10 Tips For Fantastic Digital Motorsport Shots!
Motorsports is one of the fastest growing subjects in digital photography, the track, the cars, the adrenaline! Many of us just love the rush as we snap away at motorcars as they thunder round hairpin bends at breakneck speed! Here's my best advice to help you become an instant motorsport expert.
1. Look for hard and fast corners where the wheels lift from the floor. Use a fast shutter speed of 1/1000 sec to freeze the gravity defying action.
2. Be aware of action. Grabbing a shot of a car spinning out or locking up will always make an action-packed shot.
3. Shooting a lone car on the track can work as a more aesthetic and artistic shot to take away from the day as a memory.
4. Shoot jaunty angles whenever you if you can as they'll spice up a 'standard' panning shot and give it a dynamic feel.
5. Edit for impact when in the digital darkroom. Cropping tighter, boosting the contrast and upping the saturation will help take your shot up a level.
6. Zoom right in and capture a few shots of the finer detail such as the colourful wheels whizzing round or drivers as they prepare for a race.
7. Shoot the story of the day and point the camera off track - they could make a great race day picture story that will boost your portfolio.
8. Avoid extremely cluttered and messy backgrounds as they'll distract the eye. Move to a spot where there's not so much advertising in the background or shoot from a little higher and use the grass or track as a neutral backdrop.
9. Try to shoot the vehicles as they're coming towards the camera or panning parallel with the lens for more impact.
10. Try to capture the aggression of the cars as they lurch into the corners and the whole stance of the vehicle changes.
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