Tag: Qatar
April 2014 PHOTO.GP Desktop Calendar
April’s hi-res desktop wallpaper calendar from PHOTO.GP features Valentino Rossi leading the pack at Losail.
Read MorePor Fuera Halo
When I use a flash in pit lane, I set it to Rear Shutter, which means that the flash fires just as the shutter closes. For long exposures this is the only setting I use because if the flash fires when the shutter opens, movement in the image appears to be moving backwards. Last night […]
Read MoreDubai Dubai Du
It’s 11:30PM here in Dubai and the family is asleep after a long day of jet-lagged tourism. Since in a few days I’ll be on the strangest MotoGP schedule of the year (arriving at the Losail circuit in the late afternoon and working until around 3AM) I’m trying to stay up to make those first […]
Read MoreHot!
Got an email this morning from someone who asked why I’d not posted a glowing brake disc photo yet. I did post the odd image of one rotor glowing while the other is not, but if you’re after both lit up nicely, here is Ben Spies in Turn 1. One of the interesting things about […]
Read MoreThis is Casey Not Crashing
I have mixed feelings about crash photos. They’re usually interesting to look at, but they also often document some sort of injury. I try to make photographs that show what is astounding and beautiful about motorcycle racing, and injuries are not beautiful. Crashes aren’t beautiful either, but they can be astounding when you see frame […]
Read MoreOnce More Into The Night
T. S. Eliot wrote that April is the cruelest month, but for grand prix fans, it’s November when the season ends. We’re eight weeks away from the final pre-season test at Losail International Circuit just outside Doha, Qatar, and a week after that test, the first race of the 2011 season will take place under […]
Read MoreLet’s Eat Fewer Rocks
One of the noticeable things about the 2010 MotoGP bikes in Qatar was how the Ducatis all had a kind of mesh cover over the exhaust pipe. I asked around a bit and never found an explanation. Should’ve asked someone at Ducati, obviously, because this unique feature was just explained over at MotoMatters.com in an […]
Read MoreFire In The Desert
The story of Rossi’s glowing brake discs For a year I had a unique photograph. As far as I could tell, after searching everywhere I could think of, I was the only one who’d gone to the entrance of Turn 1 at Losail in 2009 and captured the glowing brakes as the MotoGP riders as […]
Read MoreEast Meets West For Fries and a Shake
This post was written Monday, April 12th, in Doha, Qatar. As I sit in the Doha airport waiting for my flight, an old man in a white dress is playing a harmonica softly in the corner of the waiting area. Every now and then he changes to a song I know, but most of the […]
Read MoreWorking Late
The demise last year of the Friday morning practice session means that day 1 in Qatar doesn’t start until well into the evening, and with one practice session per class we were done and heading back to the media center just before midnight. BMW is a series sponsor of MotoGP, and Losail has the nicest […]
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