Techniques of Grand Prix Photography : Freezing Speed

International photographer John Blakemore has been one of the most prolific & successful of the F1 photo crowd for over a decade; his work has been printed in books & magazines all over the world. Now he has collected some of his best images into an instructional format, accompanying the color photography--some of it dramatic & spectacular, some of it illustrative of the immense difficulty of capturing a racing car at the precise moment of its finest artistic interpretation--with useful advice for the amateur & burgeoning professional. The writing is simple & usually direct; Blakemore is obviously a pragmatist, & instead of wasting chapters on darkroom techniques or the intricate arcana of picture-taking, he offers easy-to-remember rules that should enable even the most fumble-thumbed of race-goers to "capture the moment"--producing images of cars with the illusion of motion, the excitement & drama of the event itself. Unlike many photographers who jealously guard their mysterious secrets, Blakemore seems eager to share everything he knows about shooting fast action--& keeps it simple. But FREEZING SPEED would be a welcome addition to any racing fan's library, even if it had no words at all; this is truly a representative retrospective of Blakemore's career, & thus the careers & history of the teams & drivers who have become legendary in the glamorous world of modern international racing.Blakemore, John is the author of 'Techniques of Grand Prix Photography : Freezing Speed', published 1990 under ISBN 9781878649065 and ISBN 187864906X.