What It Takes To Be A F1 Photographer with Kym Illman

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Kym has now shot over 130 races for F1, across the globe. But he hasn't been doing it for his whole life, in fact he is relatively new to the world of F1. So what made him one of the best and most well known photographers in Formula 1, and what does it take to stay at the top of motorsport.

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00:00 Kym Illman Introduction
02:50 Ambition Instilled from a Young Age
04:15 Opportunities When Moving to Perth
07:15 Becoming the King of Ambush Marketing
08:20 Challenges with an Employee Member
10:49 Company Working Better Without Him
11:32 Nearly Dead from a Car Rally
13:10 Discovering His Passion for Photography in Africa
15:00 Getting His First F1 Gig
20:30 The Difficulty in Getting the Shot
25:25 Celebrities Everywhere in the Paddock
29:15 Techniques for Getting 'the Shot'
34:00 Celebrities in the F1 Paddock
40:16 Lance Baron’s Photography Influence
41:03 The Most Challenging F1 Races to Date
44:40 Learning from Photography Mistakes
47:20 What It Takes to Be an F1 Photographer

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I've been following Kym since he started his YouTube channel. Love his content and knew a little about his previous success outside of F1. Great to hear the full story. He's a real legend in my eyes. Hope to meet him in person one day at Albert Park perhaps.

wleng

As a newbie F1 fan, Kym is the best thing to happen to me
Love from SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦🏆🇿🇦

mthokozisimyende

Blew my mind to hear he started Messages on Hold, watch any game replay from the 90s here in Australia and you saw his logo! His M logo is imprinted in my mind! Was always behind the goals

mickey-doublev

Wow, quite insightful from Kym 9:23 When he talks about how he mentally dealt with the challenges of is first business. People of today would be sulking and blaming other people and playing victim. Really good mentality
He really deserves all the success he's earned 💯

fredkofi

I often try to spot Kym in pre/ post race F1 live coverage. The dude knows how to brand himself cause he always has a bucket hat on. Legend tbh

Cardioid

Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Thank you

sandraearley

Followed Kym, probably not far off from the start of his F1 photography career, in recent years I've found more and more out about him through just random curiosity and he's a really interesting dude. Great interview and the reason I've stumbled across your channel. Well played Olly 👍

robertmarshall

This guy is living my absolute dream shooting F1. I've been shooting automotive action for years but waiting and grinding for that break in! Awesome hearing all of this stuff from someone who has made their way in. Good work!

VisceralVisualsAuto

Lovely interview. Kym ever articulate and brilliant at what he does. Looking forward to more like this.

damianwhyte

Huge thx & appreciation for this excellent chat/interview with Kym Illman Olly, so much so that I’m now subscribed & keen to peruse your past & future content! 👌🏽 I’m a fairly new subscriber to Kym’s channel & as a casual but highly enthusiastic fan of all things Formula 1 (esp. in the last few yrs!), I 💯 lucked out as imo he undoubtedly has THE BEST ‘all ‘round’ F1 content out there, checking ALL the boxes & some! It’s sooo cool to learn more about this inspiring soul & his life’s journey! 🙌🏽
Cheers! 🏎️

dawnfaller

This is great! Been a fan of Kym since I started following f1 during the pandemic. Nice to get some insight into his background. Thanks for this!

solis

I shot F1 mainly in North America from 1983 thru 1994! Imola was my Last F1 race!!😓

rayninness

dope session. Love Mkhulu Kym. - lovely podcast. All they way from South Africa

ntokozolizwimkhize

It all comes from Kym's work ethic.

miltonbrownrigg

Great video Kym thanks for all the background, one thing I have picked up on is the story tell angle which I'm goin to use in my work.

chriswellstead