Showing posts with label Mark Savage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mark Savage. Show all posts

Sunday, November 08, 2009

The 'Santa Clarita Swim Meet' was yesterday - More Photos Coming!





Here are some photos that celebrity photographer Mark Savage took. I am both very flattered and honored that he came out and took the time to photographed several swimmers at no charge at all, including Rob of Rob Aquatics.

In fact Rob has a detailed writeup of the meet here at his site: [Link]

To check out Mark's blog where he blogs about his celebrity work and the events he covers, it's located here. Oh, I did the swanky masthead graphic for it: Mark Savage's Hollywood and Events

The first photo is of me and my rear foot slipping off the blocks as I start the 50-meter free.

The second photograph illustrates what "Plastic Fantastic Shiny Suits" will do to your arms and legs when you are under water. Yes, you too can turn into a temporary "alien" with big, bubble, eyes and performance enhance musculature. Is that not scary?

The third one of the set illustrates how cool you become when wearing a "Plastic Fantastic Shiny Suit." Water dripping from your hand turns to ice or snow depending on the brand.

The last one is me hiding my face so nobody can see who is doing such a lousy, over-wrought, butterfly.

More to come later of Dan L, and Q-swim!

Sunday, August 02, 2009

New SCAQ Masthead for this week!

This is the new masthead for the week. The shot was taken by Corbis celebrity photographer, Mark Savage, and his non-swim related work can be viewed here: [Link]

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Mark Savage on Dara Torres remarkable success: "It's the suit, stupid!"

"... Mark Savage has left a new comment on your [blog] post: "Showdown in Westwood: 'blueseventy' versus the 'Jaked": ..."

Just some food for thought here - Erik Hochstein was 6% faster with the [Jaked] speed suit than he was without it. What if we generalized and applied this 6% difference to an historical swim?

In 1984, Dara Torres set a world-record in the 50 free with a 25.61. In 2008, wearing a speed suit, she set an American record in the 50 free with a 24.07. The difference in the two times? 6%

My take: Dara had a fortune and plenty of time on her hands to stay elite. Plus with new training methods, nutrition, and stretching, I think Mark posts a really good argument.

Mark Savage is a celebrity photography for Corbis living and working in L.A.. Here is a link to some of his work. [Link]