A one-day auto racing educational photography seminar will be conducted
Oct. 24 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The seminar offers photo
enthusiasts an opportunity to create racing pictures from restricted
areas at the 1.5-mile superspeedway (where the NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events
are held), and 3/8-mile asphalt Bullring where the NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series competes. Seminar tutorial sessions begin with
basic photographic techniques and include detailed technical
instruction in actual trackside racing environments, low-light
automobile photography, equipment requirements, plus valuable
information regarding copyright and getting published.
Seminar instructor David Allio is the chief track photographer at Las
Vegas Motor Speedway and has been a working professional motorsports
photographer since 1974. During his 34-year award-winning career, Allio
photographs have appeared in the pages and on the cover of nearly every
sports publication in the world. In March, 2008, his photograph of race
winner Carl Edwards led the Sports Illustrated coverage of the NASCAR
Sprint Cup race at LVMS. Recent publication credits outside of the
mainstream motorsports media also include ESPN Magazine, The Sporting
News, and USA Today – and the book "ESPN Ultimate NASCAR 100 Defining
Moments in Stock Car Racing History."