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May 9

FAST CARS…..WEC in Belgium: Part 2 – black & white

By julietlemon May 9 2012 - 09.08 AM

We’ve been over in Belgium photographing the World Endurance Championships at Spa Francorchamps for the wonderful bunch at Endurance Sports Car and am excited to be blogging these photographs for you to see.

For those of you that follow WEC, you’d recognise some of the faces in the photos: Audi’s Leena Gade speaking with Benoît Tréluyer, Piers Phillips the Strakka Team Manager and Technical Director deep in thought after their car hit the barrier in the practice session.  More of the Audi people including Loïc Duval, Andre Lotterer, Oliver Jarvis, Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, Tom Kristensen, as well as Aston Martin’s Darren Turner (looking slightly bemused!), JRM Racing’s David Brabham and Karun Chandhok.

The race track really is a wonderful place to be with so much going on.  At the circuit I have trackside and pit lane access which I find provides me with such wonderful challenges as a photographer.  One minute you can be at the side of the circuit, carefully panning your camera with the fast cars zooming by to capture the speed in the picture, then shortly after in the pit lanes changing the photography style to focus on people.

I love being in the pit lane (not only because I get to wear my very own orange and black fire proof suit!) but also because I get to see what is going on the behind the scenes and soak up the hectic atmosphere of the place.

Seeing the mechanics work laboriously, with great speed and efficiency for such long periods of time and more often than not with minimal sleep.  The air filled with car fumes, the commentary on the tannoy drowned out by the machinery being operated in the garages and the engines being pushed to their limits of the cars on the circuit.  Cars pulling in for pit stops, the team bosses carefully analysing the data displayed on screens and briefing their drivers.

This collection is in black and white which I feel really lends itself well to the documentary style of photography that I love doing in the pit lane, but of course have included a few from the track for you.  I really hope that through my photograph you can feel the buzz and excitement from the track.

Enjoy x

 

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