{"id":492134,"date":"2011-12-01T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T14:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=30725"},"modified":"2024-12-08T15:32:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:32:32","slug":"making-great-motorsport-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/making-great-motorsport-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Great Motorsport Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That\u2019s a question I found occupying (the few) idle moments of my mind during October\u2019s Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. That will happen if you spend four days cooped up in a 400-sq-ft tent lined with racing photos on display and notice that some seem to draw much more attention than others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_548659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-548659\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-548659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-548659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As at August\u2019s RMMR historic event, my wife Lorna and I took a booth on vendor row to\u2014warning, shameless plug coming\u2014market the petelyons.com collection of photos, books, calendars and a DVD. Business was brisk enough, but there were quiet intervals perfect for people-watching and I began to wonder:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Pete Lyons As at August\u2019s RMMR historic event, my wife Lorna and I took a booth on vendor row to\u2014warning, shameless plug coming\u2014market the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":548657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18323,17152,60,20226,4709,4495,11138,15,17140,548,89,15741,1148,11480,6920,504,604,17143,17204],"class_list":["post-492134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2010s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-ferrari","tag-ferrari-featured","tag-ferrari-312-pb","tag-ferrari-race-cars","tag-mcmurtry","tag-gallery","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-porsche","tag-luftgekuhlt","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans","tag-targa-florio","tag-laguna-seca","tag-spa","tag-f1","tag-special-feature","tag-vrr-column-fast-lines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Making Great Motorsport Images<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pete Lyons discusses the essential elements in the creation of a memorable motosports photograph.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/making-great-motorsport-images\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Making Great Motorsport Images\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pete Lyons discusses the essential elements in the creation of a memorable motosports photograph.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/making-great-motorsport-images\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-12-01T14:30:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-08T15:32:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/FL201112-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pete Lyons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pete Lyons\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/making-great-motorsport-images\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/making-great-motorsport-images\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pete Lyons\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dee0dc3e0ea3204e52a659a117d5f67f\"},\"headline\":\"Making Great Motorsport Images\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-01T14:30:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-08T15:32:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/making-great-motorsport-images\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1189,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/making-great-motorsport-images\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/12\\\/FL201112-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2010s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Ferrari\",\"Ferrari (Featured)\",\"Ferrari 312 PB\",\"Ferrari Race Cars\",\"McMurtry\",\"Media (Galleries)\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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