woot! I was able to get a ticket to attend the 2011 Vancouver Photo Marathon!!!
For those who don't know, in 2009, I read about a small group organizing a photo contest called the 12x12 Vancouver Photo Marathon. The point of the contest, as I understood it, was to bring photography back to its film roots and draw photographers out of the "shoot first, delete later" mentality that has been brought about by the explosion of digital cameras and the ensuing 'ease' or 'intent' of post-processing. Digital memory makes it cheap to throw away pictures compared to the permanency of film.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Moving 'up' in the autocross world
Those that know me will know that I have been autocrossing for some time now. My friends will know me as a "car guy", my autocross friends fully realize that I lack true "car guy" knowledge and experience. I will be the first to admit that I'm not a grease monkey. I understand the workings of a car but not enough to tweak or get really hands on at this point.
I've been racing mostly for fun due to not having a competitive car and honestly, not putting the effort to make the car competitive - you can't make a refrigerator fly. Arguably I've been more competitive in the last 2 years due to picking up a co-drive with Fabrice Renaud who has a well prepared 1994 Mazda Miata he has generously offered me.
This year, I was fortunate enough to be offered a drive in a friend's Formula Ford that has competed regularly at National Tour events and even a US Nationals and is extremely competitive. I'll save you the back story but the lead up is that I had a chance to drive this at the 2011 Packwood National Tour and had to decline. Mike was running the car locally (which is rare) to get some seat time for my 'pinch hitter', and offered me a drive at the same time, how could I turn that down?
I've been racing mostly for fun due to not having a competitive car and honestly, not putting the effort to make the car competitive - you can't make a refrigerator fly. Arguably I've been more competitive in the last 2 years due to picking up a co-drive with Fabrice Renaud who has a well prepared 1994 Mazda Miata he has generously offered me.
This year, I was fortunate enough to be offered a drive in a friend's Formula Ford that has competed regularly at National Tour events and even a US Nationals and is extremely competitive. I'll save you the back story but the lead up is that I had a chance to drive this at the 2011 Packwood National Tour and had to decline. Mike was running the car locally (which is rare) to get some seat time for my 'pinch hitter', and offered me a drive at the same time, how could I turn that down?
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