[ratpack] Re: Attempt to stretch
- From: Michael Wells <mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:20:46 -0600
Nice, did you stop at McWay Falls on your way south? One of the best and
most accessible waterfalls you'll ever see. I will not be at the races this
weekend two reasons, one, we want to go to the Utah Co fair, I entered some
pics and want to see how I did, also I need my greesy corndog fix. Second,
the cooling system in my Toyota went south so it's in the shop and I'll have
to pic it up Sat morning.
On the lighter side, I did hook up with a guy at the SCCA races this past
weekend, the guy in the #99 Toyota Yaris (
http://www.pbase.com/twistedlight/toyota_99), well come to find out he works
for SportsCar magazine and it looks like I'll have two pics of his car in
the next edition of the magazine. I have also sold some pics to some of the
other drivers as well, so all in all a good weekend, except for the fact
that I forgot my extra batteries on Sunday so I was done half way through
the open wheel race.
Tell your wife she's crazy, long exposure pics are difficult even in the
best of circumstances. So I like it, how long was the exposure? My wife and
I used to go to that beach before we were married so it's a familiar sight
for us. And yes Monterey and the California coast is some of the prettiest
sights in the world so I'm jealous.
So is anybody going to the track for the Kart Grand race the last weekend of
the month? I thought it might be a nice contrast to the big horse powered
cars.
Well, I'll see you at the track.
Dr Z
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:05 PM, <humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's nice! C.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Knight" <carpixguy@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 9:34:56 AM
> Subject: [ratpack] Attempt to stretch
>
> Hey Rat Packers
> I made it back from Monterey (and San Fran, Pismo Beach, and that 8 hour
> stretch of nothingness from Reno to SLC).
> It was a fantastic event. Soooo many interesting cars. I camped in a tent
> right at the track above turn 10, just a couple of hundred yard from the
> cork screw turn. I even stayed and extra day since a group of Ferrari owners
> had rented the track for the next day, and I got to shoot Ferrari F40's,
> F430's, 550 Marinello's, 360's, 355's, and even an Enzo running around the
> track. OK so they were going kinda slow in the morning as they orientated,
> but they still looked marvelous.
>
> But to the point, Dr. Z has been telling me that I need to broaden or
> stretch my photographic horizons (or my lens as the case may be), and shoot
> something other than cars (Blasphemy!!!!!). Well I do love the ocean, and I
> was in Monterey, so I gave it a shot. I think I actually enjoyed it (I did
> miss the smell of 110 Octaine while I was shooting the scenery though).
>
> I took the attached shot in Santa Cruz at the amusement park one night. I
> liked it, but my wife kinda just went ho - hum over it, so let me know what
> you think. I didn't have a tripod or mono pod, so I just set the camera on
> the railing of the pier, and put an empty, partially deflated pop bottle
> under lens to keep it level.
>
> I shot a bunch of other scenery stuff on the way down highway 1 to Pismo,
> but I haven't looked at em yet, tooooooo busy. If there is anything there
> that doesn't completely embarrass me, I'll share it later, oh and if any of
> the car shots turn out too.
>
> I highly recommend you attend the Monterey Motor Sports Reunion if you can.
> The hotels were too pricey for me, but camping worked out really well, other
> than I had to run my Truck for two hours to charge camera batteries and
> offload pics form the memory cards every night, oh and it was cold and foggy
> at night. Still my neighbors were nice (one of them was actually one of the
> designers/engineer on the Nissan GTP car that dominated IMSA right before
> the Gurney Toyota's dominated it)(very very interesting stories he told).
> Most people even went to bed at 10:00pm. I even got to talk with Dario
> Franchitti who was there doing a demo run in a Mazarati Bridcage sports car.
> Nice man Mr. Franchitti. Did not see his wife, Ashely Judd though. You
> should have seen me on the first day. I must have looked like a kid in a
> candy store. Oh and they had a Bugatti Grand Prix car group. 35 of those
> Bugatti type 59 little blue 1930's cars running around. Wow!
>
> I post a bunch of stuff on my website in a while. I am now in the throws of
> coaching two soccer teams, and trying to explain off sides to 10 year olds
> (can someone explain it to me first)
>
> See Ya Later
> Larr
>
--
Dr. Z
aka Michael Wells
MCWells Photography
mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx
801-850-7279
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