Charlie of Burnt Rubber hired me to shoot for the last leg of the Lateral drift Championships held in Greenhills. Now, I have been shooting drifting photos for PLDT since March so I thought it would be the same. Boy was I very wrong! The PLDT events only lasts for 3-5 hours max! But this one lasted the whole day! Anyway, the reason for this post to tell you guys about how it's like to be in a shoot where your trying to do something different yet everything happens so fast that you end up not getting what you want or envisioned. I had that pre-visualized photo that I bet most of you have before even toting your camera in an event or a session. I started a little bit smug because I was doing this every weekend since March, the heat from the sun didn't bother me, I had "experience" under my belt. But it happened, I couldn't get "the shot". I was trying my very best but with this kind of event you really don't get what you were wishing for the cars to do.
I took a break like a good worker deserved and thought about it for a while. There was no way I could get the cars to drift perfectly everytime, and I was limited to only a number of spots to work with. I wasn't really "researching" or looking at drifting photos in the net. The only thing that will save me now was a throwback to my first year in college. FA 11 Visual Perception, meaning the BASICS! In the end I was happy with my shots. The client was happy, I was happy.
Here's something I wish I'd think about everytime I go out for a shoot. When everything is awry and nothing is going for you, stick to the basics.
Here are some photos of the Lateral Drifting Championships:
The People
The Action
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