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University Ave/Porkys

2008-08-28T00:14:00.019-05:00

(2008) University Ave/Porkys:: Right after Car Craft ended my friend Justin and I went down to Porkys and walked up and down Uni ave. We stuck around until it got dark and the police started coming out and blocking off the road. Not too much mischief occurred this year, but a lot of nice cars were out. We saw lots of cars in person for the first time like the GTR and Challenger which was nice.

Location: Minneapolis, MN

2008 Car Craft Summer Nationals

2008-08-27T23:22:00.009-05:00

(2008) Car Craft 2008:: Good show this year at Car Craft. I was very glad it didn't rain. This year the burnout contest was actually very entertaining. A few years back only some s-10s could light em up well.

Location: Minnesota State Fairgrounds

Automotion

2008-05-26T17:44:00.008-05:00

(2008) Automotion:: Last weekend me and Justin went to Automotion for the first time. I have got to say it was a blast. There was such a wide variety in the types of cars that showed up not just for the show. The cutoff date was 1989 however most of the cars I saw cruising down the strips were 90+. I hope to stay the night next year and hopefully witness some mayhem at night that I heard about in the past.

Location: Wisconsin Dells, WI

IROC + 3800

2008-04-06T20:03:00.009-05:00

(2008) First Spring Photoshoot:: Im a bit rusty since I havent taken any photos in a long while I do however really like the lighting in these photos. While crusing around since it was warm here finally on Friday my friend Justin and I saw a large store off to the side of the road. It had stopped raining a bit before and we deicded to get some photos of our cars.

Location: Maplewood, MN

Twin Cities Autoshow 2008

2008-03-22T20:29:00.011-05:00

(2008) Favorite Cars 2008 TC Auto Show:: Here are some photos I took of my favorite cars I saw this year at the annual Twin Cities Auto Show held at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Cars include:
Audi R8
Dodge Viper
Chevy Camaro
Shebly GT500KR
Nissan GTR
Mitsubishi Evo X
Dodge Challenger

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Camaros, Camaros Everywhere!!!

2008-03-21T11:24:00.010-05:00

(2005-2006) Various Camaro Photos:: Various photos taken of my friend Justin's 1997 3800 and my 1989 Iroc-Z.

Hurray for Photoshop!

2008-02-16T16:03:00.018-06:00

(2006) Car Photo Manipulations:: Here are a few of my older car photo manipulations.

This was created for a contest to redesign the Dodge Charger Superbee Concept which in my option is ugly as hell. I removed the rear doors and made it relate to the older Superbee model by extending the rear decal across he rear panel. Also the rims, grill, ground effects, paint.. ect were changed.

While driving around back home in La Crosse, WI I came across this E36 BMW M3 behind a car dealership so I stopped by and took a few pictures. I wasn’t satisfied with any of the pictures I took, however I liked the angle of one of them so I decided to photoshop it into a composition I liked.

Here is a Mustang I took a photo of while driving by it. I felt the new Mustang looked a tad bit boring so I photoshoped some extras onit aswell as a new paint color. I think I was inspirped to modify it due to watching Chip Foose's Overhailin at that time. I added an side skirts off of a Lotus Esprit. ZR1 rims of a Corvette and a NSX rear bumper.

Faces

2008-02-16T14:25:00.010-06:00

(2006) Faces:: This was a joint project series of photos I took for a project dealing with the theme of faces. Pete Iverson and I wondered around a junk yard taking photos of the vehicles as though they were humans. I feel the emotions of the cars as well as their personalities are visible even in their dismantled form. I enjoyed in the junk yard finding vehicles people had personalized themselves from paint to other forms of decoration.

Pete's website: Pete Iverson
Original printed size: 13 x 19 in
Location: Savage, MN

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Nick's 2005 Infiniti G35

2008-02-16T05:02:00.006-06:00

(2006) Nick's Infinity G35:: My friend from high school Nick just had gotten his G35 so I wanted to see it so we decided to go to a movie to meet up so I could check it out. After the movie got out Nick and I went on a spirited joyride around the city. I randomly had my camera and a tripod in my car so I took a few shots of it in the crap lighting.

Location: Onalaska, WI

Camaro Superfest 2007: Meet Up

2008-02-16T04:28:00.014-06:00

(2007) Camaro Superfest- Meetup:: After the show the members of ProjectCamaro.com all met up and went to eat some food at Chilis which has become a tradition for the years now. We drove fast this random broken down area with no cars and thought it may be a good location to take some quick photos. It was quite funny though one of the member’s husband took out his d gun showing it off to the owner of the site in that shitty neighborhood at night while cars drove past. I of course went over to my car and tried not to look as conspicuous as the others standing around waving the gun around.

The photos still turned out pretty crappy, however they turned out much better than 2006’s photos taken in a park ha.

Location: Ypsilanti, MI

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Camaro Superfest 2007: Show Snapshots

2008-02-15T20:54:00.016-06:00

(2007) Camaro Superfest- Show Snapshots:: Ah yes another year of Camaro Superfest. Thisyear I actully was able to bring my own car which made it more fun and sortive suck at the same time. We met up with other members of ProjectCamaro.com and set forth to Michigan. It was a really fun three days of fastcars, and sitting around talking about nothing and getting to know some of the members on the forum in person.

Most photos were just snapshots I took to look back on later. Hopefully I can go this summer again and possibly get some acctual photoshoots with some of the members or other people in the area.

Location: Ypsilanti, MI

AHHHH red camaros everywhere

Red,White, and blue?

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Justin's 1997 Camaro: School

2008-02-15T20:36:00.012-06:00

(2006) Justin's 1997 Camaro:: A church/school near a carwash he came across after Justin had got done cleaning his car for Porkys later that night.

Location: Maplewood, MN

Justin's 1997 Camaro

2008-02-15T20:24:00.012-06:00

(2006) Justin's 1997 Camaro:: While driving Justin and I saw this old warehouse and decided to take some photos of his car in front of it.

Location: Woodbury, MN

Josh's Chevy S-10

2008-02-15T20:11:00.012-06:00

(2006) Josh's Truck:: One afternoon last fall my friend Josh was in Minneapolis. We drove by this one area and I thought the repetition of the stairwells would work great for some photos.

Location: Woodbury, MN

Porkys Spring 2006

2008-02-15T18:21:00.024-06:00

(2006) Porkys 2006:: Spring 2006 is when I set off to document the car scene at Porkys Restaurant on University Avenue St Paul, Minnesota. I had been coming here for years with friends on weekends to watch the spectacle which is fast cars, interesting people, and standing around bullshitting with people. For this project I wanted to focus on the people as well as the cars. In the photos I tried to capture the feel of the place though the lighting using its retro feel for much of the photographs.

Location: St Paul, MN