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 | 1 Comment »
The cobbled streets were, for some reason, particularly harsh on everyone this year with more punctures that I remember from past events.
Jul 09, 2011 | Categories: Cycling | Tags: bicycle, bike, center, centre, charlottevillecc, crit, guildford, irvine, lee, race, racing, sport, town | 1 Comment »
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 »
South Africa beat Fiji to take the win and your correspondent experiments with a Leica M9.
May 22, 2011 | Categories: Rugby Union, Techniques | Tags: action, andrew tobin, andy tobin, England, Leica M9, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, rangefinder, rugby, rugby sevens, Rugby Union, SLIK images, sport, Surrey, Twickenham, Zeiss 2/50 Planar | 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 »
Adrenaline, frustration, poor comms, painful shooting position, and other things that contrived to annoy the hell out of me as Chelsea lost 0-1 to Manchester United.
Apr 07, 2011 | Categories: Techniques | Tags: 3G, andrew tobin, andy tobin, champions league, chelsea, comms, communications, frustration, laptop, manchester united, photographer, photography, pictures, SLIK images, sport, sports, stamford bridge, techniques | 3 Comments »
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 »
Obviously, stick my 15mm fish-eye on it!
Mar 16, 2011 | Categories: Techniques, Winter Sports | Tags: 5d, canon, irvine, lee, mountains, review, ski, snow, snowboard, sport | 1 Comment »
England grind out a win against Scotland as remote cameras proliferate behind the goal posts.
Mar 13, 2011 | Categories: Rugby Union | Tags: action, andrew tobin, andy tobin, Chris Ashton, Dan Cole, Daniel Masters, Dylan Hartley, England, Henry Wood, Jack Webb, James Haskell, Joe Ansbro, Johnny Wilkinson, Liam Fox, Louis Deacon, mascot, photographer, photography, photos, Princess Anne, Princess Royal, remote camera, Richie Gray, Romaine Poite, Rugby Union, score, scotland, six nations, SLIK images, sport, Thomas Harriman, Toby Flood, Tom Croft, tom palmer, try, Twickenham, win | 1 Comment »
Alex Corbisiero gets a starting place at prop in the England lineup against Scotland for the Calcutta Cup 6 Nations match on Sunday 13th March at Twickenham.
Mar 11, 2011 | Categories: Rugby Union | Tags: Alex Corbisiero, andrew tobin, andy tobin, announcement, Bagshot, Chris Ashton, Dave Alred, Elite Player Squad, England, Johnny Wilkinson, Martin Johnson, Matt Banahan, Pennyhill Park, photo, photographer, photos, pictures, players, rugby, SLIK images, snapper, sport, squad, Toby Flood, Tom Croft, training, union | Leave A Comment »
England trounce Italy 59-13 as Ashton gets 4 tries, and SLIK images tries to get “the other shot”.
Feb 12, 2011 | Categories: Rugby Union | Tags: Alex Corbisiero, Andrea Masi, andrew tobin, andy tobin, Ben Foden, Ben Youngs, camera, Carlo Antonio Del Fava, Chris Ashton, Dan Cole, dive, England, Fabio Semenzato, Italy, James Haskell, Johnny Wilkinson, Louis Deacon, Mark Cueto, Mike Tindall, Mirco Bergamasco, Nick Easter, photo, photographer, photography, photos, pics, pictures, pocket wizard, RBS, remote, rugby, Sergio Parisse, six nations, SLIK images, sport, sports, swallow, Tony Flood, try, Twickenham, union, wide angle, win | Leave A Comment »
A lightbulb moment occurs as I realise the extent of my slide into sameness.
Jan 22, 2011 | Categories: Techniques | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, blog, football, guildford, Matthew Ashton, photography, rugby, SLIK images, sport, Surrey | 1 Comment »
Canon’s new 70-200 f/2.8L IS Mark II goes into the kit bag with excellent results.
