We're not even
half way through 2017 yet and already there is a clear cut contender for photo
of the year. No, not the picture above, see the link below. However, the
picture alongside is the guy who I reckon has already taken the picture of the
year, Eddie Kelly.
Many of you will have seen his action
stuff, although it really deserves a wider audience, but there's more to being
a good photographer than being in the right place at the right time. Anyone
with a modern digital camera or even a smartphone has a bluidy good chance of
getting good pictures these days.
However, it's one thing to take a couple
of good pics every now and again, quite another to achieve a consistency of
quality. For those others who aren't quite good enough, there is Photoshop!
No doubt I'll get some schtick from Mr K
next time I see him, but I rate him as one of the best motorsport photographers
around these days. Not only does he have the artistic ability to spot a good subject
and location, but he has the technical competency to turn that into an
evocative and memorable image.
In the days of film and negatives, chemicals
and dark rooms I was fortunate to be influenced and encouraged by Eric Bryce
and the late Bill Henderson, and inspired by the 'Autosport' and 'World
Rallying' photographer Hugh Bishop.
I would place Eddie amongst those, but
he has taken his craft to new heights, literally. He's got one of those fleein'
things with camera attached which takes aerial photos. Aerial photography on
this scale is such a new thing that we are all mesmerised by the birds-eye view
we see of ordinary, everyday things we take for granted, but like any other
craft, some people are better at it than us ordinary folks.
Eddie's aerial image of Kames Motorsport
complex at Muirkirk, as used on the Home page of East Ayrshire Car Club, is one
such example. I'm fair jealous!
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