Welcome

[John Thawley]

Welcome:

The Automotive Photographers Network was created as resource to promote this unique segment of photography and photographic arts. It is a community of professionals sharing knowledge, resources and the pursuit of excellence.

While membership to the community is open to all, the Automotive Photographers Network Directory of Professionals is a fee based membership requiring Sponsorship from an existing APN Directory Member. Regardless of the level you join, we hope you'll abide by our request that your register using your proper name. This is a great place to meet people, expand your knowledge and get your name out there.

Discussions will cover the all aspects of automotive photography. Whether you're shooting shows, static beauty shots, commercial work, motorsports, track-days or just for fun, we want to hear all about it.

We hope you'll make APN a bookmark in your browser and visit often. More importantly, we hope you'll participate. We encourage you to ask questions, interact with other memebers and, most of all, share your pictures.

Feel free to use this thread to introduce yourself.

[Jim Sykes]

Hello, my name is Jim Sykes and I'm an autophotoaholic. I shoot the ALMS and Speed World Challenge on a regular basis and hit up as many Grand Am events as possible as well. Motorsports is my specialty, but also shoot other forms of sports as well.

Here is a sample shot (also testing the upload feature).

[Daniel Buck]

glad to see AP back up and running!

[John Thawley]

Just to be clear, Dan, this site is in no way connected to automotivephoto.com -

It's a brand new entity. Our prupose is to go beyond the discussion of what we do and create an envrionment condusive of professionals. Our hope is to build an online directory featuring professional photographers who specialize in the niche of automotive related subjecst.

Glad you joined us.

John

[Todd Corzett]

Hello everyone, I'm Todd Corzett. I'm a photographer specializing in motorsports. I primarily cover events within California, but that allows me to cover many forms of racing.

http://www.unitonestudios.com/gallery/motorsports/2006/06_LeMans/1/images/lemans-2006-24h-tc-0378.JPG

I'm looking forward to participating!

-Todd...

Edit - You may want to post the "registering with your proper name" somewhere in the agreement... oh yeah, and could someone delete the "TCorzett" user :rolleyes:

[Jason Jenkins]

It is great to see everyone back in one spot again. I am looking forward to a long relationship here.

I started shooting motorsports in 1989 but took a break from film for awhile and got back into the business a few years ago and I am now shooting 100% digital and loving it. I shoot motorsports primarily but cover other sports as well.

http://www.jasonjenkins.com/gallery/albums/2006_0409/2006_0407_1730268.jpg

I hope I can contribute in some little way to the community.

Keep the rubber side down.

-Jason

[Jim Sykes]

Jason, you coming up to the SLC event next week, its not too far from you?

[Tim Adams]

Hello I'm Tim Adams. I'm sure most of you have seen me post in various forums. I'm just a rank amateur photographer who enjoys all motorsports, but I have to admit I find myself thinking about the Reno Air Races at almost every waking moment.:D

Sorry about the wide image. I will just post a link to it on my site. I have to admit my site is not user friendly to people still in the dark ages at 800x600 screen resolutions. I don't think I have a single shot on my site that is 700 pixels or under.:(

Here is the pic,

http://www.timadamsphotography.com/1468%20Chevelle%20launch.jpg

[Jim Sykes]

BTW, JT, should we be spreading the word about this yet or do you still want to keep it under wraps for a bit?

[Brian McCormick]

Thanks for taking the time to set up another site JT. Between Drew's and yours, we should have lots of discussions and photos to enjoy once again.
BMC
(Brian McCormick)
www.tenmagazines.com
www.pbase.com/bmc1

[Jason Jenkins]

Jason, you coming up to the SLC event next week, its not too far from you?

I will not be able to attend, I will be shooting the NHRA Sport Compact Nationals and D1 Drift. Make sure to post some shots and few self portraits ... that's what we need here, a "Fun Pix" section, but we can't call it "Fun Pix" can we because of that other sports site. :D

[Todd Corzett]

Make sure to post some shots and few self portraits ... that's what we need here, a "Fun Pix" section
Oh great... another place to show-off the photo of me in my tighter than skin photo vest from Le Mans :eek:

-Todd...

[John Thawley]

BTW, JT, should we be spreading the word about this yet or do you still want to keep it under wraps for a bit?

It kind of looks like the thoothpaste might already be out of the tube. LOL

[John Bubela]

Hi, I'm John Bubela. I am quite the amatuer compared to you guys. I started shooting about a year ago when I got my first camera. I am looking to upgrade from my Canon S2 IS to a Canon 30D(any opinions on this camera?)
Here's some shots that I've taken(do you mind if I use imageshack?):
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4033/mustang5ph3sd.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4607/fafcomp22lh.jpg
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5060/limerockphotocomp28lp.jpg
And a picture of my car:
http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/8342/racecar20vh.jpg

[Paul Hansen]

Hi guys,
I feel like I've been doing this in triplicate over the last few weeks... ;)

And to add a few thousand words with of pictures:

http://www.sevenphotos.com/dev/dori_02.jpg

http://www.sevenphotos.com/dev/mono/mono_001.jpg

http://www.sevenphotos.com/dev/mono/s204_003.jpg

http://www.sevenphotos.com/dev/example/07_leg003.jpg

http://www.sevenphotos.com/dev/example/trm_001.jpg

http://www.sevenphotos.com/dev/example/trm_006.jpg

http://www.sevenphotos.com/dev/example/colt_002.jpg

have to put seven up, you know!

