Blog post 5
This week I will be talking about NASCAR photographer Matt Thacker. Matt started photography at the age of 15. He starting photographing NASCAR after college and has been doing it ever since. Matt strives for excellence and has a passion for getting the perfect shot. All of his images seem to fall under that description. Matt’s photography has been in media such as sports illustrated, auto week, and USA today. However I don’t think that I would consider Matt’s photos “the perfect shot” Compared to the other photographers I have written about his images are kind of bland and boring. However it is still good to get an idea of the different ways this can be captured.
The second photographer is Rusty Jarrett. Ever since Rusty attended his first race at the age of 10 at Darlington, he knew that was his primary sport of choice. His interest in photography and NASCAR made this a natural fit for him. He started off shooting at local races. He had his first paid assignment in 1983 at Darlington for the Southern 500. He is a well known figure in NASCAR and the motorsport photogenic community. He tends to find the engineering side of NASCAR interesting, as well as the relationship between drivers and crew. When he is on pit road during the races he considers himself in his element. The vibrancy in his photos are better than Matt’s, however they are just your typical NASCAR photos, nothing really stands out to me.
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