Photoshoots: RX7, BMW 645i, MR2, Scania, Mini, Léon Cupra R
 

Last sunday I went to a combined photo-/car-meeting from a Dutch board. The photo-opportunities weren't that great, but well, I did my best. Also, as I almost didn't take any action-shots, I finally got a chance to sharpen up my static-skills. 8)


Interestingly, I shot these pics out of the boot of a Alpina B10 3.2 running on autogas. :) The car in fact is a 6-series with the turbo-engine out of a 745i, from 1981. It's got a 3-speed-autobox and is waiting for the intercooler to be installed. Right now it's got about 260hp.
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At the place where we met up at the end, it was quite crowded and boring to take pictures. So I asked some of the owners to park apart for me to have a go. I decided to have a first go at using flashes:
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Second car was this MR2 turbo:
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One guy took this truck to the meeting, quite an impressive sight next to all the tuned cars:
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Also had a go at this Mini Cooper Chili, that I had to ride 90km in to and from the meeting. Quite cramped with my 6'5" in the backseat, but hey, it got me there. :)
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Last up before we left was this Seat Léon Cupra R. As I was shooting, I asked the owner about the power-figures. Turned out it had a GT28RS-turbo and was pushing 350hp and 450Nm. Needless to say I asked for a ride in it, and damn, it's fast!
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Great stuff.. I really like how you posistioned the flash in the MR2 shots.. almost as if there was a beam of sun shooting down from a hole through the clouds.

photoshop RAW and layer masks ;)

nice photos martijn :)

Great pictures thanks Martijn! Luv the Red RX7 8)

Great pics Martijn, what flash do you use? I know it's a boring place to take photo's, I spend 2 years in those buildings :wink:

Nice shots Martijn, as always :wink:

Anyways, this shot is very bmw-ad-esque. I like it!

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Re: Photoshoots: RX7, BMW 645i, MR2, Scania, Mini, Léon Cupr
 

AWESOME!!!! :good:

I love the cab forward European semi-trucks, any more pictures of it?

btw, the photography is really cool.

Bloody hell you master flashes! The effect is the same of a spot light! Really impressive!

Thanks for the comments guys, I've been using flashes for a while, but this was the first time using them with cars.

Nope, not for the spotlight-effect. Used a Nikon SB25 and a SB26 with radiotriggers for that. Looks like this when in use (+ bonuspic of the Alpina camera-car):
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Nope, like I said, locations sucked. :( Next meeting will be in spring.

Thanks for posting the "how to" pics of the flashes!

I definitely need to start playing around with flash more often.. I don't like using it because the only flashes I've worked with are the shitty onboard ones.

Great photographs, great use of flash!

Cheers, Rob.

That's why I bought a camera without flash this time. 8)

I didn't even notice the 5D doesnt come with a flash.. makes sense. You "professionals" no better to not even bother with that stuff :P

That's why I got 4 external flashes. ;) (well, 5 if you count the ST-E2).