Of course, I love shooting Porsches. The Porsche 993 is arguably one of the coolest of the aircooled Porsches \u2014 Even cooler as a genuine race car like this one.<\/p>\n
I shot this Porsche 993 race car at California Festival of Speed at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana California. I\u2019m a bit of a snob for super sharp panning photos. I have been known to discard many decent photos and never publish them because I didn\u2019t think they were sharp enough.<\/p>\n
Thing is, to get a perfectly sharp photo front to back at this shutter speed (1\/125 – which is safe but still considered slow at this speed) the car would have to be perfectly perpendicular to the lens. That\u2019s the reason many of the panning photos I publish are all a perfect profile. This Porsche 993 race car is just a tad bit to the right in my frame and camera angle. That\u2019s the reason most of the side of the car is super sharp, yet it starts to soften up a bit towards the rear of the car and the wing.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t deny the coolness of the car though. I love how genuine it looks. It\u2019s not a garage queen, a show car or collector\u2019s piece. It\u2019s a full on Porsche 911 race car and it shows. Look at the signature Porsche race car patina in front of the wide rear fenders. Plus, bolt-on fenders on a Porsche never looked so cool.<\/p>\n