Cheers

[Nathan Leach-Proffer]

Hi everyone, my name is Nathan Leach-Proffer. I mostly cover different car shows around the US, I also do some track events and races. I am currently using a Nikon d70.

here are some photos.

http://speed-photos.smugmug.com/photos/78580197-M.jpg

http://speed-photos.smugmug.com/photos/77734110-M.jpg

http://speed-photos.smugmug.com/photos/78529886-M.jpg

http://speed-photos.smugmug.com/photos/63109667-M.jpg

http://speed-photos.smugmug.com/photos/50899850-M-2.jpg

[Daniel Buck]

Just to be clear, Dan, this site is in no way connected to automotivephoto.com -

It's a brand new entity. Our prupose is to go beyond the discussion of what we do and create an envrionment condusive of professionals. Our hope is to build an online directory featuring professional photographers who specialize in the niche of automotive related subjecst.

Glad you joined us.

John

hm.... ok. in no way connected to automotivephoto.com? where did you get my email from then? :rolleyes: :D

I have been doing alot of landscape photography (and getting into medium format 6x7 shooting) I don't have many new automotive photos, I think this is my only new one: (some landscapes can be seen here http://www.404photography.net/index.php?page=color_misc )

http://www.404photography.net/photos/color/40.jpg

[John Thawley]

hm.... ok. in no way connected to automotivephoto.com? where did you get my email from then? :rolleyes: :D



Your email is live on your Fred Miranda profile. ;)

[Daniel Buck]

Your email is live on your Fred Miranda profile. ;)
ah, I see. I figured since there were so many familier names here, it was just a hand over from the AP email list. I stand corrected :D

either way, glad to see an automotive photography site up and running, I love seeing all the great images :)

Color scheme feels alot like my old 3d porfolio website: www.danielbuck.net haha!

[Dennis Murray]

John, thanks for putting together the site (and thanks to Zerin for his contributions as well). Looking forward to seeing work in a lot of different areas again.

I'm Dennis Murray, currently of Cumming, GA (30 miles north of Atlanta, 45 minutes southwest of Road Atlanta by backroads). I've primarily been shooting SCCA and NASA evens at Road Atlanta. My photos have been published in SportsCar (The official magazine of the SCCA) as well as the NASA News Section of Grassroots Motorsports. I also contribute to Planetlemans.com, in both news reporting and photography.

My background...I'm 29, married with now two sons, and a native of the Washington, DC area. I moved to Atlanta to go to Georgia Tech and graduated 7 years ago with a Industrial Engineering degree. I'm part time in photography but it is what I"m passionate about.

It's been since March since I was trackside...a combination of the birth of my second son and the local schedule has kept me away from the track. I have opened some new areas this year with shooting team sports.

http://www.dmurrayphoto.com/images/ap033106/4535_5341.jpg

[Kenneth May]

Hello. I am Ken May and have been shooting ALMS and GARRA events for the past 3 years. Have been able to learn from the likes of many on this forum (Regis, Thawley, Sykes, Dole). I am also the owner of www.racingfanatics.com and besides auto photography, work with youth sports leagues (baseball, football, soccer, and softball) in the tri-State area in creating individual action montages and team pictures.
Personal info?
1986 grad of OHIO STATE (GO BUCKS!) ....Married (15 years) with three children (10, 7, and 4 y/o). Best place to find me if not shooting sporting events is on the golf course! (1hdcp)

http://www.racingfanatics.com/About%20US/RyanKen.jpg

http://www.racingfanatics.com/Galleries/ALMS%202005/My%20Web%20Galleries/2005%20ALMS%20Season/Albums/Album7/Source/Laguna_KM_Nightprac4.jpg

http://www.racingfanatics.com/2006%20Race%20Home%20Pages/ALMS/Sebring/Sebring%20%202006%20%20%20%20%20-%20%20%20%20Ken%20May/Albums/Album4/Source/NightPractice14.jpg

http://www.racingfanatics.com/2006%20Race%20Home%20Pages/ALMS/Sebring/Sebring%20%202006%20%20%20%20%20-%20%20%20%20Ken%20May/Albums/Album4/Source/NightPractice3.jpg

http://www.racingfanatics.com/2006%20Race%20Home%20Pages/GARRA/MidOhio/GARRA%20Mid-Ohio%202006%20%20Ken%20May/Albums/Album3/Source/MOGARRARaceKM37.jpg

http://www.racingfanatics.com/2006%20Race%20Home%20Pages/ALMS/ALMS%20Wheels%20Down%202006/Albums/Album4/Source/WDKMTues16.jpg

[Jim Sykes]

So is that you on the left there Ken? And sure, copy my shot. ;)

[Zerin Dube]

I guess I'll make a quick post too... I have only had the pleasure to meet a few of you guys in person but hope to change that in the near future. I have been car crazy since the age of 5 and have gone camera crazy in the past couple of years. I am getting better, but still have MUCH to learn from you guys. I'm a computer guy by trade but hope to get pretty good at this too!

