A Bad Day to be a Pro Photograher?

mattw (e2 Member)

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11 Jun 2011 - 7:29 PM

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For those not following the le Mans 24h, take a look at this clip - and have a look at the photographers enclosure......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Nb0Ienv6k








note: no one was hurt , although one of the photographers did find their mobile phone was broken by a piece of debris

Tonyd3

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11 Jun 2011 - 7:38 PM

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I had a very simular experiance back in 1980 at brands hatch at the truck racing, with 9 tonns finishing just 3 feet from me, and again this year on the bulldog rally although this time i was 20 feet.
However Alan Squires (epz member was just 2 feet away).

As it say's on the back of the ticket Motorsport is dangerous.

Coverage is excellent in HD on Eurosport though, if you have never been to Le Mans it is a great experiance, went in 1980 and again 2 years ago.

EddieAC

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11 Jun 2011 - 8:58 PM

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Only pure luck kept the car from going completely over the barrier and killing someone.

chris.maddock

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12 Jun 2011 - 8:44 AM

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There was a TV cameraman some years ago covering touring cars. One driver clipped another and ended up in the barriers right in front of this cameraman.
The following year the cameraman was at the same corner - the same driver clipped another (may even have been the same other driver) and ended up in the barriers, again right in front of this cameraman.
The year after, I heard that the cameraman asked if he could cover the world tiddleywinks championship instead

rogerbryan (e2 Member)

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12 Jun 2011 - 10:22 AM

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Some of these cameramen do not really know what they are doing. Run the clip and pause at 2mins 26sec and you will clearly see that one photographer is using the wrong lens by having a big telephoto lens on his camera when he should be using a 10mm wide angle lens - some people do not have clue do they?

Joking aside, some very very lucky photograhers, a foot or two higher and some of them would never have taken another photograph again.

Roger

Tonyd3

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12 Jun 2011 - 3:18 PM

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Highly un-likely they will be all Pro's many will have a second job for sure but i would agree that they will have lots of experiance, "but not of cars coming towards you at 200 mph like this".
in my 30 years of doing this type of work and countless times behind the armco this may happen once or twice to you it will only take a tyre to hit you on the head and your gone for good, i have had lens broken several times that is the nature of the game and the risk you take behind the armco. I always tried to find the safer places to get pictures, you would not belive how many foolish young photographers there are around who regually stand in dangerous places.