They See Me Rolling…
Or should I say they see me hanging out the back of the car in front of them.
This weekend saw the last official Volkswagen Audi Club Norwegen show of the season. Held at Rudskogen Raceway we had a great time with both Show & Shine and two full days of track action.
I was asked to do some rolling shots at the end of Saturday, and seeing as how I do need the practice I jumped in the back of a Golf MkV Wagon and started shooting. Done in a hurry with 7 cars to shoot in less than an hour I did manage to catch a few good frames.
I’ve got some more pictures uploaded on flickr, so head on over there if you want to see some more :)
White Scirocco
Did a quick photoshoot with this beautiful Candywhite Scirocco tonight. With just a handful tastefully selected modifications this car now looks insane. The front looks so aggressive you just want to pull over and let it pass instantly when you look at in the rear view mirror like I did on our way to the location of the shoot. Now, I’ve seen this car on several occasions since it belongs to a friend of mine, but when we arrived I still had to take a minute to admire it.
Having finally sorted out some parts problems and fitted the huge Porsche Cayenne brakes behind those exquisite Porsche 997 19″ wheels the car has reached a new level and is by my standards Norway’s best looking Scirocco.
Check the pictures out in higher resolution on flickr and judge for yourself.
1955 Chevy 210
Had a nice Friday afternoon outside shooting this really good looking 1955 Chevy 210 with a client today. Had to move some concrete barricades to get to the location, so we were clearly trespassing (again). But security was cool about it when they found out and let us stay there and finish the shoot without having to rush.
Anyways, here are two of the pictures so far:
Also, the owner of the car was kind enough to supply me with a “behind the scenes” shot. I’m posting it here as I do get a lot of questions on the flashes I use. Three flashes was used in both shots above. The picture, where I graciously kneel and pray to the photography Gods to let me make the shot, is the setup used for the rear shot of the Chevy.
You might notice the blog plug on the pictures. I really do not want it there, but I’ve had a lot the images I’ve posted here and on flickr pop up all sort of places without my knowing.
Now, I don’t mind my pictures being hotlinked and ending up in a thread on a forum or two. But when they start popping up in advertisements and whatnot without my permission I suddenly mind. I’m glad people enjoy my images, but please, do not use them without my permission. And if you can’t be bothered with asking me, at least link back here when you post them elsewhere.
With the above in mind, I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but both images are available in higher resolution on flickr. Just a click away…
Holey Moley!
If there was one phrase that was repeated more often from the speaker on this years SCC than “Racers needed in the Line up” it must have been “Holey Moley” And Holey Moley, what an event!
After seeing only a small amount of racing before the rain rolled in and decided to ruin the day yesterday, the weather turned around and made today ideal for some great drag racing action.
With the 800+ bhp powered bug seeing a record breaking 9.01 quarter mile time today being the highlight other racers also got at it and made sure there was plenty of great burnouts, high wheelies, close races and generally a great day at the strip.
Unfortunately this notch is here pictured seconds before slamming into the armco at 100+ mph and bursting into flames. Luckily the driver walked away without injury
Pictures can be viewed large on flickr as always :)
A5 Cabriolet again
Another shot from “The perfect photoshoot” last week. I like the sepia-feel I’ve given it, but I’m afraid I’ll have to stop using it before i go overboard and apply it to every photo I process..
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Being shot at the end of a long shoot without much thought to it didn’t think much of this photo at first. I didn’t even it in what I sent the client for proofing, but some post processing and a crop did it’s thing and I think it’s my favorite from the A5 shoot.
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View the picture larger on flickr by clicking it and choosing “all sizes”
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The client, a norwegian online financial news-paper has also put their article out and included six of my photos. I’m afraid it’s in norwegian, but you can read view it here.
Trespassing
Had an impromptu photoshoot with a client today. Between dodging rain showers and trespassing on army territory we got several decent shots. Just wanted to show you a little teaser from it.
More pictures and details to come when the article is out :)
Vintage Volkswagen Buses
I’ve just gotta share these with you. The pictures are from Bugrun at Mantorp Park in June and think I never shared them here.
I kinda excited about them as the PP was minimal. I found some great Photoshop actions over at Totally Rad Actions that worked like a charm and suited these pictures really well. Check the actions out, some are free, some are available for purchase.
Also, check out Nick Grant who has put the actions to great use and directed me to the Totally Rad Actions webpage :)
The perfect photoshoot ?
Today was the day everything was going to go down well. The shoot I did with the Audi A5 Cabriolet today was scheduled booked in in good time, the weather forecast had been consistent in showing a slight overcast with the sun promising to peek out from behind the clouds. I had scouted the location way ahead of time and checked all my gear before I went to bed last night. I had even sketched some of the frames I wanted on paper including lighting diagrammes. What could go wrong? Nothing, right?
Well for starters, (and I know I should have learned by now) the weather forecast can’t be trusted. Sure enough, the slight overcast had transformed into rain and the sun was nowhere to be seen. Fortunately the location was an abandoned parking garage so I decided to go ahead with the shoot seeing as we could stay inside. I told the client to stop by the car wash adjacent to the parking garage and packed some microfiber cloths and some detailing supplies before I headed out there.
I arrived on scene ahead of schedule and started setting up my lighting gear only to find out I had forgotten the batteries for my main camera… A bit bummed out about that, but really happy I had brought a backup camera I decided that the old 400D would have to do. Apart from this the shoot went down pretty good, and when I opened up the pictures on the computer some 4 hours later I was delighted to see that the 400D indeed had performed well. Seeing as how the shot below is one of the outtakes from the shoot you might agree ;)
Strobist information can, for those interested, be found on flickr by clicking the picture. You’ll also find a larger version of it there :)
A friend stopped by with his Mk3 Golf when I was shooting the A5 and I couldn’t resist snapping this shot when we walked down from the above parking level where we had wrapped up the A5 shoot. I think it really shows of the cars insanely good looking stance with it’s FK Coilovers and Porsche D90′s. 7 and 9 inces wide front and rear respectively.
Some flash work was involved, details of which can be viewed by clicking the picture and accessing it on flickr. Wallpaper sized version is also avalible there for those die-hard Mk3 fans out there.
Aftermath – Audunbakken 2009
Don’t worry about the title, I just didn’t want to use the same one as last time I wrote about the Audunbakken Festival. I just wanted to let you know that the pictures are now out on their website www.audunbakken.com. You’ll find the pictures taken by me and Michaela Klouda are avalible under the “Media” section. Access them through the link called “Bilde” on www.audunbakken.com or click the pictures below to go straight to my albums there.
Clicking the picture above will bring you to my concert photos while clicking the one below will take you to the pictures of all the people there and the Performance Art Act.
What I feel is worth mentioning is the fact that almost all pictures are Straight out of Camera. Little or none post processing was used :)
Audunbakken 2009
The Adunbakken festival, held each summer since 2003 in Odalen, Norway is described as Norways most charming festival. Arranged by a group of friends people from near and far flock together at the festival grounds held in a quarry far from glamourus, decorated by old bedsheets and homemade posters an generally have a blast.
Paul Stanley once said that the great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band, which really sums last night at the Audunbakken festival. Although the main attraction “Backstreet Girls” might have drawn the biggest crowd, several of the lesser known bands like “Izakaia Heartbeat”, “Graceland Mayhem” and “Anton Rud & the wrong way” home put on an equally great performance.
I was there enjoying myself and taking pictures for the festival management so I’ll be sending most of them over to be published at their website, but here are some teasers for ya ;)
