On adjustments of attitude

Just lucky...right place right time...pure fluke...a decent snap...Mike Fraser puts on a bicycle stunt show for the photographers at Twizel.

 

 

Got entitled attitude? Adjust yo'self!

A dislaimer: I don’t consider myself a photographer. Or a videographer. 

I write, run events, manage media. 

Occasionally I am in the right place at the right time and score a decent snap. This month in my Muddy Wheels column in NZ Petrolhead we take a look at the dedicated few who follow and shoot the spectacular but quirky sport of offroad racing.

Mike Peffers, Peter Burling, Craig Dawson, Graham Hughes, Ken Fox, Darryl Hutton. Sometimes Geoff Ridder and Bruce Jenkins. Some very experienced motorsport photographers among them. If I missed out a name or two that’s only because my organic hard drive needs rebooting.

New names are emerging: Morgan Dumelow in the south; Darren Stanley in Tauranga. And of course my wing[person] these past few years, Donna Gedye - she and Phil Cameron have given a lot to the sport these past few years.

Motorsport New Zealand recognises and awards the media who cover their codes. Offroad racing never has. That is fine I guess. 

But when people (drivers - a precious few) feel entitled to the quality of coverage they receive, that’s a bit different.

There’s been a constant whining sound among the masses, and it’s not a dodgy VW Bus transaxle – though they are many and noisy too. The sound comes from a handful of people who will say things like “I dunno if it’s escaped your attention but there are more classes than the UTVs and class ones” or “why don’t you ever photograph [insert class here]?"

It's hard to see that as anything except entitled and ungrateful. That's how you drive photographers and videographers away.

 

More...and more pics...in next month's NZ Petrolhead.