Each year Linda and I get to travel together to one of the remote Supercar and Aussie Racing Car events, last year we went to Sydney Motorsport Park, but this year we decided to go to the most remote event for the Aussie Cars, Perth, Western Australia for our Motorsport Photography. Wednesday morning saw us head off to Perth, the trip over is a 6-hour flight (the trip home is 4 hours 15mins, go figure), luckily, we had a row to ourselves, so three movies later we are there. We rented a house in beautiful Scarborough Beach, it’s usually beautiful but for the moment it’s a huge construction site, not to worry the restaurants are still great. Garry O’Brien from Auto Action stayed with us as well, so just a few beers each night! Linda and I headed out to the circuit Wednesday afternoon, Barbagello is a pretty great place to photograph at, it’s got everything, long straights, plenty of hills and action close to us and the crowd. This fire greeted up on the way to the track, it was just a little bit of excitement LOL. The one thing that was always a downer there though was the […]
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A couple of weeks ago I got to experience my first ever Formula One event at the Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix, many people say its the best event of the year (except maybe Monaco) being the first event for the new year. My very first taste of the F1 came late Wednesday afternoon whilst a mate and I were at the pub, the Minardi Two Seater with Cameron McConville at the wheel was running some warm-up laps for rides a bit later, to say I was impressed with the V10 scream is an understatement that’s for sure, wow. We’d get to see and hear this car each morning around 7.20am as our alarm clock. SO I’ve been to lets say hundreds of race meetings, yet here I am at the Pinnacle of Motorsport and its so laid back, nothing on track till after 9am even later some days, gees at a grass roots event we’d have had 3 races by then! 🙂 Supporting the F1 were the Australian GT’s, Porsche Carrera Cup and of course the V8Supercars. I had a few clients in all classes but really this was a junket event for me (have to thank my wife for […]
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This years Clipsal 500 was without a doubt a big event for Digital Realism, 40+ Aussie Racing Cars took to the concrete jungle and 40+ cars made it out the other side too. No other class at the event could say this! I love this circuit, its a bit of walking but there are so many photo points we can shoot from, producing some of the best photography for the year. Outside of the ARC cars I was also shooting a few AGT cars, plus my Dunlop series clients too, this is what made it a BIG weekend, but I had a ball. I was going to say the weather was perfect, and it was up until the final big V8Supercars race on Sunday afternoon, just before the race started they declared it a wet race, I was at turn three and thought that’s weird it wasn’t raining, well, then the heavens opened and it poured down, its the wettest I’ve ever been at a race meeting! Luckily the Canon gear stayed reasonably dry! Here are a selection of photos that made it to the Facebook page along with some that were run in Auto Action as well, both online […]
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And so the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour motor-race is done and dusted, what a HUGE event for us. This is the second year we’ve been able to attend the race, the first was in 2013. Last year we were unable to participate due to our commitments at the V8Supercars Test Day at Sydney Motorsport Park. What an amazing event, the class of the main B12hr field was nothing short of the best assembly of GT cars to race in Australia, hands down! Bathurst is without a doubt the best circuit to shoot at, 23 turns of “amazingness” for sure, if you couldn’t find something to shoot there you are probably dead, or not holding a camera 🙂 I shot every single car that raced over the weekend, even a few that only managed one lap from the supports! My Friday started out with the iconic “Bathurst” shot that is coming over the Skyline with a clear sky behind the car. The weather was pretty good and played along, mostly, you can see some shots further down this post. One thing I forgot about and kick myself is the fact its Bathurst and it can be bloody cold, even in the […]
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Darin Mandy our Director and Principal Motorsport photographer will be heading to the Bathurst 12 Hour event this weekend. Darin is McElrea Racing’s official photographer for the event. Matt Campbell our great mate and up and coming superstar will be driving the Tony Wall’s “Objective” McLaren, along with Tony is Warren Luff and current V8Supercar driver Tim Slade. “I cannot wait to get there, this year I’m camping at the track with Matts family, its going to be a great weekend” says Darin. The Bathurst 12Hr event sees teams from all over the world with GT3 cars like Ferrari’s, Porsche, Lamborghini, Nissan, Audi, Bentley and Mercedes and many more. The tough event is beamed across Australia on the 7 network and via a Live Stream world wide. Keep an eye on our Facebook page Digital Realism Media Hub for all the updates and Darin’s photos.
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