Most of the time I shoot rather mundane subjects - COVID, general news, crime, court, etc, but occasionally something exciting shows up. And so it was last Saturday, I had the chance to shoot a local yacht race in the beautiful village of Schull.
Schull Harbour Sailing Club was the organiser and all boat skippers competing were members of the club. It was the first club race of the year so I thought it would be nice to document it. After managing to blag a ride in a RIB and donning my life jacket, I set about thinking about my shots.
Boats competing in the Schull Harbour Sailing Club race.
I not only wanted to show a flavour of the race, but also some close up shots of the sailors in action during the race. Luckily my RIB driver was very good (thanks Martin!) and got me in nice and close to the boats, without interfering with the racing line.
Gear used was my Nikon D5 with the 24-70 f2.8, Nikon D4s with the 70-200 f2.8 and the trusty Nikon D700 with the 200-500 lens. I kept my shutter speed nice and high, ranging from 1/1250 to 1/3200 sec with various apertures and low ISO’s, as it was a lovely hot, sunny and bright day.
The two pictures used:
The trip was a success as I managed two hits, both in The Southern Star newspaper!
Usage in the paper!
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