2010 Walnut Hill
by Will on Aug.16, 2010, under Uncategorized
Went to
the “drive through the park” Sunday morning, the last day of the Walnut Hill Driving Competition, like we do every year. Brought the camera and despite the rain, I managed to get some good shots thanks in part to the flat light. http://willp-photo.com/photos/2010WalnutHill/
“Nex Gen” at the Fairport Nice Guys Car Show 6/17/2010
by Will on Jun.23, 2010, under Music
My co-worker’s other son Ryan is the drummer for a new band they put together called Nex Gen. He’s around 10 years old as are the other kids (except for the lead guitar who is Kyle, his older brother), and they sound awesome! Everyone at the events they play at are blown away at their talent. I need to get some video to post!
Link to photos – Nex Gen @ Fairport 2010
ALMS @ Laguna Seca 2010
by Will on Jun.11, 2010, under Racing
On somewhat of a “whim” I decided to fly out to go to the ALMS race at Laguna Seca again this year. They last raced in October when I was there, but they moved the race this year to late May. My dad, Bill Patterson, lives in L.A. so I flew 
with my brother out there and drove up with him to the race. He is the official track artist and has a booth set up RIGHT by the team haulers in the paddock, what a great location he has. But he was able to get me media credentials which I had had before at the track in October of ’09. FROZE MY BUTT OFF, but it was a blast. At one point on Saturday during the 6 hour race I was up at the cork screw and realized that I could see my breath, it was 42 degrees!! I don’t EVER remember it getting that cold when I used to walk up there when I was a teenager. 42 degrees!?!? While I did bring some “cold weather” clothing, a tank top, t-shirt, polo, and jacket wasn’t quite enough to keep me totally warm. Add in the wind and it was chilly. Get it? It was COLD!
But the cars sounded amazing. I was disappointed to once again not see the Audi TDi’s, but the bellowing V8′s from those Corvettes made up for them. Link to photos – http://willp-photo.com/photos/2010LagunaSeca/
2010 Sahlens 6 Hours at the Glen
by Will on Jun.11, 2010, under Racing
The Rolex Grand Am series was at Watkins Glen again June 4th and 5th for their annual 6 hour race. This year I was fortunate than
ks to Will Turner at Turner Motorsport to have a set of media credentials which allowed me some SPECTACULAR access around the track. Unfortunately, the #94 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT crashed in an early practice session on Friday, knocking the car out of the race due to a lack of parts necessary to get it repaired in time. Will immediately sent the car back to Massachusetts to get it fixed and ready for the Mid-Ohio race. It was disappointing, I was very much looking forward to getting shots of that beast of a car, but they still had 2 BMW M3′s that compete in the Continental Tire series that raced on Saturday so I got some shots of them.
In the end, I had an amazingly fun weekend, a BIG thank you to Will Turner, hopefully I can “work” for him again in the future. Good luck to the whole team at the upcoming Mid-Ohio race next weekend.
Here is a link to the Rolex race pictures – http://willp-photo.com/photos/2010Sahlens/
Southern Carribean Cruise 2010
by Will on Apr.19, 2010, under Freelance, Recent Photos
Just got back from a week long cruise through the southern Carribean with my girlfriend Jenel. We left on our Royal 
Carribean Serenade of the Seas ship out of San Juan Puerto Rico and visited Tortola BVI, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Antigua, and Grenada. We had a spectacular time and did many excursions including swimming with dolphins and a zip-line canopy ‘adventure’ on Grenada. We also met a few nice couples who sat with us at dinner, hopefully we can cruise again with them some time.
Link to photos – http://willp-photo.com/photos/2010Cruise/
My new wheels
by Will on Mar.19, 2010, under Uncategorized
Picked up this S4 on ebay, drove it home from NJ a few weeks ago now. Fantastic car, I’ve wanted one for years. Took some photos last night – http://www.willp-photo.com/photos/2010AudiMarch/
Daytona 24 Hours – 2010
by Will on Feb.05, 2010, under Freelance, Racing
Just got back to work after a little over a week being away. I was in Daytona Thursday through Monday, then immediately drove down to NJ for some training the next day, just got back in to town last night.
Daytona was “ok.” The weather was pretty much nightmare-ish. Thursday when we (brother and I) arrived, it was in the mid-70′s in Orlando. Friday we went to the track and it was in the 60′s and cloudy. Saturday it started out cloudy and got windy until about an hour before the race when it started to DOWNPOUR for about two hours. (continue reading…)
SmugMug account set up
by Will on Jan.15, 2010, under Uncategorized
Just got my SmugMug account set up and running, buy my pictures! http://willpphoto.smugmug.com/
441 @ Water Street Music Hall 1/9/10
by Will on Jan.10, 2010, under Freelance, Recent Photos
Went and saw 441 compete again at the battle of the bands at Water Street Music Hall last night. They did awesome!! Love their new stuff. They might even get a record deal!?
441 @ Water Street 1/9/10
Going to the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona – 2010!!
by Will on Dec.29, 2009, under Freelance, Racing
I was there this past January and and pumped to go again!! I’m bringing my brother with me this time, and I’ll be meeting some friends in Orlando for the trip up to the track. Just bought a 1D Mark 3, I’ll be needing it’s high ISO capabilities at night, even with the track’s lights. Cannot wait!
