Drift Photography Tours will sponsor Damien Judd $100 for the Malaysian Tour next weekend. Do you want to Sponsor a Swan?
It’s a great way to get on board when traditional spots like out prime match jumper spots are so difficult to get onto these days.
- The initiator of this concept and first direct Sponsor is Drift Photography Tours
- The first recipient of this award is Damien Judd on next weekend’s Malaysian tour. Damien’s currently launching a web application, XSIS Business Systems, which has committed to sponsor a candidate for the next tour.
Damien now tells us some more about Drift Photography Tours and owner, Mark Stennett below:
As a Club and team, the Swans are something remarkable. It’s only made that way by a series of remarkable individuals over a long period of time. I’ve been playing with the Swans for more than six years and when I reflect on all the awesome memories, it’s those faces I see and not the Swans logo.
Mark is one of these faces and deserves a spotlight, not because I want to feed his ego but because his other life at Drift Photography tours is pretty damn’ interesting. Knowing what he does could give you a chance to gain skills to see and share great parts of the world in a new light.
It’s a few years ago now but I still remember the first time I saw Mark at one of the Swans football games. I hadn’t even spoken to Mark or seen any of his photos. I took one look at his equipment, immediately turned to the guy next to me and told him to “give up now”. Old mate was a pretty good photographer but Mark was carrying two rigs with lenses I mistook for anti aircraft cannons. I could tell he knew how to use them.
Prior to this I remember coming back after games full of exhilaration waiting for the photos to show my mates. When they came out they usually consisted of the compulsory team/banner, pictures of footballs on the ground with no people, people on the ground with no footballs, goats, babies, close-ups of our sweaty faces and other images I couldn’t make out because they were taken with instamatics from a few hundred meters. Mark came along with a level of professionalism and, now, we can see faces and action as it happens, how we remember and even some things we didn’t. The photos even capture cool effects like the dust cloud particles as we hit the ground. Last match in Cambodia there is a photo of me being tackled in the face with one finger in me eye and the other in my mouth that I never knew about.
“I was freaking amazed when I had a look at the gallery on Drift Photography’s website. Some of those spots/faces I’ve gone past a hundred times and never looked at them in the way that is captured in those images”, Damien Judd.
Drift Photography do a combination of local discoveries in HCMC and epic trips like Everest Base Camp. You may think that you don’t need to pay a “Photographer” to jump onthe back of a motorbike taxi drive around some random spots in town to take a few snaps.
I personally am even worse. I don’t even own a camera and think my eyes give me all the photos I need. I’ve lived here long enough to see it all – and was freaking amazed when I had a look at the gallery on Drift Photography’s website. Some of those spots/faces I’ve gone past a hundred times and never looked at them in the way that is captured in those images.
By the way, Mark is a great bloke too and knows how to tell a story. I’m super keen to join him on the next Everest.
For further information, check out Drift Photography Tours Website
New Sponsorship opportunities.
Contact us and let us know what you want to give and what you need from the recipient. We will confirm with you which game and give you a list of applicants to choose from.
Better still, contact Mark Stennett and find out what value he believes his business received from Sponsor a Swan.
