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KYM’S BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEOS
Enjoy weekly videos from the world of Formula One.
F1 DRIVER CARLOS SAINZ HEADS TO FERRARI IN 2021
It’s official! Carlos Sainz has signed with Ferrari as the team’s second driver in season 2021. This is a huge jump for the Spaniard who will leave McLaren at the end of the year bound for the Maranello-based team. Note: This was recorded prior to Daniel’s announcement of his move to McLaren.
SEBASTIAN VETTEL TO LEAVE FERRARI
Four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel will leave Ferrari at the end of 2020 after 5 seasons with the Italian team. Who will fill his shoes? What will we miss? Watch this!
A CHAT WITH F2 DRIVER CALLUM ILOTT
F2 driver Callum Ilott is a rising talent and a member of the Ferrari driver academy. In this video he talks about what it takes to make it to the top level of the sport along with how his family copes with him racing and how he coped with the death of a friend and near death of his teammate at Spa in 2019.
MY 7 FAVOURITE CORNERS TO SHOOT
Of the many hundreds of corners F1 cars have to navigate around over the course of a season, these 7 are my favourites to photograph.
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Kym’s Pre- & Post-Race Blog
The first F1 race of the year never happened, with the organisers calling it off on Friday with thousands queued at the gates. So what happened? View my YouTube video…
For me, yesterday was all about this man! It was Nico Hülkenberg’s last F1 race for the foreseeable future, and I was rewarded photographically throughout the day, starting from the…
My day started out following Lando Norris on his track walk on what was a sensational day in the UAE. A while later I fluked finding Lewis heading out of…
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It’s not just the images, it’s the way he phrases the captions. It’s his personal style as opposed to a team of content generators that don’t necessarily engage at that level with audiences.
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Listen to Kym’s recent interview on
the Formula1Blog Podcast
In this episode of the Formula1Blog, host Todd McCandless chats with Kym about his experiences on the track (and behind the scenes) of the Formula 1 Grand Prix 2017 season and Kym’s journey from F1 enthusiast to full-blown accredited photographer.
ONE TO ONE WITH KYM
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Join Kym for a one to one video chat about your favourite aspect of F1. You set the agenda! Life in the paddock, your favourite team/driver, a photography lesson or advice on how to get into the sport; whatever your focus, Kym is happy to oblige in these exclusive 30 minute private video chats.
Photography Store
Seen a picture of Kym’s that you love on social or mainstream media? All of Kym’s pictures are available worldwide for high-quality digital download, or as fine art prints in Australia only. To make a purchase, simply visit prostarpics.com and use the search function to find images you’re looking for. For example, for pictures of Daniel Ricciardo, search “Daniel Ricciardo”.
You can also order Kym’s photography books and postcards at the Kym Illman Photography Store.
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