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FRAMES Chapter 2: What it’s like to shoot the Queen’s Cup steeplechase horse race

07 Jun

From horsepower to horse power, ‘FRAMES Chapter 2’ shares a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to go from the streets and courses of Formula 1 and World Endurance Championship racing to the first type of racing photographer Jamey Price fell in love with—horse racing.

Unlike the ‘FRAMES Chapter 1,’ which showed what it took to cover a 24-hour endurance race, ‘FRAMES Chapter 2 ‘follows Price as he covers the 23rd Queen’s Cup in Charlotte, North Carolina. As Price narrates throughout the video, the steeplechase horse race presents a unique challenge, both similar and different to motorsports races.

Throughout the six-minute video, we see what it takes to capture the various races throughout the day and, spoiler: it involves a lot of remote cameras (both DSLRs and GoPros), a day of planning, plenty of patience and sacrifice in terms of deciding what shots you capture and what ones you have to hold onto until next year.

Price was kind enough to share a few behind the scenes photos with DPReview:

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The video was filmed and produced by Austin Gager. You can find more of Jamey’s work on his website.

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FRAMES, Chapter 1: What it’s like shooting a 24-hour endurance car race

03 May

Motorsport and sports photography can be an exhausting in the best of circumstances—lugging around incredibly large and heavy lenses, not to mention multiple camera bodies, and scrambling to edit and file images ASAP. But Chapter 1 of the short documentary series FRAMES covers something a whole order of magnitude more difficult: shooting a 24-hour endurance race.

The 12-minute video follow professional motorsport photographer Jamey Price as he prepares for and tries his best to survive the grueling TOTAL 24 hours of Spa at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium.

This is one of the most prestigious endurance races in the world, and the short documentary gives you just a glimpse at what it takes shoot for 24 hours straight, stay awake for close to 40 hours, hike miles worth of race track, and survive the whole experience on a few bits and pieces of junk food you scrounged along the way. It is, in a word: fascinating.

And for just a bit more motivation, Jamey was kind enough to share some of his photos from the race with us, which you can see in the gallery below:

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Almost as interesting as the behind the scenes look itself is the story of how FRAMES was made… or almost not made. Bringing even a short doc to the public can be a herculean effort, even when you have the money, the backers, and interest from the media to share what you’ve created.

Jamey details the whole process in a blog post that will either inspire you to embark on your own such journey or scare you out of ever trying it.

From a successful Kickstarter, to the Daytona 24 saying “no,” to the film’s original producer backing out just three weeks before the Spa 24, the journey from idea to final product was almost as grueling as shooting the race itself. So watch the video above, read Jamey’s blog post for an even deeper behind-the-scenes dive, and let us know what you think about FRAMES and the idea of shooting race cars for 24 hours straight.

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Zack Arias on Unsplash and the ‘race to the bottom’

06 Feb

When commercial photographer Zack Arias first heard about Unsplash—an image sharing website where photographers share high quality work 100% royalty free—his blood began to boil. It seems, for all intents and purposes, like the ‘race to the bottom’ that has plagued the photo industry for years has reached its nadir.

But instead of just getting angry and ranting about it online, Arias reached out to one of the cofounders, interviewed him about his creation, and came back today with a lengthy discussion titled “Thoughts on Unsplash.”

If you feel like the current opinions out there on Unsplash are too shallow and don’t deal with the real issues behind how Unsplash is used by designers, bloggers, and even major brands around the world, Arias’ video will be a breath of fresh air. He dives into every aspect of this “business model” for photographers, addressing:

  • The legal nightmare that comes up when using images of identifiable people on Unsplash, many (read: most) of which have NOT been model released.
  • The legal night mare that comes up when using images of identifiable brands and property on Unsplash, many (read: most) of which have NOT been released either.
  • Why getting hired to do commercial work after being “discovered” on Unsplash is the exception, not the rule. Most Unsplash users just take your photo and leave, they don’t look at your profile and consider hiring you.
  • Why he’s personally offended and annoyed by tech startups that “use other people’s money to gamble with an entire industry of people’s livelihood.”

The full video is 42 minutes long, and Arias hits all of the bases that are so often ignored when a discussion about Unsplash comes up. Check it out for yourself, especially if you’ve considered posting (or already do post) your work to Unsplash.

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Canon turbo boosts the pixel race with 250-million-pixel APS-H sensor

08 Sep

If you thought the pixel race was something that ended a few years ago think again. Canon has announced that its R&D team has developed a CMOS sensor of a similar size to that used in the EOS 1D Mark IV which houses 250 megapixels. Read more

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10 Pictures from 2013 Missouri River 340 Race

14 Aug

Sea Wind canoe on Kaw River
My Sea Wind canoe on the shore of Kaw River 20 minutes before the race start.

Missouri American Water MR340 is a paddling race across the entire state of Missouri – 340 miles nonstop in less than 88 hours from Kansas City to St Charles. The 8th edition of the race took place July 23-26, 2013.

