If you??™re photographing a race on an oval track, you??™ll
be photographing from the grandstands during the event and perhaps from
the pits prior to the event. Use your camera??™s optical zoom to get as close to
the action as possible. If the event promoters permit you to leave your seat and
photograph through the fence, you can capture some close-ups of the cars as
they zoom by. You can also take pictures of the pit crew. The following image
uses the spokes of a wheel to frame a team member resting between pit stops.
If you??™re photographing a road race on a natural terrain course, roam from
corner to corner. Many tracks have spectator mounds, which are wonderful
vantage points for photography. When you photograph a road race, you can
capture the essence of speed if you pan the camera, as outlined previously.
QUICKFACTS
TELLING THE STORY
OF THE EVENT
When you get home from the event and download
your pictures to your computer, you can get creative
and assemble a journal of the event. Sort through your
images, and arrange them in a logical order to show the
athletes before, during, and after the event. Crop the
images as desired in your image-editing application, and
delete any undesirable images.
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