Fantastic entertainment at Smallfield Raceway as the bangers go at each other and the World Dirt Final is contested.
Jul 10, 2011 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, banger racing, bangers, cars, England, guildford, Kelly Murrell, Matt Covey, motor racing, motorsport, Mr Men, oval, photography, photos, pictures, Rookie World Dirt Championship, SLIK images, Smallfield Raceway, sport, sports, Surrey, track | 2 Comments »
It’s 4 in the morning on the last weekend in June and I’m standing by the River Thames
Jun 27, 2011 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: early, England, henley, henleyswim.com, irvine, lee, morning, open, regatta, sport, swim, swimming, water | 1 Comment »
Why the most interesting aspect of sports photography often takes place off the pitch.
Jun 10, 2011 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, fans, guildford, off-pitch, people, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, SLIK images, spectators, sport, sports, Surrey | 1 Comment »
Stats showing the number of football games covered, money earned, hit rate and some general ranting.
May 06, 2011 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, comms, communications, earnings, enjoyment, football, frustration, hit rate, laptop, mobile, money, national newspapers, papers, photographer, photography, pictures, published, SLIK images, sport, sports, statistics, stats | 2 Comments »
Capturing a day at Twickenham for the England v Scotland match in 2 minutes
Mar 28, 2011 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: 6 Nations, andrew tobin, clip, England, GF1, movie, Panasonic, photolapse, remote, rugby, scotland, six nations, SLIK images, time lapse, timelapse, timer, Twickenham, windows live movie maker | Leave A Comment »
Pocket sized HD slow motion can’t be far away for the next round of high-end compacts. I might need to give up on my old faithful G9 at some point!
Mar 22, 2011 | Categories: Everything Else, Winter Sports | Tags: action, alps, casio, ex, exilim, fh100, irvine, lee, motion, mountains, slo-mo, slow, snow, snowboard, sport, video, winter | 1 Comment »
A selection of our shots from 2010
Dec 30, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: 2010, andrew tobin, andy tobin, guildford, lee irvine, photographer, photography, pick of the year, pics, pictures, review, selection, sport, sports, Surrey | Leave A Comment »
Towcester Race Course in Northamptonshire was the location for the Griffon Hoverwork World Hovercraft Championship 2010.
Presented by the Hovercraft Club of Great Britian, the five days of racing were treated to the full spectrum of typical english summer weather.
Aug 30, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: 2010, action, air, andrew tobin, andy tobin, championship, craft, England, griffon, hovercraft, hoverwork, irvine, lee, lee irvine, Les Bran, Michele Scanavino, motorsport, photographs, photography, photos, pictures, race, racing, skirt, towcester, world, world hovercraft championship, www.whc2010.org.uk | 1 Comment »
Belgium take the Male Teams world title, and Australia win the Open Teams title at Loughborough, UK on 31st July 2010.
Aug 01, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: Aimee Devlin, America, andrew tobin, andy tobin, Australia, Belgium, Billy Jackson, Bonnie Somers, Brendan Kelly, Danny Vaninger, double dutch, hop, Jake Eve, Jeremy Lindstrom, Jeress Pendleton, Jonas Vermeulen, jump, jump rope, Kirstin Morris, L J LaVecchia, Lee Reisig, Loughborough, Luke Boon, Matt Vaninger, pairs, Patrick Vorbroker, rope, rs2010.org, Shane Windsor, single, skip, skipping, SLIK images, Stephen Simpson, Stewart Isaacs, Stijn Geiregat, teams, Trevor Norris, university, USA, USAJR, Vincent Martis, Willem Tack, World Rope Skipping Championships, Wouter Tack | 1 Comment »
It’s a different class of madman altogether that jumps through the dawn mist and into the Thames at four in the morning.
Jun 27, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: 2010, dawn, early, henley, Henley-on-thames, mist, open, river, sport, swim, swimming, thames, water | 1 Comment »
The High Pressure Cleaning Company win the World Custard Pie Championships at Coxheath in Kent, beating the Coxheath team 95-56 in a fast paced and very messy final.
Jun 03, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, coxheath, fair, Glen Draper, green, high pressure cleaning company, Jimmy Hickmott, Joel Hicks, Karl Hickmott, kent, rotary club, SLIK images, Terry Hadaway, throw, throwing, world custard pie championship | Leave A Comment »
Delusions of press awards dissappeared within 10 seconds: three rounds of automatic fire to the head will do that!
Apr 06, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: Air Soft, airsoft, armoury, army, attack, battlefield, camoflage, combat, Falkirk, forest, gun, guns, military, military simulation, milsim, Players of War, re-enactment, replica, rifle, scenario, shooting, tactic, tactics, war, war game, wargame, weapon | 4 Comments »
The team world marble championship goes to Germany after an nail biting finish at Tinsley Green in Sussex.
Apr 03, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, Brenda Burgess, british marble championship, british marbles board of control, cabbaging, Chris Pampel, crawley, Darren Ray, Debra Stanley Lapic, fudging, greyhound inn, Halim Tata, John Hunt, Kyle McGowan, marbles, nose drop, photographer, photography, pub, ring, sam mccarthy-fox, Steve Burton, tinsley green, tolley, Witney Lapic, world marble championship | 2 Comments »
Part 2 of a rough guide to setting up a remote camera for basketball.
