Media Offroad

In 2011 I drove three thousand miles from Delaware to Johnson Valley California to watch the King of the Hammers Ultra 4 Off Road Race. While I was there I shot a lot of photos. Some of the photos ended up on the first page of Google.  About a month prior to KOH 2012 I got a phone call from one of the event coordinators and she told me if I wanted to take photos again this year I would have to get media credentials. WTF? I don’t sell the photos, I’m not working for anybody, I don’t make a dime shooting the photos and I was always well behind the crowd control lines with other spectators while I was taking the photos. Mine just happened to be better than most other spectator photos so I get singled out? So I look into it and to get media credentials I have to buy event insurance, get a BLM vendor permit & sign my life away to the KOH producers all at a cost of around $800.00

So, do I stay behind the crowd control lines and shoot similar photos to the ones I took last year or do I cough up the $800 and get my Media Credentials and go behind the lines for better shots in 2012? With my pocket book $800 lighter and a reflective yellow vest I will now be granted all access to the King of the Hammers race course. Hopefully this year I can locate some buyers for some of these photos to recoup the $2500 I just put into new camera equipment, the $800 for Media Credentials, the $3500 I spent on a dual purpose bike and the nearly $2000 I’ll spend in gas driving the 6000 mile round trip from Delaware to CA and back to DE

If you need a photographer at King of the Hammers 2012 give me a call at 302 258 4368 or email me at 4wheeldrivevan@gmail.com

So what is Media Offroad? I guess I’m a media company now and I just went from Amateur Photographer to Pro since I have now have to pay to take pictures.

If God would have wanted you up on top of that obstacle he would have miracled your ass up there by now, wouldn’t he?