Jan 09, 2011 | Categories: Techniques | Tags: 2.8, 70-200, andrew tobin, andy tobin, canon, f/2.8, football, guildford, IS, mark 2, mark II, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, review, rugby, SLIK images, sport, sports, Surrey | Leave A 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 »
England are mauled by a superior Springboks team and go down 11-21 at Twickenham.
Nov 28, 2010 | Categories: Rugby Union | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, Bakkies Botha, beaten, beer, Ben Foden, England, international, Investec, lager, Lewis Moody, mauled, Mike Tindall, photographer, photographs, photos, pictures, pint, SLIK images, South Africa, sport, sports, Springboks, Tobinators, Twickenham, Victor Matfield | Leave A Comment »
On skis? Down that? Really? And then he’s going to spin round 720 degrees? Sideways?
Nov 07, 2010 | Categories: Winter Sports | Tags: 2010, action, air, battersea, big, freestyle, freeze, irvine, lee, london, relentless, ski, skiiing, sport, thefreezefestival.com, winter | Leave A Comment »
Speeding up pitchside workflow using Lightroom by emailing from the Lightroom export facility and removing 3 steps from the process.
Oct 19, 2010 | Categories: Techniques | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, edit, email, emailing, export, lightroom, photographer, photography, pitch, pitchside, plugin, post-process, process, shoot, shooter, SLIK images, sport, sports, tog, workflow | 2 Comments »
How do you choose where to position yourself to photograph a sports match? This post talks about the variables that I consider before and on arrival at a venue to try and tip the scales a teeny bit in my direction.
Sep 13, 2010 | Categories: Techniques | Tags: andrew tobin, andy tobin, competition, crowd, decide, decision, end, factors, ground, photograph, photography, position, positioning, process, sit, SLIK images, sport, sports, stadium, technique, where, which end | Leave A Comment »
England and New Zealand start their campaigns with comprehensive wins as the Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off in Guildford, UK.
Aug 21, 2010 | Categories: Rugby Union | Tags: andrew tobin, AT, Australia, Black Ferns, contact, danielle waterman, editorial, England, guildford, haka, Heather Fisher, IRB, Ireland, ladies, New Zealand, Nicole Beck, personal use, photographs, physical, pictures, rugby, SLIK images, sport, surrey sports park, Wales, Women, womens rugby world cup, WRFU, www.rwcwomens.com | Leave A Comment »
The cafes had more people sitting around evening up their tans, there were people riding other trails than just the race runs, there were cross-country bikes on the lift again. It almost started to feel like a holiday!
Jul 25, 2010 | Categories: Cycling | Tags: 2010, action, alpe d'huez, alps, bike, biking, cross-country, Cycling, downhill, france, lee irvine, mega, megavalanche, mountain, mtb, Oz, race, sport | Leave A Comment »
The 2010 Veuve Cliquot Gold Cup and The John Cowdray Trophy at Cowdray Park Polo Club.
Jul 21, 2010 | Categories: Polo | Tags: 2010, action, celebrity, cliquot, club, Cowdray, Cowdray Park, Cowdray Park Polo Club, cup, dubai, faulkner, Gillan, gold, harris, high goal, horse, jenny, Jones, Karen, Kenny, Lechuza caracas, lee irvine, midhurst, naomie, park, photoshelter, Polo, Polo Club, pony, ruby, SLIK images, sport, sussex, veuve, wax, west, Young England, young new zealand | Leave A Comment »
Get up! Run some more. Can’t breath. Get one foot on and use the other to balance. Find the biggest rut and stick to it. Finally get moving. Someone goes down in front. Shit!
Jul 17, 2010 | Categories: Cycling | Tags: 2010, action, alp, alpe d'huez, avalanchecup, bike, Cycling, downhill, extreme, france, lee irvine, mega, megavalanche, mountain, mtb, photoshelter, race, sport, summer, sun | 2 Comments »
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 »
