Copyright Information
The opportunity to take pictures from these areas is unique. At some events there will be working professionals that have agreed to allow you to train along side them, and it is unethical to break their trust by competing against them. All of the circuits in the UK own the image rights for pictures taken of, or pictures taken on, their property.
The pictures you will take are for training purposes only and are NOT to be published, sold, offered for sale, or made available for download, in any form of media transmission.
You will sign a contract in the terms and conditions prior to booking that the images taken at the venue are for your own personal use. If any trainee offers for sale on the day, or after the event, any of the pictures taken at the event, they will leave themselves open to legal action from the venue, the event organiser, the photographer that has bought the rights to the event, and Motorsport Photographic Training. Please respect the people that have allowed this take place.
MOTORSPORT IS DANGEROUS
STUDENTS ENTER THE VENUE, AND ARE PRESENT AT THE EVENT, AT THEIR OWN RISK
Admission is subject to the condition that all persons having any connection with the promotion and / or organisation and / conduct of the event or training, including tutors, owners of land, drivers, riders, owners of vehicles, officers, or any other persons attending events with the venue's permission, are absolved from liability in the respect of personal injury (fatal or otherwise) or damage to property, of whatsoever nature and however caused, whether by reasons of negligence or otherwise. For your own safety please keep yourself, behind the barriers.
Important Notes
It is important to emphasise that the events that you will be practising your skills are NOT major rounds of national or international motorsports events such as Grand Prix, Moto GP, or B.S.B., and there a number of perfectly good reasons for this.
1. You are looking to improve your tracking and panning skills. Throwing you in at the deep end with 200+mph machinery isn't going to improve your photographic ability, especially if you aren't getting consistent results at the moment. A full race scenario would bring short intense bursts of activity, followed by long periods of nothingness as the next races are readied. This is not the ideal situation to train photographers. Frustration will set in, and you are less likely to improve.
2. Access to major events is strictly limited to working professionals.
Our training is based around "track day" type events and club level racing. This helps in a number of ways.
1. The riders and drivers are split into different groups according to their different speeds. This allows you to practice your newly learned skills at a regular and sensible pace. As the riders and drivers get quicker through out the day, your confidence and ability will grow with them, allowing you to match their speed and get consistent results. This is proven to be much better learning environment than throwing you in at the deep end with the world's elite riders and drivers.
2. The vehicles are spread around the full length of the track. This allows an unhurried and constant flow of vehicles to target.
Club level racing events can be a suitable setting for the intermediate or advanced photographer to fine tune their skills.