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Velodrome Cycling Photography
Butch Owens, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Murrieta | CA | US | Posted: 9:36 PM on 09.28.10 |
| ->> I will be shooting at the Home Depot Center Velodrome Indoor cycling. I've shot football, basketball, baseball, soccer etc. but this is the first time for indoor cycling. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, |
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Jack Megaw, Photographer, Assistant
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Philadelphia | PA | America | Posted: 9:47 PM on 09.28.10 |
->> Check out the "Two Students" video feature - lots of great stuff from there.
http://sportsshooteracademy.com/videos/
Also lots of great images from there are in the video couldn't hurt! (shooting cycling on a velodrome is great - you can be very creative with it!)
Hope it helps.
-Jack |
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Juliann Tallino, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | USA | Posted: 11:48 PM on 09.28.10 |
| ->> I shot there once, light absolutely sucks but you can use flash, most everyone did, but that was pre-D3/MarkIV. Not sure what type of event you're shooting, I shot the UCI world championships and they gave out vests (I think it was vests, it was a while ago), some shooters could get out on the track and the rest of us had to shoot from a more restricted area, but we could shoot down from the top, in the stands and from inside the track. We had access to the inside area where the cyclists were before races, pretty much free reign of the velodrome. Bring parking money, Home Depot does not do media parking, everyone pays. |
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Butch Owens, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Murrieta | CA | US | Posted: 12:21 AM on 09.29.10 |
| ->> Thanks Jack and Juliann. I'll be going later this week so will let you know how it goes. |
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Nigel Farrow, Photographer
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Suffolk | UK | United Kingdom | Posted: 6:08 AM on 09.29.10 |
->> I'd do a search for images from events like the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, 7 day racing (Munich and Ghent are the two that spring to mind) plus, the event Juliann mentions, the UCI Worlds. OK the lighting may not be as good as for these but hopefully how other people have covered the sport will give you some ideas.
Depending on the event and who you are shooting for you may have pretty good access anyhow but I would still get there as early as possible and recce the venue so you can plan on being in the right place for any specific competitors you have to cover.
Good luck. Have fun. |
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