Are you this committed to Photography!? Must See!!

[DeuceFour]

http://i.imgur.com/jKyeQ.gif

[Awais Yaqub]

Nerves of Carbon Fiber !!!!

[Wil Davis]

The photographer is obviously a bloody amateur…

…notice he didn't start shooting until after the car almost hit him!

:rolleyes

Next…

- Wil

[Wil Davis]

Second look:

…so what's happening on the other side of the wall?

Looks like some sort of editing (reverse footage?)

Hmmm…

:scratch

- Wil

[thoth]

Second look:

…so what's happening on the other side of the wall?

Looks like some sort of editing (reverse footage?)

Hmmm…

:scratch

- Wil
I believe that's Darwin's preferred getting the hell out of the way. :D

[Darren Troy C]

Second look:

…so what's happening on the other side of the wall?

Looks like some sort of editing (reverse footage?)

Hmmm…

:scratch

- Wil

Now, granted I would be runnin' like the bulls, but looks to me as if those 3 are simply backing away from the wall. Also seems like this is maybe a likely occurence at this location, judging by their reactions. Either way, the photog and the people behind the wall are truly nuts for being so calm...if this video is indeed real.

[thoth]

Now, granted I would be runnin' like the bulls, but looks to me as if those 3 are simply backing away from the wall. Also seems like this is maybe a likely occurence at this location, judging by their reactions. Either way, the photog and the people behind the wall are truly nuts for being so calm...if this video is indeed real.
It's certainly real. The full video, which goes on to show the crashed car (and the photographer eventually helping out) has been floating around the web for years.

[Art Scott]

The photographer is obviously a bloody amateur…

…notice he didn't start shooting until after the car almost hit him!

:rolleyes

Next…

- Wil

This is my reaction also.....if he had been a truly committed photog that camera would have been filming the whole incident .........no he was not committed to his craft...but maybe should have been committed for standing there in the 1st place:D

[ivar]

Moved to The Big Picture :thumb

[DeuceFour]

From the small amount of the clip we can see here this guy came about an inch from death... and maybe it just hasnt sank in yet as to what exactly happened? So from habit he raises the camera to his eye? I don't think that would be my reaction though haha. I would be screaming and running like a little b#%$! I think haha. Amazing how close that car comes to that guy though !!

Oh and thanks Ivar for putting this in the proper place! My bad!:thumb

[Awais Yaqub]

Hey nothing happened to wall either. Seems like it was not made with huge tele lens and car ran straight into the video camera. :scratch

[fredjclaus]

That reminds me of the time I was shooting high school football. I was so engrossed in getting the shot of the tackle that I didn't notice the fact that they were right in front of me, untill they hit me. He dented my lens and gave me a real bad brused knee, but that shot was on the front cover the newspaper the next day. Also appeared in the school's yearbook.

[Pixoul]

I'm both a ProRally driver and a photographer who has covered quite a few ProRally events before I started driving.

…notice he didn't start shooting until after the car almost hit him!

Nope, he just appears to be a photographer who's only covering the factory front runners. Most photographers don't bother getting shots of privateers unless their cars are flashy with lots of graphics. Boring yellow car is boring until it crashes.


…so what's happening on the other side of the wall?

The spectators are calmly backing away.

So from habit he raises the camera to his eye?

Exactly. As a driver I'd routinely come inches from hitting photographers. As a photographer I'd routinely come inches from getting hit.

Here's a photo of Robert Plafta photographing me up-close-and-personal (photo by Pete Kuncis, used with permission):

http://trunkmonkeyracing.com/photos/d/174-1/2005-MFR-SS7-762PGT-Pete_Kuncis-12.jpg

And here are Robert Plafta's up-close-and-personal photos while I pelt him with rocks (used with permission):

http://trunkmonkeyracing.com/photos/d/125-1/2005-MFR-SS7-762PGT-Robert_Plafta-07.jpg

http://trunkmonkeyracing.com/photos/d/128-1/2005-MFR-SS7-762PGT-Robert_Plafta-08.jpg

[DeuceFour]

Wow! Thats some craziness! Thanks for sharing!!

[Pixoul]

Of course the truth of the matter was I had no idea how close I was to getting flattened till it was all over. By the time I saw the car literally above me, it turned away before I had time to react so in fact I didn't move.

It's for this reason that all amateur Autocrosses and Rallycrosses I've attended have a rule saying that all photographers and videographers must have a spotter with them, preferably with a finger looped through a belt or backpack strap ready to pull the viewfinder-blinded photographer away from whichever direction the car is going.

ProRally is impossible to enforce this rule because the courses are so spread out...even the honor system of "stay behind the yellow tape" can be gamed (on-board video from Last Ditch Racing, used with permission):

http://www.trunkmonkey.com/Scrapbook/Gallery/WTLW/2003_LDR_STPR_MagicTape.jpg