Couple of my amateur level photos from the only two races I've been to (Petit '05 and Houston Grand Prix '06)(resized, click for full res)..

http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/1007/medium/IMG_2835.jpg

http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/1012/medium/IMG_1540.jpg

http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/1012/medium/IMG_94611.jpg

http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/796/medium/IMG_9887.jpg

[Jason Thorgalsen]

Hey its good to be back!! Sorry I didn't see we should register with our proper names. Can someone please change my username to Jason Thorgalsen? Thanks in advance!!

[Austin Langley]

Yessssssssss! Another kickass photo site. I too was addicted to ap.com. Drew's site popped up and now this, i'm in Auto Photo Heaven.

My name's Austin. I'm a full time student at the Art Institute of California–Orange County where I'm studying Graphic Design. My passion, however, lies within Automotive Photography. I've been shooting as an amateur posing aspiring to be pro for about 3 years. I attribute my involvement with Pete Lyons and the class I took from his wife during High School in Big Bear. He guided me towards the Canon Light and I've never turned back. I shoot on a Canon 10D and rent lenses from Sammys regularly. Here's a few samples of mine that have been recycled many times over. Many of you have seen them, some haven't.

http://homepage.mac.com/austinlangley/.Pictures/LeMans/IMG_3639.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/austinlangley/.Pictures/LeMans/IMG_3763.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/austinlangley/.Pictures/Misc%20Cars/shermak1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/austinlangley/.Pictures/Misc%20Cars/IMG_6248.jpg


Thanks for lookin and I look foward to dealing with everybody on here!

[Matt Chow]

Hello, my name is Matt Chow, I help out with the photo duties for DubspeedDriven with Zerin. My photography evolved with having a show car to doing event coverage to photographing still cars as well as motorsports.

the current money pit.
http://mattchow.smugmug.com/photos/63881789-L.jpg

http://mattchow.smugmug.com/photos/41116687-L.jpg
http://mattchow.smugmug.com/photos/47332824-L.jpg
http://mattchow.smugmug.com/photos/47831160-L.jpg
http://mattchow.smugmug.com/photos/69118626-L.jpg

[Stephan Bauer]

Hello my Name is Stephan Bauer. I try to attend as many events as possible in the Northern East Coast. I shoot with a Canon Rebel XT
http://img507.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img16012eg.jpg

[Matt Kowalchyk]

So I just registered here thanks to a refer from .:RDriver @ VWVortex. Some background info for me: Amature photographer originally from Pensacola, FL and now living in Tampa. I currently shoot with a Canon 20D and was previously shooting with an older Pentax PP. You can see my work at www.MattTakesPhotos.com. I just started to shoot automotive subjects in the last few months and im told that im off to a decent start. I'll leave you with a recent shot from last tuesday.

http://matttakesphotos.googlepages.com/jordan14.jpg

[Jeff Wilson]

Hello everyone! It's nice to have another auto-centric photo forum, ever since Automotivephoto.com shut down I've been desparately seeking a place where pros discussed auto photography. I've become a bit weary of wading through shedloads of camera phone pictures of the latest econobox. This is certainly a nice change of pace!

So, thanks to all the admins and everyone that worked on getting the site up. It seems most of you shoot motorsports, while I'm shooting primarily static and beauty, but here's my two favorites from the Limerock ALMS GP a couple weeks ago:

http://www.jw-photo.com/events/pictures/ALMS_MG_3333.jpg

http://www.jw-photo.com/events/pictures/ALMS_MG_2984.jpg

Cheers!

[Drew Phillips]

That BMW shot is fantastic!

[John Thawley]

I saw that BMW shot elsewhere. Funny I don't recall seeing any cars pull the right side up like that. I did hear one of the LMP 2 cars was lifting the right rear. Of couse... everyone was yanking the front. LOL


http://gallery.johnthawley.com/albums/albup92/aaf.jpg

[Chris Doane]

Hi everyone,

Well Im not your average automotive photographer I suppose. I'm a spy. :cool:

I work with Brenda Priddy blowing the lids off cars that have yet to hit the dealerships. We bring you photos of cars that are sometimes over a year away from production. Some of you may have recently seen the red 2007 Silverado Z71 I was lucky enough to snag 4 months before the scheduled debut. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/GeneralFuture/articleId=115770
Before that we'd only seen the upcoming GM pickups totally covered in black vinyl.

My hit list of 155 prototypes captured includes the Corvette Z06, Hummer H3, numerous Mercedes AMG products, Porsche 911 turbo, Solstice GXP, Honda Civic Si and the Dodge Caliber SRT.

All that said, I dont shoot just prototypes.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/imghost79/audi_q7_bw.jpg

-Chris

[Todd Corzett]

I'm a spy. :cool:

Wowzers... that sounds like a ton of fun!

-Todd...

[Lukas Siewior]

Hi!

I'm Lukas Siewior. I live in New Jersey and I'm a good friend with Jason Thorgalsen (it's his fault I'm here). Photography is more of my hobby, where videography is my top priority. I've been shooting for couple years - started with Minolta 5000I (still have it - time to let it go), then Minolta A1 and recently upgraded to Minolta 5D. As you can see I'm Minolta guy - can't tell why.

