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. I have now added a link on every photo page to share it on Facebook. My Facebook profile is here so please still add me as a freind and you can become a fan of ZiPP Photography to findout when the latest photos are added and see some random photos.
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.
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
After the long winter the hillclimb season is finally here. I'll leave the commentary to others (HDLCC, Top 12 Run Off) but it was a fantastic weekend with great racing, great people and great weather. Here's to a full a season just like it - though I think I'll keep my waterproofs packed.
Photos from the first competitive event at Loton Park are now available here.
I haven't posted anything to the front page for some time so thought I'd better make some effort to keep this somewhat current. Since the last update I've added another 7 albums of images to the site. To start off with there a three albums from the last hill climbs of 2008 that I attended - Loton Park September 14th, Shelsley Walsh September 20th & Shelsley Walsh September 21st.
