SHOOT LIKE A PRO

Learn how to become a professional motorsport photographer with the help of expert shooters Drew Gibson and Jamey Price

Over the last year (and then some) of Covid restrictions, we’ve seen pro shooters limited to their living rooms, banned from travelling and forced to completely rethink their business as their usual subjects, shoots and events have been off-limits.

Many pro photographers quickly set up online workshops and tutoring in lieu of face-toface tutoring. But as running a virtual workshop is very different to teaching in person, we wanted to find out how you can set up a successful (and profitable) online event. Over the next few pages, we’ll be joining Drew Gibson and Jamey Price behind the scenes of their webinar, Paddock Focus, where the dynamic duo will share their advice for becoming a professional motorsport photographer: getting media credentials, finding clients and pricing your jobs – just the sort of insider know-how we look for at DP. We’ll also be delving into their general tips for running a professional and paid-for workshop yourself.

Jamey and Drew have worked together many times before, and have been around the same races and circuits going back ten years, to 2011. “Drew approached me and said we should do a podcast and talk about all this stuff we get constantly asked every day in DMs and emails,” explains Jamey, when we ask where the idea came from. “How to get credentials. How to find clients. How to do what we do. We both get bombarded. And we are both happy to answer those questions, but it’s repetitive to type it out multiple times a day or week, so I suggested we monetise this idea and do workshops, since no one in our field really offers them, or any insight into the job.”