Here are some of my pics (looking forward for some tips on this forum):

http://dreamin-tv.com/library/albums/auction/normal_image_010.jpg

http://dreamin-tv.com/library/albums/limerock/normal_image002.jpg

http://dreamin-tv.com/library/albums/limerock/normal_image011.jpg

http://dreamin-tv.com/library/albums/limerock/normal_image004.jpg

http://dreamin-tv.com/library/albums/lukas/006.jpg

There is more on my website if you're interested: www.dreamin-tv.com

[Michael Chu]

Hey everyone!

I'm Michael Chu, as you can see by my log-in name :)

I like photography, obviously, particularly automotive, obviously again.

Good to see some familiar names here! Great to finally have a resource of automotive photographers having discussion again. (What's AutomotivePhoto.com?) ;) ;)

Look forward to contributing how/when I can and looking to learn some more from our members!

My website: www.mc-photography.net for some work that I've done in the past. Just got back form Infineon this weekend for Formula D so I'll post some later on in the week after I get settled down and sort through

[Jeff Kapic]

Hi,
Jeff Kapic here. I primarily shoot in northern California right now. And, I am in the process of building a portfolio. Comments are always welcome, good or bad. Here are some shots from a few recent events at Infineon this year. I thouroghly enjoyed "AP" and the refugee site. I really look forward to sharing and learning here.

http://www.paradigmimages.com/photos/70886072-L.jpg

http://www.paradigmimages.com/photos/70874054-L.jpg

http://www.paradigmimages.com/photos/73504196-L.jpg

http://www.paradigmimages.com/photos/73518441-L.jpg

[John Thawley]

Welcome to the boards, Jeff. Love that last shot of the Porsche. We just shot Infineon during the NASCAR weekend.... the campers and praking lots sure spoiled the back drop for this shot. It's got such a cool look as a "going away" shot.


Here's what it looked like a few weeks ago.

http://gallery.johnthawley.com/albums/albup84/aaf.sized.jpg

[Jeff Kapic]

Thanks John. I like that shot too. It seems like you hardly ever see people turn around and shoot in this direction in this turn. The other way is a little more of a classic shot for Infineon, but this one is pretty cool too...


Jeff

[Joel Parker]

it looks like Jim Sykes has brought in quite a few people from the Vortex :)

I'm rather new to shooting cars, let alone anything else. I tend to shoot car shows, gatherings, and cruises. Most of the stuff that I have that resembles a 'real' car shoot is just me finding a good way to take photos at shows or gatherings. I haven't had the chance to shoot any motorsports yet, though I've got a set of tickets for Portland's ALMS this month so I'll be practicing there.

I currently have a D70, the 18-70, Nikon's 70-210, and a 20mm 2.8 for a few indoor car shows. I don't have any flashes yet :(

couple shots:
http://www.fakelag.net/gallery/d/2320-2/DSC_2763.jpg

http://www.fakelag.net/gallery/d/2445-2/DSC_1708.jpg

http://www.fakelag.net/gallery/d/6549-2/DSC_5125.jpg

http://www.fakelag.net/gallery/d/3730-2/DSC_3249.jpg

http://www.fakelag.net/gallery/d/2347-2/DSC_2811.jpg

I'm known as 'rootrider' pretty much everywhere else on the Internet, including a few photography forums.

[Steve Demmitt]

Steve Demmitt here
was a member of AP as well
long live AP.net!!! =)

I shoot mostly feature cars as opposed to motorsports, although I do cover some stuff here and there.
I do work for mostly tuner type magazines (Import Tuner, Superstreet, Euro Car, etc) but I'm moving into more commercial related work.
My portfolio is listed in my sig as well as my online e-zine

[Jacob Leveton]

Hi people.

I shoot cars, have shot for two handfuls of magazines over the past few years. Started off as an intern at Primedia in '02-'03 in the marketing department, got a chance to shoot some event stuff back then, and have been doing freelance ever since.

I started my own online e-zine known as EverythingDrift.com, been focusing on unique editorial content for Drifting, which not many companies are doing right now. It's opened a lot of doors for me.

I've also met a few of you people off of here (and AP.com when it was around). Even recruited a few of you ;)

I'm glad this place is back!

[Scott Dukes]

Scott Dukes here.

I shoot cars primarily, been doing so for about the past 8 months or so. Just about all imports at this rate. More feature cars than track events for the most part. I shoot regularly for JTuned.com along with Steve Demmitt, and have done some mag work here and there, hopefully with more to come.

More stuff can be found on my portfolio site or around JTuned.com

http://www.dukesphotography.com/random/a11.jpg

[Keith Schoeler]

Hello all.

Keith here...go by "Beef" on some boards. I shoot primarily drifting but do some statics, road racing, and whatever else on wheels too. I do some freelancing here and there but enjoy not having photography be my 9-5. I also thoroughly enjoy virtually all other forms of photography, especially macro work.

Site looks great - and *gasp* makes sense! :eek:

[Steve Alvine]

Hi all, a little birdie let me know about this site--thanks JT. Great to see this new rendition up and at'em.
Steve

[Thomas Maranda]

Woot!