Mar 26, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else, Techniques | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, aperture priority, basketball, BBL, bogen, cheshire jets, custom function, enable ISO speed, gobo, Guildford Spectrum, lee irvine, light, magic arm, manfrotto, manual, Newcastle Eagles, perspex, photographer, photography, plexiglass, pocket wizard, polish, remote camera, rig, safety shift, set aperture value range, setup, shade, shutter priority, SLIK images, super clamp, Trophy Final | Leave A Comment »
Newcastle Eagles beat Cheshire Jets 111-95 in a slightly one-sided final at the Guildford Spectrum on 21st March 2010.
Mar 23, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: Aaron Nielsen, Andrew Bridge, Andrew Sullivan, andrew tobin, andy tobin, basketball, BBL, calvin davis, Charles Smith, cheshire jets, chez marks, colin o'reilly, competition, Darius Defoe, Fabulous Flournoy, Guildford Spectrum, hoop, James Glen, james hamilton, Jerrah Young, Joe Chapman, john simpson, Jon Lavery, Lynard Stewart, Newcastle Eagles, Paul Peterson, paul smith, Phil Brandreth, photographer, photography, Reggie Jackson, Richard Murphy, shawn myers, steven gayle, Surrey, Trophy Final | Leave A Comment »
Guildford Heat lose out in overtime to Worthing Thunder after a spirited fightback from a poor first period.
Mar 14, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: 17-40, 1DIII, 1DIV, basketball, BBL, British Basketball League, canon, Chad McKnight, Dan Midgley, Daniel Hildreth, Daniel Sandell, dunk, Evaldas Zabas, Guildford Heat, Guildford Spectrum, James Brame, Julius Joseph, Kadiri Richard, Kenny Langhorne, Kieran Burns, LA Drakegord, Lekan Popoola, Liam Mitchell, Mike Martin, Oskar Ociepa, Reggie Bratton, Sam Cricelli, Sherrad Prezzie-Blue, slam, Tayo Ogedegebe, Ville Makalainen, Worthing Thunder, Zayne Gawanab | Leave A Comment »
There’s been some amazing photopgraphy coming out of Vancouver recently and we’ve been following it all with interest.
Mar 01, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else, Uncategorized, Winter Sports | Tags: canada, gold, hacked, hockey, olympics, stern, toronto, vancouver | Leave A Comment »
Guildford Heat succumb to a narrow overtime 85-88 defeat by Cheshire Jets at the Guildford Spectrum.
Feb 21, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: basketball, BBL, calvin davis, Chad McKnight, cheshire jets, chez marks, colin o'reilly, Daniel Sandell, Guildford Heat, james hamilton, john simpson, Julius Joseph, Kenny Langhorne, LA Drakeford, Mike Martin, oskar oceiepa, paul smith, shawn myers, Spectrum, steven gayle, Tayo Ogedegebe, Zayne Gawanab | Leave A Comment »
“The viz is shit. We’re going to ride the Grand Montet trees if you want to come.”
There only one answer to that.
Feb 16, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else, Winter Sports | Tags: alps, chamonix, deep, extreme, fun, mountains, off-piste, people, powder, snow, snowboard, sport, steep, sun, trees | 4 Comments »
Setting up a remote backboard camera for basketball.
Feb 07, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: backboard, basketball, BBL, Chad McKnight, Daniel Sandell, Darren Mills, Giedrus Knysas, Guildford Heat, Julius Joseph, Kenny Langhorne, LA Drakeford, Lekan Popoola, London Capital, manfrotto magic arm, Marius Poskus, Mike Martin, netcam, Oskar Ociepa, pocket wizard, radio, remote, remote camera, Russell Jordan, Tayo Ogedegebe, trigger, Zayne Gawanab | 1 Comment »
Guildford Heat lose out 87-92 to Leicester Riders in the British Basketball League
Jan 31, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: action, ball, basketball, BBL, Chad McKnight, court, Daniel Sandell, Darren Mills, Giedrus Knysas, Guildford Heat, Julius Joseph, Kenny Langhorne, LA Drakeford, Leicester Riders, Lekan Popoola, London Capital, Marius Poskus, Mike Martin, Oskar Ociepa, Russell Jordan, Spectrum, sport, Tayo Ogedegebe, Zayne Gawanab | Leave A Comment »
Guildford Flames send the Manchester Phoenix packing with a 9-2 victory whilst your Slik Images photographer tests the new Canon 1D mark IV.
Jan 17, 2010 | Categories: Everything Else, Winter Sports | Tags: English Premier League, game, Guildford Flames, Guildford Spectrum, ice, ice hockey, Manchester Phoenix, match, skate | Leave A Comment »
Normally a frustrating, yet theraputic, excercise that helps me be ruthless about which images I like and why.
Dec 26, 2009 | Categories: Cycling, Everything Else, Winter Sports | Tags: biking, chamonix, Cycling, cyclocross, france, free ride, innerleithen, mountain, mountain bike, parkour, race, scotland, ski, snow, snowboard, winter | 1 Comment »
These are, predictably, the days you wish you’d packed a camera.
Dec 15, 2009 | Categories: Everything Else | Tags: borders, canon, Cycling, forest, glentress, mist, morning, mountain bike, scotland, scottish, sunlight | Leave A Comment »
