Long on my calendar was this past weekend at the 2016 Long Beach Grand Prix. My cabinet business has required most of my time lately so my opportunities for photography have been diminished. This was my first visit to the Long Beach Grand Prix. I am more a fan of Formula One and sports car racing than Indycar, though I couldn’t pass on the chance and loved that I didn’t need to get on a plane. I purchased what they […]
Merry Christmas! We set the 1dx up on a desktop tripod with 24-70mm L is ii. Hooked it up to the Camranger so we could control it with an iPhone. The moon was a gorgeous surprise on our way to have Christmas eve dinner with good friends. Exposure settings: FL 24mm, 2.5 sec at f /16, ISO 100
I would usually be driving… but being busy I didn’t register in time. No worries, I grabbed my kit and headed over to photograph the day. I set up the 1dx with the 70-200mm f2.8 is ii with a 1.4 extender and a CLP filter as the intensity of the light into the sides of the cars, especially the light colored ones, needed to be toned down a bit. It was good panning practice though much easier when the cars […]
