[Capture] Bathurst 1000

While nobody else wanted to play along with my [Capture] idea, I still wanted to share the photos I took to record the atmosphere of the Bathurst 1000. I have to admit I found it harder to find the things I wanted to, sometimes because James found a passion for photographing the goings on and other times because I was unable to go trekking for the shots, once I was sitting... that was it!!

Maybe next year I will try again with the same challenge.

Now, onto my pics.

Category 1: Team Spirit

 My girls all dressed and ready to cheer for Craig and Jamie

Category 2: Passion

This one might not come across, but when all the drivers lined up before the race the whole place was crackling with excitement and passion, so I felt it was appropriate.

James watching the podium presentation. I'm pretty sure there's tears behind those glasses!

 

 And this is representative of my passion. We tackled these stairs twice everyday except Sunday and they killed me! Being 34 weeks pregnant and suffering SPD made them very difficult, but it was sooo worth it.

Category 3: Action

 

 

 Category 4: Weather

 

 If you know anything about Bathurst, you know the weather is crazy. Here we're all getting ready for the rain.

 

Category 5: Entertainment

 

 For the boys ;)

[Capture]

With the excitement building and only days to go until we'll be up at the Mount, soaking up the atmosphere, along with the thrill of my new baby I have been thinking about photographs I want to capture in order to record the feel, the ambiance that is the Bathurst 1000 and so I have set myself a challenge of some 'themes' to shoot. I do not yet know what will represent each of my chosen themes, but I will be on the lookout for the perfect interpretation.

I thought, that some of you might be interested in joining me and using your own creativity to [Capture] what you perceive to be the best shot for each category.

To participate, simply post a blog with your entries, you can participate in as many or as few categories as you want and then link up here! I will post my finds next week and then pick my favourites from the links to display in a seperate post the next day.

I am also going to set up albums on the BeckyandJames Facebook page, where I will be uploading my photos. Feel free to add yours over there, too!

Now, onto the important details...

Category 1: Team Spirit

Category 2: Passion

Category 3: Action

Category 4: Weather

Category 5: Entertainment

Come play along :)

Wearing Our Colours

In this house we love our V8s. For me, it's been practically a life long passion, whereas for James he liked to watch the Bathurst 1000 on TV every year but he had never been, he'd not experience the excitement and so he didn't have the passion. Then, last year I convinced him it was simply something we had to do. A right of passage. An experience not to be missed. And with that, an obsession was born. Our time at the 1000 last year opened his eyes to a whole different side to the V8 Supercars that he knew and I was one proud wife.

And now, we have a special something that we all get excited about. It's like football to us. We have a team we follow, we all have our shirts which we wear when there's a race on and we all watch. Obviously, Ellie and Kahlei play and do other things, too, but they watch the start and the end, being sure to yell out "Go Craig!" whenever the mood takes them. Ellie, in particular, loves it.

If you're not a freak like us, then I should enlighten you to where  our alliance lies, we're Team Vodafone. More specifically we are Lowndes fans, which means car 888 is our first choice followed by car 1 (but we do love Jamie). After which, our alliances are slightly different. I have been a long, long time Greg Murphy fan and I am loyal.

I know you're all loving my motor sport talk, but you might have to get a little used to it as the 1000 is less than a month away and we've had tickets practically since they came out last November.

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