Would also love to know more about how the TV pictures are edited into the form in which they reach us. Is it one guy pushing a button to select each camera in turn? There’s so many cameras nowdays he must have the reactions and concentration of a flight traffic controller! How do the individual camera guys know which car to follow?

I guess those super fast lenses you use help a bit too.

Thanks again, I enjoy your work. It conveys the atmosphere of the races brilliantly.

Shooting at the SG night race presents a number of challenges to the photographer but to be honest it’s not very different from covering a day race.

One has to focus on the shot required being aware of backgrounds, composition, and the desired effect or mood of the shot.

One has to take into account the performance drop off of the camera’s sensor at higher ISO speeds but by shooting plenty of slow shutter speed shots one can still use ISO ratings as low as 100 or 200. When photographing more run-of-the-mill race/news pics one necessarily has to use ISO ratings as high as 1600 (or in extreme cases the ‘H’ expansion setting) but too be honest the cameras are that good these days that any problems with digital noise are minimal.

The lights that provide illumination in SG do give a slightly green cast when shooting on auto white balance but again that’s a minor issue if one knows how to work Photoshop well.

Hope that helps.

Best

DH.

Lagard is not a patch on you does not even do 1% of your analysis. Hope to see you back ….. on the BBC.