Best photos of 2018
As it’s the end of the racing season for 2018 I thought I’d have a rummage through the photos I’ve taken this year and pick out a few of my favourites, and not just post them here but explain why they’re my
Author: mark
Micro 4/3 – can you feel the noise?
It’s been a few months now since I bought my Olympus EM1 Mk2 and I’ve been to 9 events for the Oval Track Legends formula in that time. When I bought the camera I knew the downside of the micro 4/3rds sensor
Golden hour creates some great photos
This weekend was a double-header in the UK Oval Track Legends series, with a visit to Ipswich, our local track, on Saturday evening followed by Yarmouth, an hour or so up the coast on Sunday evening. As both races were evening meets,
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I was at Swaffham Raceway on Sunday 15th July with my step-son and his cousin who were there to race their Rookie Rods, and of course I was taking lots of photos, including some of the other formulas racing there. One of
Going too far?
When I bought my first camera in June 2017, a Nikon D3300, all I thought I might do with it is take cool pictures of cars, motorsports being one of my main interests. I had a fairly good idea that “cool” involved
Through the Fence – a motorsport nightmare
At Hednesford Hills Raceway on Sunday with Damian and the short oval formula “Legends”. Like all oval tracks Hednesford is surrounded by a wire fence, for obvious and necessary safety reasons, which makes shooting through it a challenge, especially on Sunday as
First thoughts on the EM1 Mk2
So I’ve had my new Olympus EM1 Mk2 for a couple of weeks, and thought I’d share my initial impressions of it. The first thing I found I had to do was download a proper user guide for it from the Olympus
Sensors and Equivalence
This article is based on nothing more than some internet babble I’ve read over the last few weeks and although it did form part of the basis for my decision to swap my APS-C format Nikon D3300 for a m4/3 format Olympus
Change of Direction
I’ve been pondering for a while whether my photographic path is the right one for me. I bought a DSLR thinking I’d take loads of cool pictures of cars and bikes and with a little (or a lot) of practise I’d be capturing
Panning with the Sigma
Went to Yarmouth stadium on Sunday 6th May to watch a family friend compete in the Rookie Rods formula, and took along the Sigma 150-600mm to see what I could do with it at an Oval track. Yarmouth is a bit different