Posts Tagged Newport
Photos of Annapolis to Newport Race finally in Gallery
Posted by Mark Duehmig in Everything on June 14th, 2009
Well that took a while. But all 430 (or so) images are up in the Galley section of my website.
Bright spinnakers on a rainy day as the fleet departs for Newport.
Go to www.MarkDuehmig.com, click on Galleries and you’ll see one listed as Annapolis to Newport Race 2009.
A boat races down the Bay, stowing sails that won't be used until they hit the Atlantic. The foul weather gear hid faces in so many shots, removing the all-important human element.
There are a lot more photos than I’d normally put in any gallery. You’ll see three or four (sometimes more) of nearly the same shot and I HATE doing that. But I’m going to let the race organizers know they are there so maybe people will pick and choose the ones they like. I’m not going to charge for this shoot since I didn’t make a real effort to get every boat.
The Cal 36 Diamond in the Rough prepares to start for Newport.
Here are a few of the photos I thought were a representative mix of photos. If you like these, paw through the whole set on my portfolio page and I’d love to know what you think.
Thanks,
Mark
Dawn Treader jockeys for position at the start.
The maxi racer Rambler spreads her huge wings as she heads down the Bay. Rambler was the first to cross the finish line but did not set a course record. Notice the vignetting on the photo. My 70-200 2.8 sometimes does this when the light is right and I usually correct for it. This time I thought it added concentration to the image so I left it.
My gear packed in a Pelican waterproof case, we race out to the starting line. It was really hard to keep gear dry, so you did what you could.
Another photo from the race
Posted by Mark Duehmig in Everything on June 9th, 2009
I didn’t plan to piece-meal out the photos from the race. Just a busier conference than I expected.
Two boats race to catch the class that started before them on the Annapolis to Newport Race.
Here is another quick grab from the photos. Two bright colorful spinnakers on a sea of gray, rainy weather. I’m glad there were more boats on the horizon to give the photo depth, but the fog keeps attention on the boats in the foreground. As always, feedback and critiques of the images are appreciated.
One other tool I forgot to mention. I grabbed a cotton t-shirt before I ran out the door to shoot the race. Every time I raised my camera to get a shot, the lens got spots. Water was dripping off the small cabin top, blowing in the wind and generally everywhere. A big soft piece of cotton allowed me to do a quick wipe between the shots. Much better than a non absorbent lens cloth. (And never use paper products like kleenex or paper towels.)
Ok, back to work.
Mark
www.MarkDuehmig.com
First photo from Annapolis to Newport 09
Posted by Mark Duehmig in Everything on June 8th, 2009
Well this has taken a while. When we returned from shooting the race start last Friday, I opened the door to a ringing phone. I transfered my images while I put out fires and ended up packing for a trip instead of culling through them.
The bowman checks the spinnaker at the start of the race from Annapolis to Newport.
I did manage to copy a set onto a small hard drive before I headed out the door for a few days. So as I get a few minutes I’ll dig through them and post them up here. Eventually I’ll create a gallery on www.markduehmig.com but I’ll wait until I get back to my office and my color-corrected monitors. 
The weather that day could result in really powerful images or rather dull colors with poor contrast. And I got both. I chose to shoot slightly underexposed (.7 f/stop under) so that the bright grey skies wouldn’t fool my light meter. I don’t think that was necessary not that I’ve glanced at some of my images, but better to be under exposed than over exposed.
My hopes of getting some good crew shots were frustrated by everyone wearing hoods, hiding their faces and thus their expressions. Rotten.
I shot about 450 images and I think around 40 are worth something. Maybe two or three will make it into my portfolio. When I was shooting film, if i got one really good picture out of a roll, I was thrilled. I guess that is about the same, just the rolls are bigger.
So here is my first shot posted. More to follow.
Mark
www.MarkDuehmig.com