On today’s podcast, we are joined by Formula Drift / Motorsports photographer, KYLE CROSS!
Kyle Cross is known for his amazing photography of Formula Drift as well as the grassroots motorsports scene! On this episode, we decided to bring him on and have a conversation about how he got into this profession as well as giving the aspiring photographer/media personnel advice on how to break into motorsports industry.
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If you’re a car person that has scrolled through instagram, read about car builds on random websites, looked over event coverage from some of the most popular events in motorsports or read magazines such as super street, modified magazine, import tuner, honda tuning, and the list goes on…then you know luke’s work.
Luke has been producing images that are so incredible you can often smell race gas while you’re staring at them. Luke gets with Scott, our Marketing Director, to talk about how he became an automotive photographer, how others could become a photographer, what skills should you have, gives so much real world advise to aspiring automotive photographers, and even great tips for shooting events and workflow. IF you’re into photography, this is a great listen!
As always you can use our timeline cheatsheet (below) to jump around in the podcast and hear what you like the most.
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CONTENT CHEAT MENU (podcast audio): 0:18 | Intro/ 10 Question Quickfire 3:39 | Introducing Luke Munnell 4:26 | Why Konig does the podcast 5:19 | First pro photographer on the podcast! 5:37 | Why Luke Munnell? 7:56 | Automotive photography vs. Wedding photography… shooting cars vs people! 9:45 | Where did you start with photography 10:52 | Jump to the automotive industry 11:53 | Learning on film -> moved to digital 14:26 | Your love of cars 16:33 | Started shooting cars 17:52 | First featured photograph 18:26 | Lesson for aspiring photographers 19:54 | When did you know this was your career… 21:02 | How did you learn photography? 23:24 | How family reacted to you being a photographer 24:44 | When is it okay to call yourself a pro? 27:00 | Working for the major car magazines 32:36 | Move to Mazda North America 36:23 | Leaving Mazda to start a business 38:28 | Talent 40:39 | Biggest learning curve running your own business 41:25 | Lesson for every professional 42:12 | Most memorable images ever shot 43:32 | When it all clicks… big picture, lighting, timing 47:40 | Storytelling 50:25 | Images that shape trends 54:23 | Capturing incredible automotive stories… Rob Parsons aka. Chair Slayer 1:01:03 | Nightmare shoots! 1:02:14 | Helpful advice for aspiring photographers 1:05:26 | Advice on shooting your first events, gear, positioning, etc 1:07:08 | Learning preproduction = way better shoots 1:08:21 | FINAL THOUGHT: Is technology killing the role of the photographer? 1:11:10 | Find Luke Munnell 1:12:14 | Outro
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