Glad to everyone again.

You can read, so I won't re-type my name. :p I'm an amatuer with an expensive camera and a love of racing. I've been mostly focusing on my 1 year old these days, but maybe some of you will motivate me to get back out on the track.

http://www.turn2photos.com/images/05best_01.jpg

[Jessica Germiller]

Hello all,

My name is Jessica...I'm 20 and I am going to school in Santa Barbara, CA (for automotive photography.) I was also a member of AP...and I am extremely happy to be a new member of APN. It looks as though there are a lot of the same people here, which makes me really happy. I look forward to hearing from everyone again, and I look forward to contributing much more as well.:D

I have been obsessed with cars since I was a little girl...and in March I got the chance to take THE ONLY automotive class my photography school provides. As if that wasn't exciting enough for me...turns out the man that normally teaches the class was out for surgery...so guess who taught the class?? The chief photographer of Motor Trend Magazine!! It was the best 2 months of my life.

Here are a few from that class( i know they still need a few tweaks...*reflections* but I'm excited to continue my learning experience)

http://static.flickr.com/44/187845358_53435627c8_o.jpg


http://static.flickr.com/55/187845357_d6031ac84a_o.jpg

Thanks Everyone!! Good to be back!:D

[William Walker]

Hello,
My name is William Walker, I am 21 and I go to school in Santa Barbara, ca at Brooks Institute of Photography. I have always loved cars and photography and so it is my goal to become the best autoshooter I can. I recently as like Jessica, took the only auto class offered at Brooks,and was taught by the photographer from motortrend. I shoot as much as I can ( when I am not loaded down by other types of photography) I love shooting cars and everything that it involves (mostly the driving :))

These are some of the shots I took during the class

http://static.flickr.com/66/187941450_1c5f0ec172_o.jpg

This is Jessica driving, she is at the end of a 50 yard drift at about 40mph on the dry lake, man that was fun...you would think the power-steering pumps on chargers would be more rugged....ohh well god bless rental's
http://static.flickr.com/72/187941451_b1b45c4cce_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/73/187941453_3047db51e3_o.jpg

I am glad that a forum like this is around

[Brian Falvey]

Hello everyone. My name is Brian and Im from Northern california (Fremont N of San Jose S of Oakland) . Bought a 20D last year and just recently forked out the dough for 2 L series lenses. as of right now Ill shoot anything with wheels. Looking forward to learning alot of info from the season vets on this site. Found out about it from T Corzett.

[Erik Anderson]

I'm Erik Anderson, based in KC, MO. After longing for AP.com to come back on, I registered at POTN where I found this site linked in John Thawley's sig file. I'm glad to see an automotive focused website back online.

I shoot regional drag racing, autocrossing, club track rentals, and car shows as my mainstay while doing small commerical bits here and there. Here's a few that I shot this weekend:

http://www.erikandersondesigns.com/images/2006/samples/0715-16-06/071406-FordFest-03.jpg

http://www.erikandersondesigns.com/images/2006/samples/0715-16-06/071406-FordFest-04.jpg

http://www.erikandersondesigns.com/images/2006/samples/0715-16-06/071406-FordFest-06.jpg

http://www.erikandersondesigns.com/images/2006/samples/0715-16-06/071406-FordFest-07.jpg

http://www.erikandersondesigns.com/images/2006/samples/0715-16-06/071406-FordFest-08.jpg

[Justin Libano]

Justin Libano ... I'm definatly an amatuer to anyone here. Shoot mostly cars for clients and some AutoX / Drift events locally.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/sloppy_seconds/0007.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/sloppy_seconds/Web%20Crap/06GT/jpg0036.jpg

[Steve Demmitt]

anyone let morgan segal know about the new site?
i know he hasnt always seen eye to eye with some people on this board
but I've always enjoyed his work and alot of his posts were insightful as well

[Drew Phillips]

He knows about it.

[Dan Neri]

Hey all!!

Glad to have another place to hang!!

I shot for Formula BMW USA last year, and with a new house and baby.. well you know the rest.

I still get out once in a while, but I've still been shooting alot of sports here on LI.

Looking forward to spending some time looking at the amazing work some of you guys put up.

Here's one from E-town this year:

http://www.danneri.com/gallery2/d/288-1/2006-B84F3061.jpg

[David Bunting]

Glad I found this and it's good to see so many people from the past over here already.

I primarily shoot within the MINI community and recently got my first magazine cover.


http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/gallery/data/571/medium/marcel04.jpg (http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/gallery/data/571/marcel04.jpg)

http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/gallery/data/571/medium/bssp_drive15.jpg (http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/gallery/data/571/bssp_drive15.jpg)

[Michael Duval]

Finally! I've missed you guys! :D

Thank-you John for picking up the ball on this one, I still get so angry with the way things down at the old AP. What a debacle!

However, there are a few of you (who shall remain nameless) who should have told me about the party! :mad:

Congrats on the new *cough* better, site. I can't wait to see what you all have been up to!!

-Mike Duval

[Todd Spoth]

I guess I can take the time to properly introduce myself. I signed up a few weeks ago, but have recently started posting more.