It was my 7th MR340 race, and the third one paddled self supported in Sea Wind canoe designed by Verlen Kruger. This year it took me 62:21 hours to finish – 38th place overall and 19th place in men’s solo division (142 boats), see race results. I had a pretty good race. Sea Wind allowed me to to run long river sections up to 12 hours of paddling without any stops.

Here is a selection of 10 pictures from the race, all shot with Pentax Optio WG2 camera. I will be writing more technical reports and commentary in my Fitness Paddling blog where you can find a lot of information on previous MR340 races starting from the very first one in 2006.


solo boats start of 2013 Missouri River 340 Race
A few minutes before the start of solo boats at 7am on the Kaw River with a cityscape of Kansas City.

solo boats start of 2013 Missouri River 340 Race
Tandems and all other boats are starting at 8am.

solo boats start of 2013 Missouri River 340 Race
One of 3 SUP paddlers is standing up above kayaks and canoes.

sunrise on Missouri River
First sunrise on the river (Wednesday morning) a few miles above Glasgow.+

Old Katy railroad bridge at Boonsville1
Old Katy railroad bridge at Boonsville. 170 miles. Already half of the race or only half …

Old Katy railroad bridge at Boonsville
Approaching Boonsville bridge. Traditionally, I am shooting some pictures here.

foggy sunrise on Missouri River

foggy sunrise on Missouri River

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Abandoned Tunnel Used for Secret Race Car Testing

19 Apr

[ By Steph in Abandoned Places & Architecture. ]

Secret Racing Tunnel 1

Locals in the area of Donegal, Pennsylvania would often scratch their heads at the reverberating sounds of roaring car engines and squealing tires seeming to come from beneath a nearby mountain in 2003. Hidden just under a layer of earth and trees was the Laurel Hill Tunnel, a former part of the state turnpike system, but it had lain abandoned since 1964. Then, people started seeing NASCAR haulers, equipment and supplies coming through the area. Was there a connection?

Secret Racing Tunnel 2

(images via: wikimapia, Laurel Hill Tunnel Facebook)

Sure enough, there are cars tearing through that tunnel at top speeds, but it isn’t some kind of secret underground theme park for race car drivers. It’s a test site for the study of aerodynamics. Hikers investigating the site found that the tunnel has a new, tubular steel entrance with dual garage openings, and discovered discarded barrels of motor racing fuel of the sort used by NASCAR. But for years, the suspected users of the site wouldn’t acknowledge its existence.

Only in recent months has the Chip Ganassi Racing team been willing to confirm the rumors that have been swirling since 2004, and explained a little more about the purpose of the tunnel. Team leader Ben Bowlby told Racecar Engineering Magazine that the tunnel happens to be an ideal place for IRL (Indy Racing League) testing in a straight line in a wind tunnel, with total control over wind resistance and other environmental factors, using a full-sized racing car. The car zooms through the tunnel at a set speed and the wind forces are measured.

Secret Racing Tunnel 3

The tunnel in 1942 and 2012. (images via: wikimedia commons, Laurel Hill Tunnel Facebook)

This straight-line testing has been considered a key to success in the Indy Racing League since track testing was banned in 2004. The facility includes a 460 meter (1509-foot) acceleration zone, with a total length of 1384 meters (4,541 feet.) While the tunnel has provided a virtually ideal environment for testing, it hasn’t been without its snags: there have been several crashes. Learn more about the logistics and see drawings of the inside of the tunnel at Racecar Engineering Magazine.

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Inventionland Offices: From Tree Houses to Race Tracks

17 Jan

[ By Steph in Architecture & Offices & Commercial. ]

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If your office was a pirate ship, would you be more or less likely to slack off? The incredible offices of Inventionland design factory in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania look more like a theme park or movie sound stage than a workplace, keeping their employees inspired to come up with creative ideas of their own. Inventionland invents nearly 2,000 new items every year, putting out one product every three days.

Inventionland Race Track Office

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Inventionland Cave Office

The 70,000-square-foot space is divided into 16 different ‘sets’, each with a unique theme of its own. There’s a race track with a distinctive checkered pattern, elevated like a miniature arena, with the desks in the center. Caves provide peaceful work spaces for those who need isolation to perform at their best.

Inventionland Castle Office

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Inventionland Treehouse Office

Inventionland Treehouse Office 2

A massive castle has a sense of highly polished Disney-esque luxury, while a treehouse and a waterfall offer tranquil getaways of the sort most cubicle-dwellers only dream of.

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Not so disney Pixar -World of Cars-the big street race! I need more subs

23 Oct

hi, ive tried out a new type of stop-motion video,from lego to cars.Tell me what you think!
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Starlight Express 2nd US Tour 2004 Race 2

02 Aug

This is Race 2, from the Starlight Express 2nd US Tour, 2004. The film portion of the race was directed by Julian Napier and also used in the 1st and 2nd UK tours as well as the New Zealand Arena Tour. The double/blurry image in the film that you see here is because the films were presented in stereoscopic 3-D, designed to be viewed with polarized 3D glasses which caused the images to push out beyond the confines of the flat screen and into the audiences faces.
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Cool Animated Car Race [The Original]

19 May

Honda NSX vs. Lamborghini Diablo animated.