Mats Lindh

Marius and I went auto slaloming last sunday as we’ve been doing several weekends this year, and as usual I shot a collection of photos for my flickr page. And as what has now become a tradition, I’ll post to the blog with my selection of the best shots and the videos we shot. You can see the complete photoshoot over at flickr.

The next image was shot with the camera attached to the back of the car, running at auto shoot with a fresh memory card inside. The camera was locked to the “GO GO GO!” mode with an external switch, and I triggered the first image as I got into the car. The effect was quite good, looking forward to doing a few more shots this way with more interesting exposure times.

The final shot shows the camera setup for the outboard video, which can be seen in the first video clip below. The position is quite shaky as the camera is attached to the very front of the car, but it’s a dramatic angle. I’ll see if we can do something about those vibrations for later.

The best run of the day:

A few mishaps which we caught on tape:

This is probably the last run of the season, so I guess I’ll be back with more auto slalom and racing related posts as soon as the ice and snow disappears in april. Looking forward to it already!

Vincent Laforet has a very, very interesting post up about the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. It features the first shots from the camera, and while they are stunning in their own right (Vincent shoots some of the best photos on the planet, so no surprise there), the most amazing thing is that they’re shot while in video mode. That’s right. They’re straight from the RAW .mov file that the camera produces when recording 1080p video. Simply astounding. I’m getting one. Hands down.

For more information about the EOS 5D Mark II and the video mode, NRKBeta has a long article analyzing the video output from the beast itself. I can’t wait. Too bad the price here in Norway is above USD 4000, so it’s actually cheaper to fly to the US, buy it and fly back to Norway. NRKBeta gives you even more images of the EOS 5D Mark II, an incredible piece of engineering. Time to start drooling!

I spent four hours at Rudskogen Motor Raceway tonight, at an event hosted by Autostrada Sport. A nice collection of Ferraris, Maseratis, BMWs and Porsches turned up (even a Lamborghini and an Aston Martin). As usual I spent some time photographing, before Marius took me for loads of laps in the black GT2.

The photo set is (yet again, as usual) availabable at Flickr.

Here are some of my favorites:

(as you can see, I’ve become very fond of this style after the last auto slalom. Some of those pictures turned out really great, so I spent some time playing around with it today)

We also had an inboard camera:

Marius and I went to Rattmestern 2008 this weekend, a yearly auto slalom competition. The Norwegian Porsche Club were in charge of timing and setting up the track, so there were a large number of Porsches competing. Marius finished in 4th, and the results can be found at Rattmestern 2008 resultater. I spent the day at the side of the track with a 40D and a 350D, trying out the 40D to see if I’m going to get the 50D when it’s released. Depending on wether Canon can get their 5D replacement out in time, I might have to get a 50D to fit in between.

Anyway, I’ve uploaded the complete archive of photos from rattmestern 2008, and as usual I’ve included some of my favourite shots from the day:

For more photos, go to the complete photo archive.

If you’ve ever considered shooting a sporting event or have been wondering what it takes to be a world class sports photographer, the amazing Newsweek 2008 Olympics Picture Blog is the place to be. Three photographers from Newsweek has been shooting for two weeks now, and they’ve been sharing all their experiences and best photos with the world. I’ve learnt loads of stuff about how the real guys do their gigs, and I’m still getting surprised by their persistence to get the good shots. As most photographers they never admit that they got the perfect shot, but the blog is filling up with some of the best photos from the olympics.

I had no idea they did such an amount of remote triggered shots, and while I’m not going to start doing photography for a living any time, at least I know a few tricks if I ever find myself at a track and field event. Awesome. Worth a read, and hopefully they’ll keep it up for all time to come for people to learn more about photography and watch a great collection of stunning pictures.

Marius and I attended yet another trackday by Norsk Sportsvogn Klubb (NSK) at Rudskogen today, and here are the best shots from the day (I spent most of the day in the passenger seat of the GT2, so not many shots today).

Teodor and Iselin

Udo Starting the Long Corner

GT3 in Queue

Classic Ford Mustang

Bonus: I got one of my n95 pictures in the local newspaper: Trailer tips over at local road. You can even see the GT2 as a black line in the left corner of the image. Didn’t have time to do anything proper, as we were just speeding past on our way to Rudskogen.

After a very, very, very, very hot day in the sun out at the old airfield at Gardermoen Raceway, we’ve returned back home. I’ve even got the daily batch of images uploaded to flickr, so make sure to check out my GGK - Bilslalom - 2008-07-27 set for all the images. Here are a few of my own favourites:

See the rest of the images from the auto slalom!

While I was working today, Marius and Eirik spent some time at Norsk Sportsvogn Klubb’s trackday at Rudskogen. I joined them after finishing up the usual saturday routine, and got the opportunity to snap a few shots before calling it the day. We even managed to get a small spin captured on the cam after a car spun the previous round and left some fluids in a corner. Video included!

A few pictures:

(by Eirik while Marius and I were waiting to get out on the track)

And the vid of the day:

Tomorrow we’re heading out for auto slalom again, so I’ll try to get a few shots online tomorrow night too.

Today was the second round in the auto slalom championship of the norwegian porsche club. Marius and I went as usual, and as this session took place just a four minute drive from home, we were on our home turf. My part of the deal was as usual to take pictures while he did all the driving (and well, he didn’t defend his 7th place from last time, but he’ll bounce back for the fourth round!). Here are a few of the best shots from the day, the rest of them are available on my flickr page.

I went for a visit when the guys from the Track, Sea & Party gathered at Rudskogen Motor Speedway today, an event held by Von Braun Sports Cars. As usual when I attend a track event it rained, so the photos are a bit dark. Marius drove the GT2, so I tagged along with him. When we were leaving for Fredrikstad, he complained that the GT2 didn’t notice that he removed the key any more. A bit of checking on the intarwebs when we got home revealed that this was a common problem, and after a bit of checking around, the incredible guys over at Autozentrum in Oslo got him the part, late at friday’s night, the evening before the national day. That’s simply an awesome customer service, so if you ask where you’re going to buy your next Porsche, you know who you should call (give the guys at Autotuning Råde a call too, tho).

Anyways, here are a few selected shots from today. Get all the shots of the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera, the LP640, the Porsches and the Ferraris at my flickr page.