In a message dated 8/17/2001 Mike Butler writes:
<< I'd like to see somebody, like Mike Veglia who has an obvious talent
for panning cars, tell me how it it is different for airplanes. I don't
have nearly as much luck shooting airplanes as I do with cars. >>
While I appreceate the compliment, I tend to not have great results
shooting airplanes either, partly due to not doing it much I suppose.
Gary Edwards, among others here, are the great airplane photographers I
believe so hopefully someone can weigh in.
On the topic of panning...I'm fresh back from another incredible
Monterey Historics vintage race weekend. A highlight for me was buying
the just released book by my favorite racing photographer, Jesse
Alexander, of shots he took from 1954-1962 called Driven and getting him
to sign it for me in his display tent. He was showing some incredible
work of (first US World Driver's Champion) Phil Hill and next door was
Phil Hill's own photography which was very nice as well (Phil Hill's
work was pretty much all static (parked) cars, no action work). I find
Jesse's old work to be the most inspirational since he was shooting with
(obviously due to the era) all manual equipment...Leica rangefinders
mostly. OM content: I practiced panning with the 350/2.8 off my monopod
extensively for the first time and am anxious to see the results later
today when my slides ceom back from the lab. Images looked really good
in the viewfinder and it felt easy to get shutter release timing right
(I used pre-focus, not follow-focus method). Some great historic photo
opportunities that I hope I captured a reasonable number of okay...
Mike Veglia
Motor Sport Visions Photography
http://www.motorsportvisions.com
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