Ace Lensmen Make The Difference
Minus great photography, creating worthwhile go-fast boating content is a tall order. Words only get you so far—and people definitely don’t read the way they used to. As someone who routinely responds to reader questions that are answered in the first paragraph of any given story, I can vouch for this. It used to bother me. Now I just accept it and answer the question without a snarky retort.
Photographer Pete Boden works from multiple angles to capture engaging action shots. Photo copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix.
No doubt about it, we have become a nation of headline-readers. But to riff on a time-honored cliché, you can’t fight regress. (OK, sometimes a little snark sneaks in.)
That’s why photographers such as Pete Boden and Jeff Helmkamp are so crucial to what we do every day on speedonthewater.com and—by partnership proxy—Powerboatnation.com. Boden and Helmkamp consistently deliver the kind of imagery that demands attention.
Both shooters are self-taught. They’ve been at it for years, mostly getting it right and learning from what went wrong when they don’t.
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