2010 Favorites
I’m kind of late on this one, but I was lacking internet at the start of the year! 2010 was my first year as a photographer so I had no idea how things would turn out. Luckily, they turned out great! I met Kenneth Lan at the Shannonville track, he’s the main man at Kplayground, a very awesome and chill dude i must say! Kenneth contacted me by email about my track photos and that’s where things went great, Ken was interested in the photos and wanted to have me come back to all the events to be Kplayground’s Track Day photographer, I gladly accepted!
Then, I contacted Mad Man Dan Cyr through email about Drift Day’s at Shannonville, and he led me to Son240sx.org. I was able to find out about all the Drift Day’s up in Shannonville now, and even a Gumball 3000 event. That’s where I first met Dan and Pat. I was expecting to talk with Pat and get to know him better, but his 86 has a fuel feed problem if I remember correctly so he seemed pretty frustrated. I got him to sign my Red Wings hat though, still rocking that thing everyday!
After all the track days and such, I decided to apply for a Media Pass for DMCC Round 6 at Mosport in Bowmanville. I got to say, regardless of Pats outcome, i still had a blast there. Just the energy of an actual event with the crowd made it so much better and the fact I was one of the guys in the yellow/orange vests just made me feel at home, you know? This year, i’m hoping to hit up at least 2 or 3 DMCC events. So expect to see more good things come this year! I also wanna kick off 2011 but picking up a new Camera next month. Hoping for a Nikon D90 then maybe you might see some short videos from me!
Some of my favorite photos of 2010, have a look at the rest on flickr as well!
DMCC Mosport Photos
Hmmm, I suppose it would be appropriate to start off with a photo of Matt Waldin. Although, the Drift Posse might be a little upset, haha. Let’s begin!
“This spot I was in would only allow you to get decent photos of the straight and first corner otherwise your photos would be ruined by massive amounts of smoke on the second corner. It also gave a sweet downhill effect as well.“
“Finally some Posse photos! I got a laugh out of this one, always funny to see a bumper dragging behind a car.”
“Dave Briggs. Who can’t get enough of this guy? That’s all there is to say, Simply brilliant.”
“The god of drifting, Pat Cyr. Amazing angle from him. The grass was a bit wacko in this photo, reminds me of Shannonville’s grass. ALL BROWN…”
That’s all I’m putting up for now. Keep tabs on the DMCC Set on flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fryimaging/sets/72157625004413690/
Drift Mania Round 6 Results/Photo Teaser
DMCC Round 6 was my first big event I’ve shot at. I loved every second of it to! The energy felt good there as the day went on, not as big as the Quebec events but still makes you feel great. I met JAG for the first time to and he seemed really cool, haha. The set up of the track was perfect for media, there was so much freedom for photographers and filmmakers, some spots were kinda iffy to me though. The spot in the trees was only goo for the first corner and first straight at the top of the hill. Other than that your photos were smoke ruined. The last corner was sort of a low speed one, and by the time both cars reached there if they haven’t spun they were separated enough to ruin door to door pictures.
Round 6 Top 3
1. Marc Landreville
2. Bob Patinka
3. Claude Poirier
Matt Waldin could of place 3rd or still in 4th if his engine didn’t blow up.
Again, the Champion of DMCC was Matt Waldin leaving Pat Cyr to another Second Place finish. This is only pouring gas on the flame to let Sir Pat of Cyr burn higher. Next year will be his year!
Photo Teasers
For this to be as awesome as it is, please view the photos in the order I place them. Don’t be going crazy and getting excited.
This is my friend Andrew Gregg of Formula-21 Imaging, hes the one bent over really damn far.
Wait.. Andrew, look at the dirt! WATCH OUT!
OH NO! ANDREW! IT’s EVERYWHERE!
Where did he go? WHERE DID YOU GO!
Still working on photos at the moment!
Edit:
Keep watch on Cyrious Productions, Formula-21 Imaging and the Drift Posse!
LINKS
Drift Posse – Click
Cyrious Productions – Click
Formula-21 Imaging – Click
