Bicycle Race #1, Irvine, California

This is one of my earliest shots--a bicycle race in Irvine, California--and I think it's one of the best bike shots. I set up in a corner so that I could see the bike riders as they were coming around the corner and leaning in so it's more of a 3/4 view... a lot of the shots that I do are more of a side or profile view. This is one where I am actually pointing right into the bikes and cropping a little more aggressively. I really like the way this one works.

Rollerblade Disco In Central Park, New York

This is actually a Rollerblade Disco with people roller blading and dancing around a DJ--in the heart of Central Park, New York. The "ribbon-y blur" effect that runs the entire length of the image is actually one guy standing in the background dancing! His image was captured this because as he danced in the background he moved in and out of the vertical slit viewing area that this camera is based on. This slit covering the film only allows a small vertical slice of the scene to hit the film. Whatever is not moving has a very consistent, linear blurred effect. If the subject is moving in and out of the small vertical slice of the scene, I get that ribbon-y motion effect. If you really look close, you'll see feet and arms show up periodically of this guy who happened to be dancing in just the right spot of the background.

Kart Racing, Oxnard, California

This is a really fun shot. It was taken at the Jim Hall Kart Racing School, where I have raced for many years. I thought it would be great to get a group of Jim's students and racing customers together and take a shot of them. (Jim Hall, kart #2, was the World Karting Champion.) Very rarely do I get to do a "controlled" shot like this, meaning that I was able to tell them how fast to go, where to drive, etc. With most of my DistaCam shots I don't have the luxury of controlling the subjects speed and distance....and that's what makes it a challenge.

Walking in Tokyo, Japan

This is actually a series of images taken when I was in Tokyo, Japan with my daughters a couple of years ago.
I love the first image--full of color and details...take a look at the hats, the amazing eye contact of so many people as they walk by me, especially the one guy with the scary eyes and the two women that look like sisters looking at the camera.
The second image is really interesting to look at closely. I was set up on a part of the street with a subway beneath us, so the ground was not stable. You can see at the start of the image there is kind of a "shaking" effect because as the cars would pass over the unstable ground--the camera would shake. That's why you see the vertical lines there. As soon as the cars pass, and the pedestrians begin to cross the street, you can see that the shaking effect is gone. I am further away from the people with a long lens in this shot so they are not looking at me. It's more of a voyeuristic kind of feel in this image. Toward the end of the shot you see the shake of the image one more time as the cars come through the intersection again.

Indy Lights Race

Taken several years back at the California Speedway in Fontana, this was one of my earliest motor sports images. Each of the cars are doing more than 200mph. The three cars that are diagonally lined up are all going the same speed but you can clearly see the distortion which is because of the different distances that each car is from the camera.
Notice that the near car is compressed a bit and the wheels appear vertical oval because it is closer to the camera. The middle car's wheels are round because this was my measured distance from the track to the camera. The far car is a bit stretched and the wheels appear horizontally oval, because it is further from the camera.
Even though they are all going the same speed...that's the effect of the camera if the distance is a little further away or a little closer to the camera.

Exhibitor Magazine's Feature on DistaVision

What a great month for DistaVision's press. I just received the July issue of Exhibitor Magazine today and it looks great. Earlier this year I attended the Exhibitor 2007 trade show in Las Vegas where I met Exhibitor magazine's staff writer, Janet Van Vleet. Janet took time to look at my DistaCam images and she loved them. She even made a point to stop by the booth that I designed for Triga featuring DistaCam images. Janet mentioned that she wanted to do a feature on DistaVision in the "New Tools" section of the magazine. I think trade show exhibits will be one of the best uses of DistaCam imagery. Thank you to Exhibitor Magazine and Janet Van Vleet for her vision and interest in DistaVision.

WIRED Magazine

Wired Magazine is on the news stands with a terrific feature on my NASCAR images and the DistaCam. The author, Erin Biba, interviewed me for hours several months ago and the article looks great. Please check out the magazine available at newsstands now. The Transformer cover is beautiful and I don't believe there is a better publication anywhere. Here is the link for the online version:
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/digitalcameras/magazine/15-07/st_nascar
There are additional DistaCam images online with Flash animation similar to my website.
Thank you to Erin Biba and everyone at Wired for this wonderful opportunity to showcase my work to the movers and shakers of our future.