I started studying photography back in the '80s while in high school. It was the standard fare; Darkrooms, chemicals, enlargers, prints, building a pinhole camera and such. Later on, I started shooting photos of my Dad racing his car, using my Mom's Canon AE1 and a rather shoddy long lens and usually from a vantage point far from ideal. Needless to say, those photos pretty much sucked. Eventually I put down the camera and worried about things like college and parties.
Eventually, after finishing college and becoming hooked on karting, I went to work for KartSport magazine as a writer. As chance might have it I had the opportunity to begin shooting photos again while attending the CIK World Championships in Italy. It didn't take long for the passion to rekindle. While working for KartSport I was able to recruit fellow karter, world class snowboard photographer and close friend Rob Mathis for a number of KartSport projects. During that time we attended numerous races together. Ostensibly I was there to write the story and he was there to shoot the photos, but in reality I spent as much time as possible acting as his photo assistant trying to absorb as much as I could. Those trips with Rob afforded me the opportunity to learn the craft from a true professional.
So I started collecting equipment and shooting at every opportunity even after I stopped working for KartSport. Now I shoot for MadKarter.com and freelance for whoever will hire me. It's not always easy shooting photos on a weekend when you're racing, but odds are, if I'm at a race, you'll see me at some point out on the track, camera in hand, trying not to get run over.
Click on the image to see some of my favorite shots.
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