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Yesterday afternoon Monza hosted the opening round of the Michelin Le Mans Cup and I was on the grid before the start of the race to shoot a few images of the teams and drivers during the build up to the two hour race. I used the Fujifilm GFX50S fitted with the GF32-64mm f4 lens to capture these images.  They were all shot with the aperture set at f4 to give the shallowest depth of field as possible. This is the perfect environment for the GFX, capturing some behind the scenes environmental portraits and the resulting medium format images stand out from the images produced on full frame or crop frame cameras. Today is round 2 of the European Le Mans Series and with 36 cars on the grid it should be a great race in the Italian sunshine at Monza. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By c...

Today was the third race of the 2015 European Le Mans Series, which was held on the magnificent Red Bull Ring near Spielberg in Austria.  Prior to the race I went down to the grid to take some images of the drivers and NASCAR stunt display, which was part of the pre race entertainment for the 12000 Austrian fans in the grandstands. Using the X-T10 and the Fujinon XF10-24mm f4 zoom I took some images around the grid.  I set the camera to RAW and JPEG but I was unable to read the RAW files so these shots are all JPEG files from the X-T10.  I set the camera to record the images in black and white. I then adjusted the contrast and brightness in Photoshop Elements to get the final results.   Filipe Albuquerque Charlie Robertson Ludovic Badey Gary Hirsch Pierre Perret The next round of the European Le Mans Series will be held at the Circuit Paul Ricard on the 14/15 September.  Before that we head to the Nurburgring for Round 4 of the W...

Race day at the European Le Mans Series presents visitors with plenty of opportunity to get close to the cars and speak to the drivers.  The first opportunity, which is open to all the public, is the pit walk and autograph session.  This busy part of race day is very popular and consequently the pitlane can be crowded but it is usually good natured as the drivers make the time to sign autographs, pose for pictures and have a chat about their team and car. The second opportunity is the grid walk just before the race.  This part of the day is reserved for VIP guests and media who can go onto the grid to watch the cars being prepared ahead of the four hour race. Here are some of the images captured during the pitwalk and grid walk ahead of the 4 Hours of Imola yesterday. CLICK HERE for more information on the European Le Mans Series All images taken on a Fujifilm X-T1 with an XF10-24mm f4 or XF55-200mm f3.5/4...

On the grid for the final time in 2014 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Sao Paulo.  The cars and drivers are lining up for the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo in front of three packed grandstands along the main straight of the historic circuit in Brazil. The shot at the top of the page was taken on the Fujifilm X-T1 with the XF55-200mm f3.5/f4.8 lens.  The second images of the grid was taken on the Fujifilm X-Pro1 fitted with the XF10-24mm f4. The third and fourth shots were taken on the Fujifilm X-T1 with the XF56mm f1.2, with the final shot showing the media scrum around Emerson Fittipaldi, who is driving in the race this weekend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------...

Here are some of the shots from the Circuit do Estoril in Portugal during the build up to the final round of the European Le Mans Series, the 4 Hours of Estoril. After qualifying the pitlane was opened for the thousands of Portuguese fans to get some photographs and autographs with their favourite drivers.  An hour later the cars were forming up on the grid for the start of the race. As part of the entertainment their was some traditional Portuguese folk music and dancing and a brass band performed on the grid. Here are some of the shots from the build up to the race today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Earlier today I posted a blog with the images from the autograph session in the pitlane at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola yesterday.  This was a test of the capabilities of the Fuji AF system to cope with a busy environment.   Yesterday afternoon I went onto the grid before the race in my role as the Media Delegate but I took the opportunity to grab a few people shots for the official ELMS website and Facebook page.   As I did in Spa I had both the X-T1 and X-Pro1 in operation. The X-T1 fitted with the 55-200mm and the X-Pro1 with the 14mm f2.8 wide angle which enabled me to shoot different shots without the need to change lenses.   Here are some of the highlights from the grid in Italy. Images 1 to 4 and 9 taken on a Fujifilm X-Pro1 + Fujinon 14mm f2.8. Images 5 to8 and 10 to12 taken on a Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujinon XF55-200mm f3.5/4.8R LM OIS ----------------------------------------...