The next step in my "hobby"

[the chi]

Can't see...

[Papa_Complex]

Sorry, I've currently got a power outage in my "server room", aka my bedroom at home. My server likely won't be back up until I get home tonight

[Papa_Complex]

The server is back up now. Thank God for "manual remote control"

*EDIT* I've ordered my proof copy; 79 pages, 226 photos. I should have it, in hand, by the end of the month

[the chi]

Aight, now thats pretty damn awesome!

[marko138]

That's really cool man. Awesome idea.

[sherri_chickie]

A book like that would be an awesome gift for the hard to buy for bike enthusiast... aka most of us and our SO's...

[Papa_Complex]

Thanks. I'm trying to be a little innovative, where this stuff is concerned.

The local track's pro shooter is stuck in his old business model and blames me for his loss of business, over the last few years. What he doesn't realize is that my business has also been dropping off, over the same time period. People are tired of the same-ol'-same-ol', and money is tight in the industry, these days. If you don't give them something new, they won't buy.

I've given them a web gallery, when the local guy completely dropped his website. To get his shots you have to stick around the track, after the day is done, and go through them on one of his computers. To get mine you sit at home and go through my galleries, at your leisure, then email me to say what you'd like to buy.

I've introduced the idea of doing a large number of candid shots that, while they aren't really marketable to sponsors and such, provide some real memories about what goes on around the track. When a well respected racer and long-time member of the industry died, a couple of years back, I seemed to be the only person who had a shot of him that wasn't on his bike, in helmet and full gear. Others have since started doing what, to me, seemed like the most important thing at the track; documenting EVERYTHING that goes on, not just what happens on the asphalt.

Now I'm hoping that my marketing of a book will raise the bar again. I may not be the best photographer at the track, but I seem to be the only one who is trying to takes things beyond how they've "always been done."

[the chi]

I do the same at track days with my friends. While I love getting good action shots while they're riding, I enjoy the candid pit photos much more. Being able to see my friends faces, and the goofy things they do, or while they are thinking about something or wrenching on a bike has much more of the "memory" aspect. Like you said, you can only take so many shots of the exact same thing. It's a logical thing for some, but um, logic is kinda like common sense. "So rare it's a super power."

[Papa_Complex]

That does it! From now on I'll wander around the track in a cape and tights, with "BlatantlyFuckingObviousMan" emblazoned on my chest

[the chi]

I want pics. Im thinking orange and red will show up well. Unless you're a ginger.