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How hard are they to get hold of?
I'm not a Pro photographer and not working on behalf of anyone, just seeing if anyone knows how to get hold of them. Tried Google and the Pod website, but not had any joy.
It's just a general query, as I take quite a lot of photos at the Pod, but find that too many of my photos have heads etc in the way standing on the banking. I suppose one option is to get in the grandstands, but obviously I'd like to take some photos (if only for one meeting) from trackside.
Can anyone steer me in the right direction.
I'm not a Pro photographer and not working on behalf of anyone, just seeing if anyone knows how to get hold of them. Tried Google and the Pod website, but not had any joy.
It's just a general query, as I take quite a lot of photos at the Pod, but find that too many of my photos have heads etc in the way standing on the banking. I suppose one option is to get in the grandstands, but obviously I'd like to take some photos (if only for one meeting) from trackside.
Can anyone steer me in the right direction.
B16 RTT said:
How hard are they to get hold of?
Very. Or at least much harder than a few years ago. If you want to try, get in touch with Santa Pod directly. But...B16 RTT said:
I'm not a Pro photographer and not working on behalf of anyone
...that pretty much guarantees the answer will be no! Still, there are a few photographers here with press passes. Maybe they can chip in with more informed opinions. But from what I've heard, if you're not associated with a magazine or other "legitimate" media, you're not likely to get onto the start line any more.Edited by Tet on Tuesday 7th December 15:58
Unfortunately the very nature of a press pass is designed for accredited members of the press, to allow them to do their job and create the PR that Santa Pod want.
Due to the very nature of drag racing space is incredibly limited with the first 120 (ish) ft being open to the press means that unlike other sports (football golf, rugby , circuit racing and so on) where the press are spread out over a wide space with drag racing you have a very high concentration of people in a very small area then to top it off were all stood in-between the start line and the spectators blocking their view. So the guys that sort accreditation have to be incredibly stringent about who they let trackside to ensure that they strike a balance between getting the coverage that they need/want and making sure that the spectators still get to experience the thrill of drag racing.
Drag racing is the most carefully accredited motor sport I shoot and only really beaten by dataco's running of Premier league football.
This all being said there are some great angles and views that are head free and readily available to the general public.
What I highly recommend doing is getting a small set of steps and going and stand at half track on the pitside, you'll get a great view and all your shots will be head free.
Hope that helps
Dom
Due to the very nature of drag racing space is incredibly limited with the first 120 (ish) ft being open to the press means that unlike other sports (football golf, rugby , circuit racing and so on) where the press are spread out over a wide space with drag racing you have a very high concentration of people in a very small area then to top it off were all stood in-between the start line and the spectators blocking their view. So the guys that sort accreditation have to be incredibly stringent about who they let trackside to ensure that they strike a balance between getting the coverage that they need/want and making sure that the spectators still get to experience the thrill of drag racing.
Drag racing is the most carefully accredited motor sport I shoot and only really beaten by dataco's running of Premier league football.
This all being said there are some great angles and views that are head free and readily available to the general public.
What I highly recommend doing is getting a small set of steps and going and stand at half track on the pitside, you'll get a great view and all your shots will be head free.
Hope that helps
Dom
crikey said:
I think you may be right Jim, I can just about picture Daryl's on-board camera and I think he was in the right lane. I'll have to look tomorrow.
My memory is that Micke swerved in front of Darryl having lost the rear wing after tyre failure and ended up in the field, Darryl was dodging debris (and a good job he made of it too). I think it was following this incident that the concrete barriers were installed during the close season.Edited by NitroWars on Wednesday 8th December 22:39
MotorPsycho said:
around 2006 I think? Micke was still in TAFC in 1996
Was Micke even using those colours in 2006? Thats what made me think it was earlier? 
Just had a look on eurodragster, looks like it was 2001 Euro Finals, round one against Pelle Lindlow. Half way between what we both thought!
Edited by chris89 on Thursday 9th December 08:18
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