ZiPP Photography

Towards the end of the hill climb season quite a few people asked me about getting a CD of all images of them for the year. It's taken me a while to get organised to do this but I've finally got things set up over the last couple of weeks and a few people have already brought them (thanks!).

Rather than charge based on the number of images I've decided to sell them at a fixed price of £25 for all images of a driver from 2009. I think that is a fair price for drivers that I have captured at a couple of events and is a bargain for those whose path I have crossed more frequently.
Single images can be brought for £4 each, delivered by email, if you are only interested in a couple. Please use the contact form to let me know which images you would like.

To find how many images I have you can search the gallery using the driver's name. I take the names from the entry lists so if it is a name that is sometimes spelled differently, e.g Steve and Stephen, you may need to search for both.

If you would like to order a CD please enter the drivers name in the box below, along with any alternative spellings, and click the Buy Now button. That will take you to the secure payment pages run by PayPal where you can pay using a credit or debit card or using an existing PayPal account.

Please Enter Driver's Name

As a bonus I will also include any images of the driver from 2006, 2007 & 2008 - even if they do show how much I have improved in the last couple of years!

If you have any questions please use the contact form and I'll get back to you asap.

Rich

I hope everyone has a very enjoyable Christmas and a successful 2010.

This is some time lapse photography I've been doing at Shelsley Walsh this season.

I decided to try something different as a project for the year and it has been a steep learning curve. There are definitely things I would do differently now but I am quite pleased with the results.

I'd love to hear any feedback on this.

Update: You can hear some more samples of music from the artist featured on this clip here. I'm very grateful to be allowed to use the song here.

Others may well have worked this out but as it has just taken me ages to do is so I thought I would share it here. I think it is right! [Updated: The original details were totally wrong! This is attempt number 2!]

For Scott Moran not to become British Champion at Gurston Down for the second year in a row Trevor Willis needs to score at least 14 points more than him. If Scott comes away with less than 4 points then Trevor has a currently dropped 6 that could come into play. In that case Trevor can still keep a chance alive by scoring at least 8 points more than Scott's total in one round.

The scoring rules don't make it easy!

It seems likely that the celebrations will be at Gurston again.

There are plenty of other battles in the championship table to keep interest up till the end of the year. Thankfully most will now be dropping 0 points so it makes it easier to follow them!

Since this is my first weekend without a hill climb for a while I guess it's time I posted an update here. Firstly I want to thank everyone who has had nice things to say about my photos this year. It is both a great motivation to keep trying to improve and also good to finally speak to more people in the sport - That has mostly been my fault in the past for being up the hills all day but now I'm trying to take some more paddock shots, and will be staying over more in my new little camper, I hope to meet more of you.

I've noticed recently that there are quite a few drivers and their friends on Facebook. If you would like some of my photos of you added to Facebook just add me as a friend and I'll get a few of the better ones uploaded and tagged. My Facebook profile is here. I can export at the right size for Facebook, and include a smaller watermark, so the images should look a little better than if you add them yourself.

On the subject of using photos, I'm happy for drivers to use photos of themselves on their own websites, in forum posts, etc. Just please leave the watermark in place, and where possible, include a link to this site. You can either use the images off this site or contact me if you would like a different size. If you would like a print of a photo you can buy the full size files, that I'll email to you, which you can then get printed at what ever size you want using your own printer, one of the online printing companies or in store in most Boots or Jessops. By sending you the file it should make it more affordable for you to go for a larger print. Just contact me with details of the photo(s) you would like.

My plans for the rest of the year are to do all the British Championship rounds on the mainland, all the Midland champion rounds and then any other interesting events when there is a weekend free. I had a really good time at the Channel Island rounds last year but aren't currently planning to make that trip this year as a few friends aren't going and the weather was so good last year that it could be a let down - especially if I end up as billy no mates in the rain! Instead there is a Shelsley meeting with bikes and classics that could be a bit different.

I'm sure there was something else I was going to put in this update but the F1 is about to start so I'm off to watch that. Have a good season all.

Rich