[ratpack] Re: What would you do?

From: Michael Wells <mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 23:56:24 -0600
I don't have credentials and I'd love to get to know the guys with Air Power
Racing but I might be going to the track with a newbie. I don't know if they
would let us both shoot for them but I'll let you know as the week
progresses. I'm taking Friday off so I can spend the day at the track so if
the Air Power guys just want car shots I can do that on Friday. I don't know
if they'll let me in the pits & paddocks on Friday without a ticket or
credentials then I'd love to have your pass to shoot the team in the pits
and paddocks. The guy I'm going with works for a media company in the area
so I might be able to get a sponsor for the rest of the races so we'll see
how it goes. So just to show you guys that it's not all cars and bikes this
is what I did this morning, I haven't done any post processing on this pic
I've just re-sized it so it's almost straight out of the camera..

Dr Z

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Sent from my Dreadnought using that barely tolerable Thunderbird email program
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> If you had a photo like this...
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>
>
> ...that shows a car in mid-air right by the sponsor's airbag?
>
> Would ya send it to their publicity department?  If ya did do ya think
> they'd (they being the series...who refused me credentials) would try to
> claim ownership of the photo?  As ya prolly know Tom Shannon gave me a
> ticket for the cheap seats that MMP gave to him.  He and his wife used 'em
> on Saturday and I got one of the Sunday tickets.
>
>
>
> I have one more in the series that has the car right in front of the
> airbag...hell, I don't know what to do with it.
>
> Here's one more shot I found interesting:
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>
>
> It was about the best use I could think of with the backlighting.
>
> The car show in Logan damn near kilt me.  Like I wrote, I'd intended to get
> an earlier start, but as usual, I had to stop and visit with people and this
> and that....I was real tired.  I'm far from caught up now, but I gotta get
> these 2 events finished up before ALMS.
>
> So...any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Ohh..there is an outside chance that I might be out of town for the ALMS
> weekend.  I hope it doesn't turn out that way, but if it does, I'd like to
> offer my arrangement with Les Long to someone who doesn't already have
> credentials.  I know that the Zamboni is a little short in that area but I
> dunno about Muttley.  It'd be a full commitment to cover Air Power and the
> race(s) that he's organizing.  My plan is to start on Thursday and be there
> all day, every day until the last dog is hung.
>
> One more thing.  I love 8 gig CF cards.  I shot the whole Logan show on one
> card.  I've re-thought the temperature sensitive issues I heard about a year
> ago and decided to chance it.  If shootin all day in the 95F temps didn't
> hurt it...well, it seems to be a good deal.  Amazon, Sandisk Ultra II for
> $33.50.  I'll probably buy one or two more since the images from the 7D are
> considerably larger than the 40D's were.   Oh...the 6 rechargeable NiMH AA
> cells in the powerpack lasted all day and still had more in 'em.  I bought a
> charger and batteries, also from Amazon:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Sony-BCG-34HRMF4-Battery-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B0002IOIMQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1278220006&sr=1-1
> and 8 extra batteries (it comes with 4.)  The nice thing about this charger
> is that it will drain the batteries before charging (If ya tell it to) to
> avoid discharge memory.  So far I'm real happy with it.  I DID use up the 4
> AAs in the flash, but they weren't freshly charged when I started.
>
> Enuff.
>
> r
>
>  --
> Sent from my Dreadnought using that gawdawful Thunderbird email program
>
>


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Michael Wells
MCWells Photography
mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx
801-850-7279
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