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Selected photos from Mercer Raceway Park - May 26, 2008   no comments

Posted at 11:37 pm in Dirt Car Racing, Photography

Mercer Raceway Park ran a special Memorial Day race yesterday feturing the FASTRAK Northeast Touring Series (Frank Guidace, winner), Sprint Cars (Brian Ellenberger), STAR’s Championship Tour Mod Lites (Mikey Hay), Stock Cars (Rusty Martz), and Mini Stocks (Pete Blazczak).

The following photos are a small sampling from myself and my race photography partner Scott Whipple.

Written by Paul on May 27th, 2008

Trying Out A New Way To Display Photos   2 comments

Posted at 4:26 am in Dirt Car Racing, Photography

Let me know what you think, and if there are any glitches on the viewing end…

Written by Paul on November 19th, 2007

Another Sprint Car Driver Putting on Fenders - Stenhouse signs for ARCA schedule   no comments

Posted at 12:59 pm in Dirt Car Racing

Ricky Stenhouse signs for ARCA schedule

This kid could be really good; he certainly knows how to wheel a sprint car. Good break for him, but I kind of hate seeing him leave sprint cars. He’s got to look at his own Big Picture though, and I wish him the best of luck.

Written by Paul on October 12th, 2007

Trying Something Different With a Photo   2 comments

Posted at 6:02 am in Dirt Car Racing, Photography

For the most part, my racing photography is pretty straight-forward - shoot it, minor edit, and print it. Just present the cars as they are.

But last week I was reading the Cup Of Joe blog and Ron Storer’s blog and they were pointing out how texture can really add to a photo.

I thought I’d give it a try, just to see if I liked it and to see if it added anything to a racing photo.

Here is the original photo that I started with:
original photo of Danny Holtgraver, before adding a texture layer

Using Photoshop Elements, I then converted it to a sepia tone, added a texture layer of old paper, set opacity to around 60%, merged down, duplicated the layer, and then set the blend mode to multiply and adjusted the opacity until I liked the result. I flattened the layers and the this is the result:
edited photo of Danny Holtgraver, after applying texture layer

So what do you think? Does it work? Was it worth adding the texture and style?

Written by Paul on July 24th, 2007

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