NZ Superbike 2013 Championship - Kiwibike Insurance Round 5

[craignzcd]

hey damien....we can go wandering around the outside....see what sort of pics we can take.....got some good tramping boots?....cheers craig

"All of the on track photographer spots are taken" !!!!!!??????
Really? VMCC needs to wise-up! Skunk, this stinks!

Link to photos from Hampton Downs:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/se...444124/detail/

I did email the VMCC President but did not get a reply. AMCC, on the other hand, posted photographer passes to me even before I made a request.

The NZ Motorsport Year Book has featured my motorcycle racing photos - not from VMCC Taupo this time, it seems .

Choppa, unfortunately I will not be taking photos of you, and others, in action like this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/85...7633016444124/

Damien

[Damien_Toman]

hey damien....we can go wandering around the outside....see what sort of pics we can take.....got some good tramping boots?....cheers craig

Hi Craig. I'll stay at home for this one.

[Rcktfsh]

Hi Craig. I'll stay at home for this one.

Shame to hear that Damien , always appreciate your pics.

[Damien_Toman]

Shame to hear that Damien , always appreciate your pics.

Thanks Rcktfsh. Appreciate your comment. No infield access screws any opportunity for great photos.

Damien

[craignzcd]

will take a few pic but dont know how long i wil hang around for as found out have even less area to take pics from.....effectively only have where the public can go....seems like if you werent on their facebook site or on here for most of the time looking at the post you wouldnt know about applying for photo accred as they didnt have anything on their own vmcc website........catch you at hampton downs sometimes...cheers

[Damien_Toman]

I'm watching on CTAS.co.nz - don't see many photographers around the track!

Bad call by VMCC. With 30 years experience as a motorcycle racing photographer and as a racer, I understand risks, safety and distractions. What criteria was used to establish which photographers were allowed? Was it just first-come-first-served? Anyone with a camera will do as long as they are in early?

A shot from last year at Taupo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/83...7629686657773/


Damien

[sugilite:Me]

Awesome photo man

[Yow Ling]

If I had a hotdog stand or coffee business, could I expect to come along and set up how and where I liked?

this is VMCCs business they run the show how they like, for whatever reasons they choose, end of story really

[Buddha#81:Me]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hotdogs

[Damien_Toman]

Scout Fletcher at Hampton Downs NZSBK round to be published in the Selwyn District newspaper, Selwyn View:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/85...n/photostream/

All helps to promote the sport.

Damien

[Damien_Toman]

Link:

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjEsGXHW

Damien

[Yow Ling]

Maybe this photo explains why some control of people reqd????
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/85...7633075843164/

[trailblazer]

Awesome racing today they promised close racing and they delivered.

[Damien_Toman]

Maybe this photo explains why some control of people reqd????
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/85...7633075843164/

Yow Ling, you might take note of where I was (as photographer).

I am a racer, as previously stated, with some understanding of what can happen when fast bikes crash.

Damien

[arkeye]

I'm watching on CTAS.co.nz - don't see many photographers around the track!

Bad call by VMCC. With 30 years experience as a motorcycle racing photographer and as a racer, I understand risks, safety and distractions. What criteria was used to establish which photographers were allowed? Was it just first-come-first-served? Anyone with a camera will do as long as they are in early?

A shot from last year at Taupo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/83...7629686657773/


Damien

That would be because there was no hi-vis vest used for media on the track. made them hard to spot! They were definitely there.