A guide to taking motorsports photography
How to take stunning photographs at motorsport events a Pistonclick Guide including, panning, shooting through wire, locations, equipment, settings, tips and tricks.
Panning
Shooting through Safety Fences
Camera settings
Exporting motorsport images - WebP v JPEG
WebP, what is it? As a motorsports photographer and webmaster for the PistonClick site, I’m all over image formats for publishing to the WWW. In this article, I’m going to talk about the latest image file format that you, as a photographer, should be aware of: WebP. Click the Image for more
Photographic Check List for Motorsports
24 December 2023
In this article I will take you through my routine before, during and after taking motorsports pictures track side. I will take you through what I have in my bag and the settings I use to capture the images displayed on the PistonClick website. Detailed camera settings like aperture and f stop will not be included as it is very unlikely you will encounter the same lighting, weather, subject and location. This knowledge can only be gained by experience; juggle every day and you will be a good juggler, juggle once a year not so. Click the image for more
Race Series Test days, is it worth going?
British Touring Car Tyre Testing Donington Park
28 July 2023
Is it worth your while taking a day off work to go and spectate and practice your photography at a motorsport test day? In this report we will look at the advantages and disadvantages of the many and varied test days that are held at motorsports circuits around the UK.
As an example of what you can expect we went along to the British Touring Car Tyre Testing day at Donington Park. Some test days are free to get in, others are not. The BTCC test was free which is helpful considering how inflation is affecting the pound in everyone’s pocket these days. Click the image for more
Advanced motorsport photographic guides
Motorsport Camera and Lens reviews
AF-S Nikon 300mm f/4E PF and the AF-S Nikon 500mm f/5.6E PF with a Nikon D850 camera body.
Nikon Z6II and Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S - Shooting Trackside with a mirrorless camera
Is the Nikon D3X still a viable camera in 2020
Testing the Sigma 100-400mm at Donington and Mallory Park
Back to basics – a day out with the Nikon D3400
Car Shows Captured by Camera Phone
Nikkor 500mm PF prime lens
Nikon Camera Teleconverters review
Sigma 100mm -400mm review
NIKKOR 200–500mm AF-S review at the Mablethorpe Beach Race
So for our second visit to Mablethorpe for the Beach Racing we are looked at the pros and cons of owning a superzoom against a 300mm Prime.
The Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200–500mm f/5.6E ED Vibration Reduction (VR) up against a Sigma 300mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM.
Circuit Guides
We have personally been to all of these locations over time and have built up a knowledge base that we would like to share with you.
We will cover the areas to take photographs and what kit you will need for each event. For most of the venues we will concentrate on the scenario of you being a paying customer, i.e. shooting from behind, through, or over the safety fence.
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