potn AUSSIE CLUB: thinks, links 'n drinks

matt84au wrote in post #3202523
Thanks Tina

so is anybody heading up to Oran Park this weekend?

whats at Op this weekend? ill be at wakefield on sat for the porsche club meet then EC on sunday for round 2 of the NSW Championship

_andrew wrote in post #3202747
Do any of you guys know who to contact regarding shooting local sports on a weekend? I want to shoot some local area soccer and etc, hopefully make a few extra $$ aswell...Do I contact the clubs I am going to shoot? or can I just go there and shoot?

contact the club, what age group? or the league, i contacted the nsw soccer league and they rejected my app for accreditation saying i needed to work for a newspaper or media outlet, i then found out they have 1 photog who somehow shoots 5 -8 games a weekend which all are played at virtually the same time (love to meet this guy), i found it hilarious that they want to limit it to one photog just for the sake of saying they have an official photographer and not spreading their coverage.

Wasn't looking at a specific age group but it would definitly be under 18's. If I apply for accreditation I will get rejected aswell, without a doubt. Maybe my best approach is to go into the local paper (still havent gone in yet, need to build up the guts!) and see them about shooting some local sport...in which I can sell whatever photos arent used for my profit if I sell them...

Andrew, if you're trying to get your foot in the door and build up a bit of a portfolio you might want to consider doing it for free (just so you can get the experiance).

We have a lightning storm over my way at the moment.....will post some captures shortly

michael,
it's the East Coast Series - Round 3 bikes & the classes including Supersport,Superstock,​Clubsport lites and Unlimited,400's, Grand Prix,Girls race series and the Retro's.

sorry for the DD post

Im shooting compak attack this weekend at wsid, LOTS of entries for a sport compact meet in sydney, should be some great racing

wrxflame wrote in post #3202878
We have a lightning storm over my way at the moment.....will post some captures shortly

That'd be the same storm that passed us here in Whyalla a few hours ago. I went and had a look but there was just too much cloud cover unfortunately. Good luck with it Andrew!

This weekend I went and checked out a local drag meet:

Local drag meet - Whyalla, South Australia

hvman wrote in post #3203039
That'd be the same storm that passed us here in Whyalla a few hours ago. I went and had a look but there was just too much cloud cover unfortunately. Good luck with it Andrew!

This weekend I went and checked out a local drag meet:

Local drag meet - Whyalla, South Australia

Nature put on a show tonight. The cloud cover you mentioned might just have helped the mood given the strikes were so close.

I love capturing lightning, just so lucky we get so much of it. I sifted through 30 odd good images. Here are a couple and a link to some more.

Posted a couple of dramatic shots in this thread:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=319331

Regards
Andrew

These are great mate!

Thanks for the help Dave, I tried it out today, and it takes a bit of getting use to, but is (much) better.

Hibiscus garden invaders 1 to 6

I took some others as well but don't really like the way they turned out, a couple of different lady bugs and another red bug similar to the bug in invaders 6.

wow andrew, great shots

wow great lightning shots

Wonderful lightning shots Andrew.
cheers

Thanks, make sure you have a go when you can it's probably easier than most people think!

Heck if I can capture it....

Cheers
Andrew

Andrew fantastic shots!! I'm shattered that I missed getting my camera out, was too busy consoling frightened kids! LOL

Geez you lot can talk hey. Think I had about 10 pages to catch up on!

ETA: Anyone in Adelaide know of any good PS courses? I know the basics but there's so so so much more I'd like to learn!