My name is Todd Spoth and I am a 23 year old photojournalist from Houston, Texas. Ive met more than a handful of you at different events...even a drunk steve demmitt in jersey lolz.

I am young, I have lots of tattoos and Im crazy. I also photograph dancing girls, ball players and rock bands mostly, but I have a car so it's cool.

I am currently working for the Houston Astros and am assisting Bill Baptist and Robert Seale of Houston. If you are in Houston and need 'stros tickets im your man.

I also work for Planet Funk Academy, which is a professional dance academy based here in Houston.

my main website is www.toddspoth.com and the website for the dancing girls is www.planetfunkacademy.com or www.elcx.com

random dancing girls for promo crap.
http://www.toddspoth.com/gallery/photos/liz4.jpg

random girlfriends in boxes.
http://www.toddspoth.com/gallery/photos/libsbox.jpg

[Jeremy Alan Glover]

Hi.
Im Jeremy Alan Glover ( Jag ), Im 22 and was a member on AP (JagImaging). Im really glad to see a new automotive site up. I went to college and came out with a degree in Profesionnal Photography. I know shoot for the magazine Quebec Tuning and Moto Mag both are french Canadian mags. I shoot statics and motorsports but I like shooting action more then anything.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/Jagphoto/port/JAG_0041.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/Jagphoto/port/Musclesmallcopy.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/Jagphoto/port/JAG_0134.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/Jagphoto/port/JAG_0132.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/Jagphoto/port/JAG_0121.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/Jagphoto/port/JAG_0027copy.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/Jagphoto/port/JAG_0014.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/Jagphoto/port/DSC_0795copy.jpg
:):)

[Jim Kosinski]

I stumbled across a mention of this site over at Fred Miranda and glad I did.

With the ages listed in the posts I guess I'm a "father figure" at age 48! I'm a full time pharmacist and part time photographer shooting mostly road racing (NASA Florida, Karting, and drag racing (at Moroso Motorsports Park). I'm hoping to learn from the members here.

I have not run into any of you pro guys here in South Florida yet. Any ideas how to get the APN Pro recommendation for membership?


From the vintage races at BeaveRun this past summer:
http://www.bestlightimages.com/photos/porche%20with%20flamesweb.jpg

NASA event:
http://www.bestlightimages.com/MINI51_006.jpg

Local classic car show:

http://www.bestlightimages.com/REDCAR.jpg

[Brian Green]

Hi guys!(I haven't noticed any ladies, yet),
Just a quick word of introduction. I began shooting motorsports in 2006, and was pleased to have some images and a story published last year in 3 vintage mags and "Grassroots Motorsports". I major on vintage mostly because that's what I've been able to get published regularly. I will be shooting whatever else moves fast to see what other facets of this exciting market I can capitalize on. A few samples...

http://www.bgreenphotos.net/gallery/Fgallery3-1.jpg


http://www.bgreenphotos.net/gallery/Fgallery3-6.jpg


My latest event shot - The NHRA National Time Trials at Phoenix (1/26/07)

http://www.bgreenphotos.net/gallery/Fgallery1-8.jpg


I'm looking forward to seeing some of you on the track and learning from these forums.
Brian Green
http://www.bgreenphotos.net

[Erik Anderson]

I have not run into any of you pro guys here in South Florida yet. Any ideas how to get the APN Pro recommendation for membership?

You'll need to quit that pharmacy job and take up photography full time :)

Pro Membership is reserved for working professionals within the industry. Each Pro member will receive a personal profile page, image uploading and a personal APN Gallery. Membership is $45 per year and requires sponsorship from an existing APN Pro Member

[John Thawley]

You'll need to quit that pharmacy job and take up photography full time :)

I don' believe it say's "Full time" - :)

JT

[Erik Anderson]

You got me there. I assumed 'working professional' meant full-time from the previous discussion(s).

[John Thawley]

You got me there. I assumed 'working professional' meant full-time from the previous discussion(s).

Everyone has to start somewhere.... if a shooter is turning out good work and conducting business in a professional manner, we want to bring them into the fold and get them on the right track. We'll let the free market do its job from there. ;)

JT

[Brent Smith]

Hello everyone and thank you for allowing me to join. I'm just an amature photog (mechanical engineer by day) from PA although I have provided some local teams with photos this past year. I shoot nothing but racing (I probably should venture out of my comfort zone) 90% of which is at local dirt tracks. I'd love to get to more sportscar events but geography and finances limit my travels. I do make it a point to hit up one ALMS race a year however. Pardon me but I think it is time to "dirty" up this tread with some cars that play in the dirt.

http://i5.pbase.com/o6/56/643656/1/72346451.QmBt6wvY._MG_4122.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/o5/56/643656/1/67933405.z5skGqxm._MG_7208.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/o6/56/643656/1/72319966.WfrGvj1R._MG_0996.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/o6/56/643656/1/74073440.Qucb63g2._MG_4495.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/o5/56/643656/1/69463977.wWDItv9X._MG_0784.jpg

[Vladimir Bace]

Hello everyone,

I am a professional Photographer / Designer from Zagreb, Croatia...

