Earlier last month I was tasked with creating the accompanying images for a story of a day in the life of one David Brabham. The Brabham family name is synonymous in motorsport with success and David’s illustrious career has ensured that association won’t be changing any time soon. A racing career spanning nearly thirty years with multiple wins in a variety of classes at Le Mans and a host of other successes across a variety of championships including F1, JGTC and ALMS to name but a few. David would be one of those who you would forgive for having any airs or graces about him but the man behind the visor is as welcoming and as nice as anyone you could ever meet. A true gentleman of motorsport. More images after the jump …

Original story on Speedhunters

Dad.

Meant to post these a while  ago but have been quite busy. Plus the new site layout lends itself a lot better to larger images. Just like to wish Mark, Margaret & their son Séan all the best in the future. More images after the jump …

Back in April, I was lucky enough to have time to shoot some portraits of some of the drivers and staff of the Prodrift Super Series. When the majority of your work is based around the machine and not the man, it can be refreshing change of pace to shoot the men (and indeed women) behind the visors. The idea behind these portraits was to portray the people behind the cars, to show the real person and not just the name you may recognize from the commentary.

More after the jump …

The above shot of Shane Lynch (Team Japspeed Stobart Maxxis), was shot with a Canon EOS 40D with a 24-105 F4 L lense. The shoot took place in a music festival tent at Donington Park in the UK. Using two flashes, one high camera left and another low camera right, both fired through white umbrellas.

Kieran Hynes, Prodrift Series Head Judge, Canon EOS 40D, 24mm, ISO100, f/8, 1/160th

Alan Lenihan, Hankook Tires Nissan Silvia, Canon EOS 40D, 47mm, ISO200, f/5.6, 1/125th

Dennis Healy, Nexen / Hunky Dorys Toyota Corolla SR-86, Canon EOS 40D, 24mm, ISO100, f/8, 1/125th

Ian Bergin, Judge & Commentator, Canon EOS 40D, 67mm, ISO100, f/4, 1/160th

Mike Deane, Silverstone Tyres / Deane M-Sport Nissan Silvia, Canon EOS 40D, 60mm, ISO200, f/7.1, 1/125th

Martin Ffrench, Wexican Motorsport Nissan Silvia, Canon EOS 40D, 24mm, ISO100, f/8, 1/160th

Dean ‘Karnage’ Kearney, Maxxis Nissan Onevia, Canon EOS 1D MKII N, 50mm, ISO800, f/1.4, 1/125th

New issue of Modified Motors was released today featuring I shoot I did with Georgie & Elaine from Prodrift. Check out the magazine for the full write up. More images and a walkthorugh of the setup after the jump.

These two (above & below) were shot on the 70-200 2.8 L, wide open at f2.8.

The 1D MKII N gives a finer grain than the 40D which I think adds to the B&W image.

Unforuntately the noise can be a bit too much as seen in the shot here in the background.

This shot of Elaine had a 580EX II camera left into a bounce umbrella at 1/2 power and a SB800 camera right into another bounce at a 1/4 power.

This one had just the 580EX II camera left into the bounce brollie, I can’t remember the power setting but it would of been around 1/2 or 1/4 power.

For this shot (and the opening shot in this post) I fired the SB800 bare at the car and the 580EX bare from camera left at the girls. Could do with adding another strobe or two but I need to pick up some reliable triggers first.

Hope you enjoyed !

2009 has been a year of change for me. I’ve been trying to get away a little bit from the motoring side of things, so as to try and develop my portraiture skills. Here are some images from a recent shoot with Kilkenny based band Saving J. The images are to be used as promotional material for their new album This City Street, due to be released this Autumn. More after the jump …

Paul Hindle, Drummer. Canon EOS-1D MKII N, Sigma 50mm F1.4, ISO50, F1.6, 1/640th

Sean Redmond, lead singer. Canon EOS-1D MKII N, Sigma 50mm F1.4, ISO50, F1.4, 1/400th

Group Shot. Canon EOS-1D MKII N, Canon 24-105 F4 L, ISO640, F4, 1/125th

Band in tunnel, this is a quick colour edit, will remove the lightstand and blow the background out completely. Nikon SB800 at front and 580EXII at rear.
Canon 24-105 F4 L, ISO50, F8, 1/2

Canon 24-105 F4 L, 58mm, ISO50, F22, 1/6th

Full Set can be viewed on My Flickr HERE