Grantham Ultra - Day 2

Here are some of my favourite photos from Day 2 of the Grantham Ultra, another day , another 50km for the runners. No sweat!

The weather was fantastic on the sunday, sunny all day. The race again got off to an great start. Around 80 runners ran the second day.

A series of gels and high glucose bars were available at all checkpoints for runners.

Again I played with the long shots of the runners.


After the awesome results on saturday, I couldn't resist using the wide angle again.




A series of finishers were greeted optimistically by Rory Coleman, the race organiser.

All in all, it was again a great day shooting and was fantastic to see so many runners enjoying themselves. A brilliant weekend shooting and I would love to do it again.

Portfolio photos : http://www.pbase.com/richardchapman/grantham_ultra

Grantham Ultra - Day 1

After photographing the London Ultra Race last month, I was this month asked to photograph the Grantham Ultra. This was a two day race, with around 100 Runners. James Cracknell was supposed to put in an appearance on the second day but annoyingly pulled out with an injury. This is a small portfolio of some of my favourite images of the first day.

Rory Coleman - Race organiser

The start line on day 1.

Two of the front runners at the start.
I was tasked at getting a series of runner portraits and full body shots, which when they come thick and fast isn't the easiest task in the world..!


I then had a play with some wide-angle shots, really enjoying the effect produced.

Here's the winner finishing in a time of 3hrs 18mins, after running 50km.

Winners photo

Some just seemed overall happy to finish the race.

Day 1 was a great day, with no drop outs and all runners performing well. A great day for shots too. View my portfolio here of the weekend's photos : http://www.pbase.com/richardchapman/grantham_ultra

Purchase photos link coming soon.

London Ultra 50km Race

I was given the opportunity to photograph runners for the London Ultra 50km Race yesterday. I used my 70-200 2.8 the whole time and got some awesome portraits of the runners. My photos were taken along the 20km stage in Richmond Park, it was a great scenic atmosphere for photos.










More info on the race visit : www.londonultra.co.uk

London Ultra full photos available for purchase: http://bit.ly/cfaLCu

Amsterdam - Jan 2010

Last weekend I went on a trip to Amsterdam. It was a great vibrant city and had a lot to photograph. It had a great atmosphere and a tons to do and see, I didn't get a moments rest for the short 3 day trip. I had great fun with travel shots in the city and my results are shown below, I really think I'll be heading there again someday.

The bike over the canal matched the girls jacket, so I thought this effect would work well!

Iamsterdam sign reflectionTrams are a big part of the culture of Amsterdam, this was a slower exposure late one evening.
Potentially my favourite photo, I love the bike against the background.
Traditional Dutch pattern crockery for sale.
One of thousands of cyclists in Amsterdam, you have to watch your back quite a lot unless you want to face getting knocked over...!
I love the dog sticker on the back of the bike and the orange against the blue.
Locals doing traditional dance in Dam Square. Well at least it seemed to be traditional.
I love the vespa against the white graffiti!
This was the view that greeted me on the ferry across the English Channel, technically not Amsterdam, but I had to throw it in there because it was so beautiful!

To view the rest of my photos please visit this link http://www.pbase.com/richardchapman/amsterdam