looking at my portfolio one could say I specialize in automotive work, but that is just because my main client is an automotive one.. :) and I am a complete gearhead...
My background is in large format photography, studio and arhitecture work, as well as desing and image manipulation. I shoot on medium and large format, have some custom made 6x12 cm cameras for automotive rig work, but I have recently switched to digital as I started working for the croatian edition of english EVO magazine.
please visit my portfolio on photobucket (no time to do a personal webpage unfortunately..), there are some shots of my rigs also..
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v723/turbolimac/portfolio


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/turbolimac/portfolio/sm3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/turbolimac/portfolio/sm2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/turbolimac/portfolio/sm1.jpg

[John Thawley]

Hello everyone and thank you for allowing me to join. I'm just an amature photog (mechanical engineer by day) from PA although I have provided some local teams with photos this past year. I shoot nothing but racing (I probably should venture out of my comfort zone) 90% of which is at local dirt tracks. I'd love to get to more sportscar events but geography and finances limit my travels. I do make it a point to hit up one ALMS race a year however. Pardon me but I think it is time to "dirty" up this tread with some cars that play in the dirt.

http://i5.pbase.com/o6/56/643656/1/72346451.QmBt6wvY._MG_4122.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/o5/56/643656/1/67933405.z5skGqxm._MG_7208.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/o6/56/643656/1/72319966.WfrGvj1R._MG_0996.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/o6/56/643656/1/74073440.Qucb63g2._MG_4495.jpg

http://i5.pbase.com/o5/56/643656/1/69463977.wWDItv9X._MG_0784.jpg

Man I want to shoot a WOO race... and those modifieds in the last shot... you need to rethink that last shot... that's a great location. I'd get in there with something wider... get more of the rail in the frame.... maybe across the bottom and pick up the drift of the cars and massive sweep of the corner. Maybe even black and white.

I really want to shoot that stuff.

Thanks,

John

[Daniel Buck]

yes, that last shot is great, I like it Brent :-)

[Brent Smith]

One more from the same spot and he saved it. If you get a red x right-click, show picture.

http://i5.pbase.com/o6/56/643656/1/74921622.xHWjXfLO._MG_0978.jpg

[Paul M. Cuenin]

Hello,
I am just a college student that likes to shoot car but would like to someday be in the magazine or automotive photo business. I was on the AP website for quite q while untill it went down. I have shoots some races, but mostly auto-x and friends cars. here are some samples of my stuff. I also think I recognize a few of you guys.
thanks
Paul
my new car::)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/402929011_a9171c9424_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/381177914_211a1e5535_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/142180332_f91aeca790_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/121562812_2f7e61cad0_o.jpg

looking foward to looking around and getting some inspiration.

[Paul M. Cuenin]

I am a professional Photographer / Designer from Zagreb, Croatia...
Never been to Zagreb but went to Dubrovnik a summer ago and loved it. Everyone was so friendly and the area was so beautiful. You must have some good backdrops to shoot.
I looked at your portfolio... great colors, very vivid and exciting.

[Vladimir Bace]

Thanks, I am glad you like Dubrovnik... :)

as for the backdrops.. I miss some more "clean" surroundings, like large open spaces, deserts etc. that you have in the US.. also, what we miss is more modern architecture, I mean, we have lots of new buildings, but they are not avnatgarde enough for my taste.. :)

also, I do not know how you folks deal with site permissions, but it is getting very difficult to do any location shooting over here due to the problems with site permits...

cheers

vlado

[Justin Boeckler]

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to take a few mins and introduce myself. I am a newbie photographer who happens to be a motorsports fan. I have been shooting select events for the past two years and started getting more serious this year. I am planning on trying to make a business out of it because there seems to definitely be a market in motorsports and because I enjoy shooting it. I realize this is a professional site so I hope to move more into that realm in the near future. Unfortunately I don't have a ton of time to spend since I am part of another business venture (Startup Software company) but this is a lot more fun....Hopefully as my other business takes off it will yield more time to spend in this venture!

So far I've just been shooting 'behind the fence' however this April at VIR400 I won my first job for one of the GrandAm DP teams and I'm looking forward to it. Any tips you could provide would be very appreciated...I hope to do alot of reading and practice over the next few weeks in preparation. I've attached a few shots from Petite Lemans as well as the VIR400 both from last year. I hope to improve on my panning (as I realize some of these shots don't have enough motion) and be aided with better angles to work with since I"ll be inside the fence.

I plan on posting a few questions in the business section so if you have a few moments please take a look there.

I hope to meet some of you as I become more involved in the motorsports events and build my portfolio.

Also I've attached a link to my personal gallery which has a motorsports section...I am in the process of designing a more professional site for my business and I hope to have this up before the end of the month.

Thanks for your time,

Justin Boeckler

Motorsports Gallery Click Here (http://www.brokendetails.com/gallery/v/photography/Motorsports/)

http://www.brokendetails.com/gallery/d/23465-2/VIR400_1.jpg

http://www.brokendetails.com/gallery/d/23479-2/VIR400_bmw.jpg

http://www.brokendetails.com/gallery/d/25449-2/IMG_8443.jpg

http://www.brokendetails.com/gallery/d/25445-2/IMG_8425.jpg

http://www.brokendetails.com/gallery/d/25503-2/IMG_8365.jpg

[Skylar Smith]

Wow. So THIS is where everyone went.

