Showing posts with label formula 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label formula 1. Show all posts

Apr 7, 2009

F1 photographer Martin Trenkler: revisited



Two wild weeks into the 2009 Formula 1 season and I anxiously await Martin Trenkler's (link) updates to his website. Not sure if it's his travel schedule or what, but none of the 2009 images have appeared on his site yet. I've been a fan of his for a while and have been saving up for a triptych of images that I have contacted him about purchasing as well. He even has a book for sale, but the link on his site is dead, so I'm off to google for it.



If you like Formula 1, his site is a must see. If you like great composition, angles, colors, and playful techniques in photography, then his site is a must see. If you just like looking at girls holding grid signs before races, then his site is also a must see. The playfulness and overall chilled mood of the images, to me, seems to reflect how happy this dude is photographing F1 all over the world.




p.s. I'm not hopping from mcclaren to brawn, but being Mercedes powered I think it's ok to root them on a little. Plus, Barrichello and Button are such good guys, they deserve it.


Oct 20, 2008

F1 Photographer

(C) MARTIN TRENKLER PHOTOGRAPHY

Straying a bit from the darker side of fine art, I'd like to share the work of my favorite Formula 1 photographer, Martin Trenkler.

(C) MARTIN TRENKLER PHOTOGRAPHY

I always look forward to seeing his recap of race weekends. I love that he manages to capture all of the different aspects of the weekend, not just the racing. His recaps are hodgepodge full of abstracts, eye candy (i.e. the grid girls), atmosphere and emotion. Of course he has plenty of race and sometimes crash shots as well. Quite the opposite of what the fine art photographer does when they create a very singular cohesive body of work. His site also mentions that you can contact him about using/buying his images "simply as an art print". I think I might be inquiring about that.

(C) MARTIN TRENKLER PHOTOGRAPHY

If I wasn't doing fine art and knew anything about shooting hi speed sports, Martin's job would be on top of my list of things to do. Thanks to Martin for permission to use his photos!

(C) MARTIN TRENKLER PHOTOGRAPHY

(C) MARTIN TRENKLER PHOTOGRAPHY