At the See
Just another quick post from Wörthersee to tell you guys we’re having a blast. Posting a couple of pictures and writing a few words here doesn’t really do this thing justice. But I’ll give it a try anyway… Just imagine everything you guys like, then put it all in a beautiful surroundings, multiply the amount of fun you think you can have by 10 and you’re close.
Shell Velden, probably the most “famous” meeting point here gathers thousand of people from early morning to late night and is just crazy. Words can’t even describe the feel you get when you pull into there long with insane cars from all over Europe.
We’ve also been to Schiefling a couple of times which is almost as crazy as the Shell in Velden. Modified cars litter the streets and parking lots there and everyone is just enjoying themselves.
Audi even stopped by the other day showing of 7 of their new A1′s, each on modified by the factory. Imagine that…
Yesterday we met up with the guys from www.klutchonline.com and shot some amazing Dutch cars. The Mk1 Cabrio is one of the cleanest one I’ve ever seen, And the Mk3 with the R32 swap was just insane. Check out www.klutchonline.com for more pictures soon.
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2010 Calendar
I’m sorry for most of this post beeing in Norwegian, but that’s how it needs to be. The guys behind Wolfsgruppe.com has launched a very exciting project, a 2010 calendar. The calendar is a completely new project in the veedub world. The goal is to get 12 of the world’s best vag photographers take 12 top quality photos of 12 of the world’s top class vags and publish them in a limited edition calendar.
So far several of the worlds greatest vdub photographers like Mike Kippen, Steven Campbel, Oliver Verheij and Kristopher Clewell to name e few is in on the project. Yours truly has also been invited to contribute and I need the help from fellow norwegian dubbers to find cars to shoot.
Så, som nevnt over er jeg invitert til å bidra til en eksklusiv kalender med utelukkende VAG-biler. Med tanke på at kalenderen skal være ferdig til årsskiftet er tiden knapp og jeg må finne noen strøkne Volkswagen eller Audier til kalenderen ganske kjapt. Sesongen her hjemme er jo mer eller mindre avsluttet og de fleste av de grommeste bilene havner snart i garasjer og verksteder for vinterlagring eller ytterligere oppgradering.
Så om du eier en bil av nevnte merker som skiller seg ut fra mengden i både utseende eller byggekvalitet, eller kjenner noen som har en, ikke nøl med å ta kontakt med meg for avtale om en foto-session. Budsjettet på dette prosjektet er lik null, inntektene fra kalenderen går kun til å dekke produksjonskostnadene så hverken vi fotografer eller bileierne får noe for “jobben”.
Hvorfor skal du som eier så stille opp? I tillegg til å få en internasjonal eksponering av din bil og sette Norge på kartet i Volkswagen- og Audiverden sørger jeg for at du får flere fete bider av bilen din i elektronisk format som du står fritt til å publisere etter at kalenderen er utgitt, du kan legge de i byggetråden din, på forum nasjonalt og internasjonalt eller bruke de til å skryte blant gutta. Jeg kan også skaffe gunstig prisede postere helt opp til 50X70 cm i bra kvalitet.
Om du mener din bil hører hjemme i en slik kalender vil jeg at du sender meg en mail (joachim@naess.net) med noen biler og/eller link til prosjekt/byggetråd på forum, så tar vi det derfra.
Published
Well, not on paper, but Hegnar Online and Finansavisen liked the pictures I shot with them and the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR last sunday and ran several of them in a pictorial article on their website yesterday. Check out the article by clicking the screen shot below.
Didn’t want to put this in the same post as the Tomatoes hence the short time between posts here.
Event Poster
I had some spare time yesterday and decided to work on a event poster for VW Audi Club Norwegen’s annual fall event. I’m not really into design like this and this is my first poster so to speak. The first thing that amazed me was how time consuming it is – I spent the better part of an hour preparing the pictures and then double that time arranging them, making the leaves, (the event takes place in the fall, so see what i did there :p ) and finally choosing the font.
Now, this is mostly a draft as I still have to get the admission price and opening hours in there but those aren’t decided on yet so this’ll do for a while.
Thanks to Thomas for advice on the font Color :)
Oh and yeah. If you are into Volkswagens or Audi, clear that august weekend for anything else and come have a blast at Rudskogen Motorpark.
Sneak Preview
Here’s a little sneak preview on a project I’m working on. A client saw one of my earlier pictures of a Jada Toys die-cast Volkswagen pickup and wanted something similar to frame and use for his sons bedroom. He supplied me with another Jada Toys 1/24 scale Volkswagen bus and told me to have a go at it. I’ve since then acquired yet another model and will be shooting the three of them separately for framing.
I set up the studio yesterday and brought out the models. Here’s one of the outtakes.
The color on the red bus is a bit off and I’m still not happy with the way it looks against the black backdrop. So I will be shooting it again tonight.
As always, clicking the picture will open my flickr photostream where the picture is available in high resolution
Looking mean…
But only playing…
Til tross for at det den siste uken har vært knallvær og kamera har vært med nesten uansett hvor jeg har vært så har det desverre vært dårlig med bra bilder.
Igår fikk jeg anledning til å ta bilder av en Rotweiler og Staffordshire Bullterrier i lek.
Forholdene var alt annet en ideelle der de lekte i snø og sola stod lavt. Jeg fikk noen bra, men desverre var det vanskelig å få begge hundene i fokus hele tiden. Dette hadde vært knallbra om Terrieren også hadde vært i fokus, men til tross for at den ikke er det så ble dette ett ok bilde
Årets bild – Sverige
Det er alltid inspirerende å se hva andre fotografer får til, og kanskje…