Stasis Productions - 4/8/07 DriftFury/Port Charlotte Qualifier

[UNHCLL]

Edit- $5.00 for a desktop?!?!?!! hahahahahahahahahhahahhahahahrofl.

Novel Idea that someone may actually value their time/effort/materials/labor/editing skills instead of giving away prints that get spread around, reproduced, ripped off.

Damn TJ... how crazy is that?!? ;)

[M42Technik]

Yeah photographers get no love. Gotta eat somehow right TJ?

Very sick photos. Erick how are you doing anyways? You're still qualifying or what? Update us! Oh and what was the big surprise for those who contributed? I wanna know!

[AlarmedBread]

Very nice!

[Digitalwave]

Kevin, I'm sorry if I offended you. Perhaps I should charge these guys $100-200 an hour like I normally do for photoshoots.

No I'm not posting a sample, that kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it? I didn't edit any of the photos besides resizing, so what you see if what you get. I didn't expect to sell any here, but this is a copy/paste post from the local forum where all the actual drivers post, I thought they might want some prints of their own cars.

[e30sd]

can i get one that says PROOF in the middle of it?

[Erick]

Yeah photographers get no love. Gotta eat somehow right TJ?

Very sick photos. Erick how are you doing anyways? You're still qualifying or what? Update us! Oh and what was the big surprise for those who contributed? I wanna know!

The surprise will have to wait until the next event, because it did not make it on time.

I wanted to do one post with the pictures and videos, along with all the info but TJ posted this up before I even had a chance to organize my thoughts.

I have to go to the laptop to list everyone that donated.

As for the qualifying, I was not able to qualify. I was doing very good but I was not spot on every run. There were flaws and the pressure made them even more obvious on my 2 qualifying runs. They also cut me deep when they said "no ebrake" which is a tool I use a lot to initiate drifts. I used it lightly to ensure a sure shot at getting my drift started and hoping they wouldnt catch it, but watching the video (which is on YouTube), it was obvious that I used it.

Anywho, I'm not out of the race yet. This was one chance... it was important to me because it was the one closest to home. But there will be other opportunities. May 20th (which is to be confirmed for sure) they will be in north Florida. I am going to start saving up and selling some stuff to get the money I need to make it there.

Hopefully next time the fact I dont have to get used to a new suspension and getting an extra practice track day to work on my drifting without ebrake will yield me with the extra little work I need to earn my license.

As always, TJ and I will keep you posted with every event I go. A few of us are securing a private track day on May 6th to practice. A full day of track time in between 15 of us. The track owner is cool with us and he's giving us one heck of the deal including insurance, so all we gotta deal with is the EMT cost.

[Il Duce]

never said I was offended there teej. just made me go "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAROFL" thats all.

[CleanAzzE30z]

These pics make drifting much less ghey in my eyes.


Mariano

[Il Duce]

I'm gonna take my laugh session back. I realized that I respect your photos enough to see you as a pro-photographer. I just still remember the days when you weren't charging $$$ for high res shots of pictures you share with internet dudes. I know that your time is worth money. I just laughed at the thought of the situation here. Come to think of it, maybe I was a little offended. But now I respect/understand what you're doing. Let me know how well those sell for yah ;)

[Erick]

These pics make drifting much less ghey in my eyes.


Mariano

Mariano, I just got your letter today. Thanks so much for the check. I'll make sure it goes to good use for the next upcoming event (May 6th).

- Erick

[Digitalwave]

I'm gonna take my laugh session back. I realized that I respect your photos enough to see you as a pro-photographer. I just still remember the days when you weren't charging $$$ for high res shots of pictures you share with internet dudes. I know that your time is worth money. I just laughed at the thought of the situation here. Come to think of it, maybe I was a little offended. But now I respect/understand what you're doing. Let me know how well those sell for yah ;)

I probably won't sell any, but I don't care. I went and shot the event for Erick because he is a friend and we've worked out a mutually beneficial relationship (he is going to be promoting me in return). While there are millions of photographer out there more talented than I am, many would consider my a "pro" since I am earning a decent amount of money from people that consider my skills enough to pay quite good money for my services. But you are right, the online BMW community certainly has seen me come from the ground up in photography.

[Dave]

The local guy who takes snaps at the auto-x events charges $10 per for digital images. I think TJ is being fair in his pricing = and I think his are better quality than this local guy, FWIW.

[Il Duce]

I think TJ is being fair in his pricing

As do I. Best of luck w/ your photo career TJ- seriously. Your pictures own face. I originally just didn't approve of the money for wallpapers thingy. w/e. sorry for crapping on this thread. back to the dorito discussion-

[Lof8]

What are the details of this north florida event? I'd love to come check it out and support a fellow e30er.
Andy

[Erick]

Should be in Gainesville Raceway, exactly where your sig pic was taken if I'm not mistaken.