First Track Day Shoot

[w33 brl]

Hi All

I'm looking at doing my first track day shoot on the 21st at knockhill aslong as the weather's good and was wondering if you's have any tips

Cheers

Wayne

 

[.GAZ.]

Take a camera..

 

[MartinR]

^^I laughed very hard

 

[w33 brl]

smart c**t you eh gaz lol

 

[.GAZ.]

Couldn't resist pal, sowwwy!!

 

[w33 brl]

knew someone would be a smart c**t lol

 

[r&skxa]

Read up on panning shots and take some practice ones....literally play with some traffic.

 

[w33 brl]

Ok will do

 

[Dave..]

Set the camera to take multiple shots when you hold the capture button down, rather than just one. That way you stand a better chance of getting at least one focused picture when you're panning.

 

[Pete.]

Read the guides on here they really are helpful .

 

[Niall]

Make sure you turn any sort of IS/VR whatever your lens has (if it does), this will make panning easier believe it or not, and slightly improve focus speed. IS is only useful for static shots using a low shutterspeed where you don’t want any camera shake at all.

And set the camera’s focus system to continuous focus, not sure what its called on Canon’s but it means that the focus will constantly adjust, so it will track the car.

But you can’t build rome in a day, it sounds very cliche but its true- practice makes perfect.

 

[ukaskew]

Set the camera to take multiple shots when you hold the capture button down, rather than just one. That way you stand a better chance of getting at least one focused picture when you're panning.

Not so sure about this, when starting out I personally found it beneficial to concentrate on a single shot. Scattering 3 or 4 shots in one pan isn't really teaching you anything. Even to this day I find it better to aim for one shot (and apart from anything else, it's far more rewarding).

 

[w33 brl]

heres a set of my photo's I took a knockhill on sunday let me know what you think

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87880452@N02/sets/72157631842201598/

 

[Matt_90]

Some of the shots look good.. panning takes practice and lots of. for me I think this is your best shot -

Once you get the hang of it try even slower shutter speeds. I don't normally go above 1/100 when panning, but keep trying and be willing to waste lots of shots getting it right.

What are you editing the photos in? also are you shooting in raw.

 

[w33 brl]

yeah a fought that was the best one too

digital professional pro standard software that came with my camera yeah i'm shooting in raw