Photography

2017 - the round up. /  by Nicole Hains

Well that went fast!!! 2017 was far busier than I ever expected and I have had the time of my life photographing a hugely wide variety of different subjects. I have photographed many celebrity chef's, Mary Berry & Tom Kerridge you were a delight. I feasted on far too many delicious dishes, photographed more weddings than I could of possibly imagined taking on (see our 2017, a year in the making blog here) and photographed so many recognisable faces from Superman (Henry Cavill) to Motor racing legends, Jackie Stewart, Mark Webber & Mad Mike. 

With all these fantastic photoshoots in my diary, I made the decision that 2018 is the year for change, there are some ambitions you just can't let pass you by. I decided to change the way I work at Goodwood in search of building on my freelance work, I can't tell you exactly where this will lead me but its time to embrace the journey. 

Festival Of Speed 2017 /  by Nicole Hains

WOW! Where to start when it comes to explaining how amazing this year’s Festival of Speed was?!

You may notice I spent a lot of time with the drift cars because very little beats being within a meter of Mad Mike doing a burn out in the Mazda MX5 26B until he set the car on fire! For me, highlights had to be riding up the hill climb in the f1 team vans, getting covered in champers by Nico Rosberg and the surreal moment when the evening entertainment consisted of Joules Holland, Nick Mason and Mike and the Mechanics preforming together – Only at Goodwood!

There are opportunities to take images literally around every corner; it’s a playground for any photographer and motorsport lover. You may notice some of my favourite spots are the first corner, the top paddock and the assembly area. Until next year FoS. 

Nico Rosberg champagne spray Goodwood FoS
honda f1 car festival of speed 2017
Mad Mike Photograph
Mazda MX5 26B drift burn out
Mad Mike at Festival of Speed 2017
ford festival of speed photography
monster drift burn out
Nico Rosberg Festival of Speed
nico rosberg f1 driver portrait from fos 2017
f1 driver signing autographs
event photography famous racing driver
jackie stewart racing driver photo
rally dirt automotive event photography
crowds at festival of speed chichester
start line goodwood hill climb
RR Rolls-Rocye Dawn Black Badge at FoS 2017
Car sideways Tag Heuer on Start Line
jaguar goodwood hill climb by Nicole Hains
Chris Harris Top Gear at Porsche Launch
ferrari detail on 70th anniversary
mark webber racing driver goodwood portrait

75th Members Meeting /  by Nicole Hains

75th Members Meeting is my favourite of the Goodwood events to photograph as it has a fantastic atmosphere, a lot less people and it is access all areas! 

This year it was overcast although not too cold every day, meaning lots of flat light - not my fav at all but never mind. This is probably why I like the evening shoots the best, at least the light was interesting. 

Here is just a small selection of images I took and yes that is Mary Berry! 

i8 - Rig Image /  by Nicole Hains

Using Goodwood's Motor Circuit to Photograph this BMW i8 for the Ultimate Driving experience, we used a rig from Rig-Pro to produce this image. 

BMW i8 Rig Automotive Photography

The rig we used here is attached by suction cups, I then added my Canon 1DX with a 24mm lens and a 10 stop ND filter to cut out some of the light and allow a slower shutter speed. 

Behind the scenes...

How to set up a car rig
BMW Car Rig at Goodwood

Festival of Speed Gallery /  by Nicole Hains

The Festival of Speed is an event like no other, with more than 200,000 people attending over the event it could be that FoS has now become the largest Green Field event in the world and certainly there is nowhere else I would have rather been. 

This year we celebrated 120 years with Mercedes-Benz, who stole the show with their breathtaking central feature that was the first in history to soar over the top of Goodwood House! 

We witnessed Seb Loeb win the shoot-out in the Pikes Peak, Lewis Hamilton Donoughting outside Goodwood House, Anthony Reid lose a wheel at Molcombe corner after a small incident with the flint wall and Chris Hoy speed into the haybales. 

Another fantastic moment was John Surtees marking his 50th anniversary of winning the 1964 F1 title. The occasion was marked with a special hill climb in which Surtees drove his Ferrari 158 alongside Kimi Raikkonen in his title winning 2007 F1 car.  

CKL Track Day /  by Nicole Hains

Today our friends from CKL Developments visited Goodwood's Motor circuit to push the cars hard round the track, after all, what the use of having so many outstanding historic race cars if you can't put them to the test! 

The most fantastic grid line start with the team and clients of CKL Developments.

The most fantastic grid line start with the team and clients of CKL Developments.

The cars on the grid line varied from the Ecurie Ecosse D-type to the Ferrari 250 'Europa' GT and I just couldn't give up the opportunity to go for a drive!

Thank you so much CKL Developments for another fantastic day.