NODRFT Krewe de Femme Ladies Day 2025 / October 1, 2025 by Matt Pham

After taking a small break, I have returned back to the track to cover Krewe de Femme’s Ladies Day again!

I started using a different “camera” to test out at the drivers and media meeting. The “camera” in question is my old Nintendo 3DS with a 0.3 MP sensor. I wanted to join in on the retro tech/low res trend with the 3DS. I grabbed some candid photos with it and recorded part of the meeting. Unfortunately, I didn’t use it after this point. But it’ll be brought back out for future events. It seemed to be a hit among everyone! That’s why I enjoy trying different things, even if it’s going back in quality and technology.

After the meeting, it was time for the parade lap and the group photo before the track goes hot.

For the first time in a long time, I was able to get sequence panorama photos again.

I was really surprised by the number of sequence photos that I was able to get from the day. Especially since I didn’t intentionally try for sequence photos. I’ve also forgotten how time consuming it can take.

Part of the goodie bag provided to the media was a personalized vest. Like last year, I had to do something to show it off!

Link to the rest of the Facebook album

EYB Lite V2 Highlights / January 15, 2025 by Matt Pham

Another drift season comes to a close with the biggest event of the year! Two days and one night of drifting. Here are some highlights from my Saturday coverage and the full album can be found in the link below.

EYB LITE V2 Full Album

Not the perfect composite sequence but the best I could get from the photos taken. I think bumping up the shutter speed would have given me a better result. It’s been such a long time since I’ve done one and forgot how challenging it can be. I want to challenge myself to try them again in 2025.

Once it got dark, I wanted to do something different since it’s a rare photograph opportunity. I packed two specialized lens filters to use at night. I bounced between a black mist filter and a star filter. They are two very different on how they impact the image. The black mist provides a nice glow and it’s subtle like there is no filter at all. While on the other end, the star filter is very noticeable what it does to the image. Not something I would all the time but fun to throw in time to time.

EYB LITE 2023 - Sunday Coverage / January 10, 2024 by Matt Pham

EYB Lite or End of Year Bash hosted but NODRFT at NOLA Motorsports Park. EYB started on Friday and ended on Sunday. I was only able cover Sunday but everyone still going full out. It’s my favorite event of the year since everyone tends to go all out 100% and people from out of town come to drift. We had a crazy weather shift, Saturday was rather hot for this time of year. But Sunday was much different and more what you think of as winter temps. Not only was it cold but it was extremely windy that I had to fight when using the big lens.

It’s always a good time to catch up with everyone and meet new people. I hope with every passing year the EYB continues to grow bigger and bigger! These are some of my favorites from the day’s coverage.

The diverse types of cars and driving styles kept things interesting all day!

A lot of makes and models was represented.

What I was waiting for capturing images during sunset. Only during this time of year can I capture drifting during sunset and I had to make the most of it.