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UPDATE SATURDAY 3 MARCH:  Due to the winter weather the event organisers have called off next weekend's rally.   CLICK HERE to see the official press release MacLean Photographic will be running a workshop on the Border Counties Rally on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 March in the Scottish Borders. Based in the town of Jedburgh each day will consist of photographing the start, a special stage out in the forests and a service area.  Professional motorsport photographer Jeff Carter will be your host on each day and will teach you how to get  some stunning images from the cars competing in the British and Scottish Rally Championships from the spectator areas. There will be a maximum of three people on each day so you will be guaranteed to have Jeff's attention to help you improve your photography. The workshop is run on each day with a maximum of three people each day.  The cost is £150 per person per day. While Jeff Carter is a Fujifilm X Photogra...

I hear it said a lot that motor sport is difficult to shoot without a media pass.  Well that is very true for circuit racing, especially at the big venues like Silverstone or Le Mans, but there is one form of motor sport that does afford great access for spectators and that is rallying.   To prove the point I went along to the opening round of the British Rally Championship the Border Counties Rally in Jedburgh, which was also Round 2 of the Scottish Rally Championship.  All the access during the event was on a spectator pass, I paid for the car park on the special stage and I shot from the designated areas. The result was a great set of images that couldn't really have been bettered if I had been wearing a media vest.  Yes the media photographers could visit all of the special stages, where as spectators were limited to a few, but the pros had to submit a plan of the areas they wanted to visit for approval by the event safety manager BEFORE the event and the...