MotoGP In Focus

For the last four years, MotoGP journalist David Emmett and I have spoken about this little idea I had, which involved using a smartphone, an Apple iPhone in this case, in a professional capacity to shoot an entire practice.

I wanted to see if using an iPhone was possible (in a practical sense) and, if so, what the outcome would be. I also wanted to know how those who saw me in pit lane using an iPhone, rather than the $20K-plus equipment I normally hump around, would react. I decided Sunday morning warm-up at Valencia, the last session of the year, was the perfect time for the experiment.

Following my mantra, “Fear is the enemy of creativity,” I headed to pit lane. I wanted to capture a typical cross section of images I would usually take during the 20-minute session. In the end, I was surprised by a number of things:

Ultimately, I captured a good selection of images—adjusted only for color and exposure—all of which are of a size that could be published in print but work perfectly for web. What a liberating experience!