PHOTOGRAPHERS Wanted; Formula D Sonoma

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Our list needs to be finalized soon so please apply by the end of this week.

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350zFan
spiritD
rawmade
rmj_drift
Dage
JZ oo7
Slapshotnerd
iMakeGraves


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[JZ oo7]

Out of curiosity, who will retain the rights to the images? Is this a pretty casual deal where the photographer can post the image on their own personal/commercial sites as well, or this an exclusive drifting.com contract job?

i also have the same question about the rights to the images.

btw, great images mike.

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Originally Posted by dage
Out of curiosity, who will retain the rights to the images? Is this a pretty casual deal where the photographer can post the image on their own personal/commercial sites as well, or this an exclusive drifting.com contract job?

You retain the rights and the use is not restricted.

[cfrost]

[sevenphotos]

If I win, will you guys fly me in from Japan?













Cheers,

Paul Hansen
www.avoturboworld.com
www.sevenphotos.com
www.apexjapan.com

[rawmade]

showoff...

[sevenphotos]

Guilty as charged!!

But I really do want an excuse to get back to the states for a vacation, it's getting damned hot and humid here again...

Cheers,

Paul Hansen
www.avoturboworld.com
www.sevenphotos.com
www.apexjapan.com

[JZ oo7]

Guilty as charged!!

But I really do want an excuse to get back to the states for a vacation, it's getting damned hot and humid here again...

Cheers,

Paul Hansen
www.avoturboworld.com
www.sevenphotos.com
www.apexjapan.com

i'll trade places with you for a couple weeks. lol

[sevenphotos]

Two weeks of monsoon season weather in Tokyo will have you changing your tune!

Cheers,

Paul Hansen
www.avoturboworld.com
www.sevenphotos.com
www.apexjapan.com

[Forge_55b]

damn I just got my Canon Rebel XT and im stuck in Iraq.....well good luck to all and get some good ish up on here.....also if u can put your shutter and aperture settings would be cool too hehe.....oh and what kinda lense and camera would be badass......aights time to blow something up.....

[sevenphotos]

My main camera is a 20D, with a 300D as backup. Lens used are mainly Canon: 28-80 F2.8-4.0L, 70-200 F2.8L, and 300mm F4.0L. I've misc. other lens as either backup or for specialty shots. F-stops are usually in the F3.5-5.6 range for static shots, unless I'm doing tripod shots, then F8-F11. Action shots are done with a general car speed = shutter speed ratio. In other words, if I'm shooting drift cars doing about 80-100km/h through the corner, then shutter speeds are around 1/80th to 1/100th of a second. If I'm shooting Indy cars doing 200mph through the corner, then shutter speeds are around 1/200th of a second. F-stops in that case are purely up to the available light, usually in the F11 to F16 range. If it is too bright, I will use a 2-stop ND filter to darken the scene up and keep the F-stops low.

I encourage anybody interested in the motorsports photography end of life to check out automotivephoto.com, it's a good site to learn at.

Cheers,

Paul Hansen
www.avoturboworld.com
www.sevenphotos.com
www.apexjapan.com

[hatebbobbarker]

i really like your pictures paul, do any of those links in your sig have higher res pictures so i can use it for a desktop, they definitely beat my TVR sagaris wallpaper

[JZ oo7]

My main camera is a Nikon F100 (yes i'm still shooting film). Mainly shooting with Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 and 17-35mm. My technique is similar to Paul's. I'm always on a monopod when I'm shooting with the 300. When I was shooting at GT Live, all the photogs around me was checking if their shot was sharp after the cars had pass, at the same time I was standing there praying to God hoping my images are sharp LOL. I got access to a lab, so I don't really see a need to shoot digital.

[sevenphotos]

Give me a couple of days, I'll put them up on the avonews site at 1200pix resolution.

Cheers,

Paul Hansen