapore Marina Bay area, and the iconic Marina Bay Sands building. My plan was to head down to the marina bay area and shoot some cityscape images, however whilst I was scouting out good places to go, I found out that my trip co-incided with the full dress rehearsal for the
Last Updated on Saturday, 14 July 2012 07:52
Saturday, 21 April 2012 00:05
Mark Bolton
The Road to Everest (Click Image to view Larger)
Twelve months ago today I was staying for a couple of days at Everest, close to the North Base Camp. Tourists have their own Base Camp which has been set up by the Chinese which at the moment consists of a square of tents heated by Yak dung heaters. Everest is proving to be a popular mountain this year with a couple of
National Geographic teams including the North Face Team, and the Mayo Clinic Team (Who are studying the effect of altitude on the heart to hopefully further our knowledge of heart disease), the
Walking with the Wounded team from the UK. For National Geographic, Conrad Anker will be attempting to climb the West Ridge with Cory Richards in Alpine style to re-create the first American summit of Everest in 1963. For Walking with Wounded they will
Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2012 14:07
