Mid-Ohio IRL practice

I'd agree with that. I shot a snooker competition over the weekend (really exciting stuff ) but the killer shot came from an experiment long after I had the assignment shots were completed.

I was talking to a couple of the other photographers yesterday at MidOhio and they said for an extra $100 you can get the photopass. Can anyone else verify if that is accurate information.

Boom, turn one, I agree. There was an available window of about 3 degrees to shoot.

OTOH my best shots came from my 300 2.8.

Love the shots...

When you guys shoot these events, what settings do you guys use? (Av? Tv? M?)

Chris

John Thawley wrote in post #3599177
It's not about what you shoot, it's about what you keep.

Regarding panning... you made a reference to "how many were keepers." Again, don't worry about how many are keepers. Worry about how many are killers! I'm quite comfortable panning at 1/100 sec - 1/125 sec. and would probably easily run 70% keeper rate. But why? I couldn't possibly use that many and they're not that interesting. I rarely panned over 1/60 sec all week. Once I've got "assignment" work out of the way, I want "wow" stuff.

Shoot a lot and shoot with reckless abandon.

Thanks for sharing your perspective. You're right, staying within my limits I got some sharp photos, but nothing 'special'. I did click off a few hundred at 1/60, and some came out OK(small print only). They were more interesting to look at than the sharper 1/150th images.

When I go for the bike race next week I think I'll follow your advice, and fire away, beyond my comfort level, and look for that couple of killer shots, instead of a bunch of keepers.

But...... you have to come help me sort through all my duds

Here are a couple of my 1/60th shots that came out pretty good:

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ChrisLUM wrote in post #3599524
Love the shots...

When you guys shoot these events, what settings do you guys use? (Av? Tv? M?)

Thanks Chris.

This was my first time shooting at a track, maybe some one with experience can be of more value, but this is what I did.

I mostly shot in Tv. Depending on what effect I was looking for, slow shutter speeds for panning, to blur the background. And, fast SS for stopping action when a car spun off the track, or when I was shooting at on-coming cars.

I set EC according to the darkness of the background and/or the amount of reflection I was getting off the track. Most of the day I was at 0 or +1/3.

I set ISO to 200, but left it in auto-shift. It only went over 200 a few times when shooting in the shadows. When the sun was out I was getting apertures right around f/8, for pretty good DOF.

Nearly every shot was properly exposed, which was good since I was shooting JPG L.

I didn't bother with Manual mode, Because the sun was in/out of clouds(friday). Lighting was constantly changing, and I would have missed a lot of shots.

JohnC

dhlewis wrote in post #3599239
I was talking to a couple of the other photographers yesterday at MidOhio and they said for an extra $100 you can get the photopass. Can anyone else verify if that is accurate information.

Boom, turn one, I agree. There was an available window of about 3 degrees to shoot.

OTOH my best shots came from my 300 2.8.

Glad you didn't listen to me, and leave the 300 home

I don't know about the photopass. All we found on the mid-ohio site was No Freelancers behind the fences. I'd gladly pay $100 to get back there for AMA races. Let me know if you find anything.

JC4 wrote in post #3601713
I don't know about the photopass. All we found on the mid-ohio site was No Freelancers behind the fences. I'd gladly pay $100 to get back there for AMA races. Let me know if you find anything.

I know MidOhio used to do that a long time ago. If you find out anything I'd like to know too. I'll try to see if I can dig up info on it.

boom wrote in post #3603769
I know MidOhio used to do that a long time ago. If you find out anything I'd like to know too. I'll try to see if I can dig up info on it.

You need to submit a reference of work (portfolio, etc.) and have an acredited media source back you from what I recall to get a photo pass. I think they are in the $375 range for the pro races, but I could be wrong.

You're better bet for between the fences is the vintage race weekends and club meets at Mid-Ohio. From their getting an AMA or Pro-race credential should be easier...

...Mid-Ohio has great races all summer long, not just on the 2-3 pro race weekend.