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I am a serious dvd backup merchant since I had to do a lot of work to retreive images from a failing external drive.copy the images to pc and when finished any pp I etc I then save them to discs before re-formatting the cards for re use.

It is brilliant news to see that donington will re open it is one of my most local tracks and I have many excellent photos from there. Here is a quote from the BBC website. "Steve Whatton, operations manager for the Adroit Group, said: "There will be an opening event at the circuit on 1st...

Not at all mind warping but shows imagination in some of the shots. They are not photoshopped because they don't need to be.

As above the Rider is the main item for the shot. You usually find that you get both in the first few shots then they part ways so you can get a good selection. The bike may bounce and smash but if you listen it is the Rider who gets a cheer when he stands up and walks away. Also, after the...

Manual focus is not a problem if you get the hang of panning. As others have said, pre focus on the point where you wish to shoot. Then follow the target until it reaches that spot and shoot. Using practices and qualifying sessions you should be able to get some practice before the racing. If...

I have had shots published which were from the spectator side of the fence. These were the shots which helped me to gain accreditation. Getting the shots is not the main problem. The hard bit is gaining accreditation from a publication and the motorsport organisation especially as there are so...

There are those of us who take our cameras in our bags to try/buy attachments, gadgets, lenses etc. Then there are those who it would appear have never seen a model before or have no attractive female friends to photograph. I witnessed one guy taking numerous shots of a model during a demo, so...

Glad I googled. I was wondering why a touring car driver was shooting at all let alone in jpeg

The simple thing to do is take a tripod and set your camera up on it before you reveal the katana or weapon of choice. With your camera on view it is obvious what is taking place. It also gives you somewhere to put your camera between shots if you want to change weapons/setups. From experience...

Most of the time you wont get paid unless you agree it before hand but sometimes it is just nice to see your own pics published. If you wish to be paid you need to ask a couple of papers if they want the pic and how much they would be prepared to pay but a lot of the time they will get free pics...