SPEED AND LIGHT ON A FAST TRACK WITH DARREN HEATH
Just seeing a Formula 1 racing car at 300 km/h is a shock to the system. It’s not just the noise (which is like nothing else), but the sheer physicality of something travelling so fast… that first experience shakes you to the core and, to be honest, you never really get used to it. And it’s not just the straight line speed either, but the cornering… these things literally sling-shot around bends and you constantly marvel that they manage (most of the time) to stay on track.
“My job is a wonderful one, the constant high acting as the perfect antidote for constantly aching knees and shoulders!”
So imagine photographing Formula 1 cars. It’s not just about the technicalities of exposure and focusing, but the photographer too… anticipation, reaction and concentration. Based in both Auckland and London, motorsports photographer Darren Heath has been on the F1 circuit for 30 years and, during that time, the sport has changed a lot. Well, for starters, the cars have got a whole lot quicker with competitiveness now measured in fractions of a second. Rather than simply taking photographs of F1 cars, Darren has becomeand .
