I think the team should make a class for those who intersted in certain job that they are doing..youngster nowdays lack of idols to follow..my opinion only..maybe diffrent than yours.. We celebrate knowledge..not hating people
The video post in this tube its a good milestone.. what the team achieve in good amount of cost and time put... We as a young people could cut our learning cycle proceses
This is a good insight. It's gives an idea to people like me on how to get into the game in a better way. It would be great to know how to get into team as a photographer.
I have few questions out of curiosity as i am a photographer too... 1) How do you manage to juggle with all these lens in that short amount of time? 2) How many photos you take and how many you actually select out of those? 3) How one can become a F1 photographer. what are the things one has to do to become one...
Nobody from the team has answered, so I'm going to guess. 1) How do you manage to juggle with all these lens in that short amount of time? He is very methodical. He knows what he is going to need and when he's going to need it. For instance, no need for a 400mm in the garage, or in the post race green room. His anticipated subjects will dictate what he takes. Just because he owns all of the gear, doesn't mean he takes everything, everywhere he goes. Periodically you see the photogs jumping to a close shot with a wide lens. They often use the monopods to balance/cradle the big lenses over their shoulders. 2) How many photos you take and how many you actually select out of those? Depends on the subject. A highly planned/choreographed shot will require fewer pictures, because he can sort out the bugs quickly on site. Spontaneous shots, or ones taken at the technical margins will often require many more frames to achieve the desired results. I bet only about 5% of what he takes ever sees publication. 3) How one can become a F1 photographer. what are the things one has to do to become one... Decades of experience and demonstrating countless times over, that you are a bullet proof provider. Photographers are "a dime a dozen", he is a problem solver. These bosses don't ever want to hear an excuse. He probably doesn't even need the brief most of the time. I'm sure he often knows what team needs before they do. At this level, the photographer's skill is taken for granted. They probably never looked at his portfolio. He was surely hired based on his reputation and who he knew. I bet he was invited to work with team, I doubt he applied for a "job".
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, as if it wasn’t enough that you’re currently the best Formula 1 team, you also had to be the best social media team. Thanks for this content! 🙂
Just watch through this channel again. Videos form the mindset of a driver to the sideline photography. Mercedes really want to show this sport to the world. Thank you for your effort in all those videos. Huge appreciate form Taiwan.
Hi Steve! Great job you've done since two years ago. The pictures are beautiful, but of them hold my attention: from Roscue and from the driver's eyes. About Welis? No words! All of pictures are nice. Congratulations Steve, I hope you still taking beautiful photos from Formula-1. Good lucky.🏁🎥📷🏎🏎👥🏁📸
Amazing insight, thanks! I don't know much about autofocus but it must be quite powerful with those moving speeds! Also that shot at 5:32 😍 (and a lot of others, just amazing work)
mercedesis the best team from the drivers to the tech to they re actual cars yall keep doin what ya do one day i wanna work in mercedes and seeing how things are goin i feel its gonna b the right choice!!!!!!
Yet another great presentation from the Team in F1. I have often wondered what and why their is a photographer in and around the car, and now know. It would be very interesting to me if we had an idea of what specific images the team requested on your brief sheet. Great video and thank you for your time. Enjoy your break.
That sharpness of the photo at 7:02 is unreal. I've taken blurrier pictures at 50mm with 1/30 shutter of a still subject. I mean, he should have perfected panning shots being a professional F1 photographer but still, holy crap.
Thank you for the most enjoyable photo session I've ever watched. I liked the technical part about the variables of "making" a picture: shutter speed, aperture, panning. You forgot 2 other important variables: ISO and depth of field. I am 68 yo and I stated black and white photography. I developed my films, then I processed my own hard copies in my own dark room in the 70' and 80' back in Romania. Now I leave in US and enjoy the marvelous advantages of digital photography. Thanks again for a very interesting presentation. Of course I am subjective: I admire Louis Hamilton.
Haha i always thought the panning shot was because they were "too fast" for stationary shutters. Makes sense that it is actually an artistic technique to convey speed.
I wasn't expecting him to be using a 24-105 f4L lens...great to know that even the experts still use the more garden-variety lenses that us pleebs use!
Great video Steve and Mercedes F1 really well put together and highly informative - not easy in a 10minute slots. Nice photos remonstrating the themes discussed. Will give the pan shots at 1/15sec a try
Provided a catalogue of sensational pictures that capture the imagination & encapsulates the hardwork from all departments to see a assemble a picturesque display! 🙌
Wish I had the same camera as this man but my wallet and current skills say "Hell No!". 760D would do for now. I still struggle to take normal track sports photos but this man literally takes photos of F1 cars, both stationary and moving. RESPECT.
Great video! I did some Formula 1 photography long time ago, during film era, and it same applies today, but Steve said just real life, on track facts. I just suppose he has preferential position with Mercedes team, than any other photographer on the paddock, but out on the track, all photographers have the same opportunity...
Wow. What a brilliant set of images. I have never shot motor sport but 500/1 for freeze framing is a little slow for me with light sensitivity tackled so much I would go for 1000/1. It takes years to get to this level. Knowing the circuits again and again will provide you with images.
Awesome insight into something we sort of take for granted every race, great work! I have wondered about the team that is behind the clothing design, I think that would also be interesting to see.
1.how do you carry all your equipment around 2.have you injured back or knees, wrists or ankles from carrying the heavy equipment? 3.where to post the photos exactly? ps. you were backfocused in this video
Great video. One day I hope to be photographing F1, Likely as a spectator. Last time I went to BTCC I was not invited back again by the person I went with. As I spent the entire time watching through my camera snapping away!
Would love to hear more about this. For film specifically, What kind of ISO would you use? And how did you know when you got a good picture? And since track safety was different, would you use a smaller lense since you can get closer? I would love to bring my Pentax K1000 to a grand prix one day
Ye best thing you can do is get the quality shots, the no nonsense nice angle low to the ground clear shots, then start messing with the shutterspeed and get the moody driver shots, that's when you can tell a story, you need a mix. Use those shots as a creative outlet.
Thank you @UC7_VGkwCoKfqh1eZEkzey3A and Steve for sharing this video. It is something I've been asking for from F1 for a while. I so appreciate the images you all capture. As an amateur photographer and F1 fan, I've wanted to hear about F1 from their perspective.
Steve, awesome shots. I'm at Silverstone next weekend and wondered if you had any tips for best locations around the track for photos. I'll be there Friday and Saturday so should have plenty of time to get some practice shots in. I'm only a beginner really with a 70-300mm kit lens aswell as a 50mm prime and a 105mm macro lens. Any tips would be much appreciated.
