[ratpack] Re: Rebilas' blog
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:50:22 -0600
Those are great pictures. What a knack, and a budget for nice equipment, no
doubt. I subscribed. He has to be single to be on the road like that. Of
course, I was on the road 9 weeks at a time 30 sum years ago too.
JC
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John Christensen
Saint Charles, IL
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was just instructed to check out the drag photos from Bakersfield earlier
> this year
> http://markjrebilas.com/blog/?p=3236 Unreel! You gotta see the shot of
> the funny car blowing its body hundreds of feet in the air (according to
> Rebilas.) I'm not much of a drag racing fan, but I found that some of the
> shots here with the chutes open were VERY aesthetically pleasing. And they
> were purdy, too.
>
> I don't think many of us really like to see crashes, especially dangerous
> or senseless ones, but Rebilas seems to have his finger on the pulse of the
> great unwashed sheeple who go to races to swill beer and wait for the next
> crash. As a result he's come up with a "best crashes of 2008" section:
> http://markjrebilas.com/blog/?p=2334
>
> When Doc Freud is favorably impressed, over and over again, I listen to
> what he has to say. He's teaching me a lot, and the Rebilas blog entries
> are a great place to learn.
>
> I thought I saw where he was named Motorsports Photographer of the year,
> but I couldn't seem to find it again.
>
> Ohhh...one more thing. I found out from my German friend Pork Pie that one
> of my photos was the cover shot for a magazine in the UK called Fast Facts.
> He tells me there's a large ad for me and my photographic services. Huh!
> News to me. 'Course the likelihood of me covering events in Britain are
> sorta slim, but I'd love to Goodwood for the Festival of Speed. Maybe if a
> Brit team comes to the salt I can have an in to shoot for them. I finally
> got an order for a CD from the French Canucks and their Saltmobile. Can't
> complain about that. It could even buy me half a flash unit. :)
>
> Ok...that's all the news that's fit to print.
>
> RtR
> ps. My fanciful bio on target550 was approved. I guess I'll have to start
> coming up with stories about living as a sewer rat. :)
>
>
>
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