Aftermath of this past weekend.

First comes first, IT WAS WAY TO HOT OUT!!!!!!

Both Saturday and Sunday were very very hot days out, unbearable. Saturday after work, I took a shower and headed over to Raceway Park to check out Wrecked Moves. B/C groups had about 16 drivers total come out and drive for the day. Not that many showed up, but the drivers that did, had hella lot of time on the track and just what they need to improve themselves and move up. I've been following and watching these guys for over a year now and you can really see some huge improvements on their skills and upgrading the cars real nice! Having to go to Wawa multiple times for Gatorade and water, it still didn't not help me from almost fainting out there in the sun; it was not very pleasurable. It was good to see many of the XDC drivers attend and practice for their upcoming XDC event at Raceway in August. I saw a bunch of sick cars that I have never seen before, including a LS swapped 350Z. He was tearing up the track at very high speeds and the car sounded amazing! I took a few photos of some of the drivers that I know and also kept a close eye on Steve Angerman of Gardella Racing. ;)

Sunday, I headed back to Raceway again for Summer Slam. Summer Slam is a huge car show with music played on stage, drag racing and bikini contests. My intentions on going there were for meeting new people, look for nice cars to shoot, and just relax with some friends. I achieved all that, minus the relaxing part. It was just as hot as Saturday and walking around in circles did not seem very fun at all. I did what I had to do and left early. I don't care that I spent the $20 to get in and leave early, I just had to get out of there ASAP!


So, I should have a few photos done from this weekend posted up sometime during this week. I'm not going to rush it because they are nothing special. However, this week I have a lot of work ahead of me with spot locating and shooting a car or two, so stay tuned for that.

Aside from these events this weekend, I got around to picking up an Apple Magic Mouse that I wanted. I wanted one for editing because there would be no way I can edit photos on this laptop pad. I haven't tried it out yet but here is a link to the mouse that I purchased. I have read a lot of reviews about it and I can see it being VERY useful for me.

Well, that's it for me tonight. I have spent many hours at my day job, shooting events and practice on almost fainting multiple times this past weekend. With that said- f**k you New Jersey weather.

Gnight
EC

Weekend of June 26 & 27

Events to cover:

Saturday Club Loose's Wrecked Moves


Sunday Summer Slam

Interested in knowing who I am?

Hello and welcome to my blog. I figured it was time for me start a blog to record all of my shootings, past and present events, and my travels here.

For those who don't know me, I am Eric Chandler. Born October 9th, 21 years ago. My hobbies consist of photography, traveling, working on cars, and hanging out when available. My main goal for this year is to focus on my automotive photography and push my self to the limits! I am a freelance photographer and most of my images can be found here: Eric Chandler Photography and some of my features on Canibeat!

So far this year, I have met many photographers that I have looked up to in the past and really admire their work, and I have even teamed up with them to do photoshoots!

Here is a list of goals for the rest of 2010 for me-
- Cover Formula D Las Vegas and/or Irwindale, Ca
- Feature 5 or more cars on Canibeat
- Purchase a 70-200mm VR2

My list was longer in the beginning of the year, but I have already fulfilled many of those goals! =)

Photography Background Information
I first picked up a camera on my 19th birthday. It was a Nikon D40 w/ 18-55mm kit lens! I LOVED it. The following day, my girlfriend at the time and I, drove to Philadelphia Zoo and I had a blast taking pictures. You can see that gallery by clicking here. Today this day, I am pretty impressed with those shots and very happy that my Mom bought me my first camera. I still have it today and it isn't going anywhere, thanks Mom!

Currently Gear-
Nikon D80
Nikon D40
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-5
Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6
Alien Bees
Vagabond
Cyber Syncs
ect ect

Blah blah blah, you get the idea.

Check out my most recent coverage on my FlickR here

We'll it's getting late and I have a long weekend of shooting a lot and working! Grrr

This will updated just about everyday!


Thanks for checking it out.
Erock!