Sean & Kaylin

The wedding of Sean and Kaylin Talley.
I had the privilege of photographing their wedding and it was a very fun filled day. The groom was handsome and the bride beautiful. Here are a few shots from their special day.
Congratulations Sean and Kaylin and may God bless you with a long and happy life together.

2/27/2011 Lapping day at Circuit Grand Bayou

  It was a great weekend, the weather was nice and a bunch of guys came out for a day of  play at the race track. There were cars of all types and seasoned drivers to a few first timers.  Speaking of first time track day drivers, I really admired this guy (sorry I didn't get names}. He was sent out on track for his first time with a pack of wolves and he had to learn the track and keep an eye out for all the fast guys. It's a lot harder than it sounds. On lapping days there are only 2 allowed passing areas and you really need to stay aware to upcoming traffic as well as watch your mirror's for cars that may catch you. when you add that to tying to learn the course and stay on it. It's a BIG chore. So  a BIG KUDOS  for the new guy and i know he will be improving every time he goes out.

If you ever dreamed of being a race car driver or would just love to learn some high performance driving skills look up the guys at Circuit Grand Bayou. So with that I'll just leave you with some photo's from the weekend.
If you would like to see the entire gallery or purchase photographs please go here http://rob214.smugmug.com/

 Thanks for looking
  Rob

2/19/2011 Drag racing

At No Problem Raceway.

  This was my first time trying to photograph drag racing and since I was only a casual fan that watched from the safety of my couch I was amazed at the level of noise and how quick these guys get off the line. The bikes just seem to disappear into the night. Those big V8's just really rumble.

Most of the bikes from my memory were going about 135mph to 160 mph but this guy went 67 mph, must have felt faster.

The smoke from the burnouts just fill the night air.

If you looking for some drag racing follow this link http://www.noproblemraceway.com/.
If you would like to see my entire gallery from that night follow this link http://rob214.smugmug.com/ or this link to see Tommy Barrios gallery.
Thanks for looking
rob

Bicycle with a Jet Engine attached

A what? You read that right a "Jet Engine". A jet engine mounted on the back of a bicycle. This guy mounted the jet engine on the back with a home made brackets. It runs on jet fuel and gets about 1 mile per gallon, maybe. He told me it would go about 43 MPH but he generally doesn't go that fast. The engine puts out about 35 lbs of thrust.

The bike and it's creator.

The business end of it.

He also told me it's the same kind of engine used in a military Cruise missile. Good luck trying to top this guy on totally obscure hobbies..............

Rob

A day at the races.....

It was a different race track than I've ever been to before, a "horse" race track. Our camera club held it's monthly outing and about 25 folks showed up for a day at the track.

I found the experience of photographing horse racing to be very similar to race cars and bikes. But with a lot less sound. If I wasn't paying attention the race would start and a group of horses would come past. Luckily others in the group would yell and worn me to start shooting.

It was very interesting to go into the paddock area and watch the jockies prepare and mount their horses.

It was a great day getting to know some of the club members as well as getting to spend a day shooting photo's.

Warm up action.

 The paddock area.

 Practicing my panning... still needs work.

 Coming out of the gate.

Heading into the first turn.

Home stretch.

 Hope you didn't loose your bet.

Thanks for looking
Rob

Happy New Year

Well it's now 2011. I hope everyone had a great holiday season. I'm looking forward to many new and wonderful things.
Rob

Johnny and Erika

You spend part of your life wandering around hoping to meet that someone special. It's a big world and sometimes that special someone is right there, you've seen them but not noticed them. Maybe you bumped into them or have mutual friends, maybe thought oh they would never go for me.

Sometimes you pray Lord send me a mate! And then There they are, sometimes...... right there in front of you.

You just pass on bye.
Then the timing is right and the rest is history.

Johnny and Erika are engaged and I'm so happy for them. They are both great people and I just love hanging out with them. I was so happy when they asked me to take photo's of them. It's hard to take bad shots of such a great looking couple. They are so happy together and compliment each other so well. I wish them well and look forward to seeing their love grow over the years. Hopefully I will get to shoot many more photo's of them.

         


God bless!
Rob