Hahah I've been checking the AP site up until a little while ago when it finally went down for good, I had no idea there was another site already set up!

Anyway, some of you guys might remember me from the AP site as "TheSquidd". Most of you probably don't. :cool:

Anyway, what I've been up to since then... I shoot motor sports events for an automotive parts manufacturer, I'll let you guess which one... unfortunately they haven't sent me anywhere for awhile.

http://www.squidd.org/imagevue/upload/content/Photography%20-%202006/Automotive%20Stills/55_bel_air.jpg

http://www.squidd.org/imagevue/upload/content/Photography%20-%202006/Automotive%20Stills/garage_180sx.jpg

http://www.squidd.org/imagevue/upload/content/Photography%20-%202005%20/Automotive%20Stills/gold_civic_rear.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l59/squiddphoto/logan_sm.jpg

Um as for what I am into... obviously you can tell I like the "import culture" so that's one strike against me... oh and I like drifting... so yeah I can tell you guys are going to looooooooooove me.

Anyway. Yeah. I drive this hunk of #$6#. I drift, I time trial.

http://violentrunning.squidd.org/galleries/d/831-2/KNS_1473.jpg
http://violentrunning.squidd.org/galleries/d/534-2/_DSC7366.jpg

I love the work of Henry Swasey, good to see him on here!
I also shoot some video, more drifting so I'll spare you that.

Um.. yeah so I look forward to posting up some stuff.

[Matt Mullarkey]

i guess i should introduce myself also. I'm Matt. I shoot mostly Drag Racing Events for my website... www.goDragRacing.com. We cover outlaw style racing.. Pro Mods, 10.5" and Drag Radial Classes. "street car" stuff.. I also shoot some static feature shots and model photography. thats about it.

It's nice to have a place to discuss and learn from others in the automotive photography field.. :)

[Dawid Konopka]

Hi everyone.
I'm from Poland.I usually shoot static cars, rally events and motorbikes.I'm not a pro but i used to sell some of my recent pictures.

I hope to learn a lot from you, guys.

cheers

Dawid Konopka

[Chuck Fry]

Hi. I'm based in the SF Bay area and have been shooting race cars since about 1983. I actually got interested in serious photography through Indy car racing during the CART era. Since then I've broadened my motorsports interests quite a bit. My current love is sprint car racing, preferably without wings. But I've also shot the Monterey Historics on a press pass as a newsletter editor for my car club. And I occasionally find myself spectating at Sears Point (I can't bring myself to call it that other name) and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Here's a couple sprint car shots to give you a taste of what I do:

http://www.chucko.com/photo/wagsdash-2008/content/bin/images/large/HA7N8006.jpg

http://www.chucko.com/photo/wagsdash-2008/content/bin/images/large/HA7N8132.jpg

http://www.chucko.com/photo/calistoga-2008-08-31/content/bin/images/large/HA7N7905.jpg

I hope to learn a lot from you gents - I've seen John Thawley's and Todd Corzett's work over at the Fred Miranda board, and I know there's plenty of others here who can teach me a thing or two about shooting motorsports.

[Stacy Mistlebauer]

I guess I introduced myself in the wrong spot. Oops. (See: Hello from Madison, WI!)

Well I guess I'll go into more detail. I shoot mostly static cars and motorcycles. I would love to get into motorsports. I've been inspired by your guys so I'm going to see if Road America has anything left in the season. I ride a 2001 Suzuki SV650S motorcycle, I own a modified 1994 Honda Civic del sol and a winter beater 1993 Chevy Blazer. Yes I love imports, domestics everything.

I work with a local tv show here in Madison called Street Club TV (streetclubtv.com) and a number of car clubs and I am hoping to expand my presence around the state. We have a number of large shows in Wisconsin and of corse Road America and a number of other tracks.

-Stacy-

[Scott Jones]

Hello, all. I had the good luck to sit next to John Thawley in the Media Center at Laguna Seca last weekend, and registered for this forum then and there. I'm glad to be among such great photographers and I look forward to learning from you all.

I live in Oakland, CA, and currently shoot child portraits and motor sports. Basically, I like fast moving subjects.

I was a graphic designer for about fifteen years, before my wife's job in software offered us the chance to move to France, where we stayed for two years. That pretty much killed my design business and made me a stay home dad.

Now, in addition to portraits, I do mainly motorcycle racing for a MotoGP website based in Amsterdam, but I shoot cars, too. ALMS is one of my favorite events because of the opportunity to shoot as the sun sets, which it rarely does on motorcycle races.

Here are a few of my latest photos.

Lucky Strike Chevron at the Historic Races at Laguna Seca
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2959797937_7b0be9a9f5_o.jpg

Loris Capirossi at the USGP
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/2959797805_980c0e849d_o.jpg

Tony Elias at the same, historic event
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2960638924_1a5383731c_o.jpg

Stevey Bonsey at Donington Park
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2959797761_ab2f429a42_o.jpg

Dani Pedrosa in the rain at Donington
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/2959797841_dcc1ea1699_o.jpg

I'll be posting some of my ALMS images from Laguna Seca where I see others doing the same.