Did I say 'Back in a couple of weeks'? Riiight, sure. Seems the older I get the quicker life seems to fly by. There's lots happening all over the place and summer is almost half gone. The shooting season is well underway and I have been busy with a few other assignments as well. Lots to catch up on but first I'll start where I left off in June and tell you Hemi Nightmare had an awesome debut at the Southey Mopar Meet in Southey SK. Lots of activity in the Bert shop the week before the Fathers Day weekend making sure every little detail was attended to. I was there Saturday when the car rolled out of the trailer into the publ
ic eye for the very first time. The car looked simply amazing and attracted more attention than expected. I wasn't surprised, you hafta see this in person. The attention to all the details is pretty intense, but then again if you know the guys that were involved in this project you wouldn't be surprised. There are really 
only three awards handed out at Southey, all chosen by the participants, Best in Show, Participants Choice and Top Ten, of which Best in Show and Participants Choice are included. The remaining 8 spots of the top ten are basically the same, and there is no ranking designated. Hemi Nightmare placed in the top ten, which isn't surprising. I think Ray was very proud!
I have also been busy with my work at S.I.R. or Saskatchewan International Raceway with 5 of 9 races completed this season. I added a 'pit bike' to my equipment list this year. Not that walking wasn't go
od for me, but when you have a number of acres of real estate to traverse in a weekend of picture taking, it's good to be able to get from one end to the other quicker than slower. It's also opened up a lot of other potential photographic opportunities and can get me in and out of the pits or to and from the top end and even from the concession quickly. Here's a shot of the NITROIMAGE pit spot taken early Sunday morning at the last event. NITRO-scooter is a 2006 Yamaha BWS, and is street legal so I can even use it around home. (don't laugh, I have) You might even notice the new NITRO banner in the background which is a beautiful larger than life rendition of my business card thanks to the boys at Intelligent Design Inc in Regina. It turned out so well, that I'm now pondering the idea about getting my trailer 'wrapped' Should I do it? What do YOU think?
I have been a fan of the amazing cut-away illustration artist David Kimble for more than 30 years. If you have never seen his work, click on his name in the previous sentence to learn all about him. I 
have a number of his prints and they are simply incredible. I have had an idea for a photo shoot largely inspired by Kimble's illustrations for a very long time and was 
able to attempt it at the last S.I.R. event. I enlisted the beautiful 1963 Corvette of Gord and Tanya Spak (and their help of course) and spent a few minutes before racing started to get the frames I needed to work with later in post (Post Processing is a term for all the processing work that is done to an image file before printing or displaying on the web) Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to move the car to a better vantage point (we just placed the car in an open pit spot behind their trailer) Studying the photo I wish I would have taken the door off too, and then had Gord suit up and sit inside, but hey, th
ere's always next time. I'm going to have one of these prints mounted for display on my boards so if you are an S.I.R. regular, stop by and see it next time, it's pretty cool. And if you have a race car that has some removable panels, I can shoot one of these for you too, just let me know.
Next assignment, Kambusters Main Event, July 18/19 weekend in Yorkton, SK. Wait a minute, that's today, gotta run, till next time...
PS - Check out my friend Paul Grant's article in Drag Racing Online. Nice work Paul!
Where did the month of May go?? Well according to this blog it never came and is now gone forever. Holy smokes! I'll be honest, I gained another year in May and subsequently thought that if I didn't say anything about May 2009, I can pretend it never happened. The reality though is that there has been a lot going on that has been keeping me from posting entries here, but I'm gonna make a better effort to get over here more often. It's one of those things though that is sorta at the bottom of the priority list. You know, you have a list of things that get attended to in a certain priority and this is one of the things on my list that is near the bottom or under the category "Time Permitting". Now that the racing season is in full swing, and the house renovations are under control (for the time being) I may have a little extra time, or not, to come on over and let you know what's new. So, having said that, lets get this going...
FLEETWOOD MAC- A Musical Feast
Cheryl and I along with some close friends had a chance to take in the Fleetwood Mac concert in Saskatoon last Friday night and first and foremost, I will tell you that it was one of the best stadium concerts I have seen in a long time (We're gonna catch AC-DC this summer in Regina so I'll let you know how that compares). It was my first concert experience at the Credit Union Center in Saskatoon too. Sure, I have been a 'Mac fan since the release of their Rumors album in 1977 (who wasn't after that album soared to the top of the charts, I was 14) but probably more a fan of Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham's solo careers more as I have waay more Nicks and Buckingham albums than Mac albums. So to get to see both of them under the 'Mac banner was a real treat. I'm sure there are a ton of reviews all over the place but I will say that Stevies sultry voice is as good as always and even if she's 61 years old she still caries hereself with grace and looks great too. What can you say about Buckingham's ability to pick the guitar strings? I'm no music expert but man can he play a mean guitar. Whew! The show was packed full of energy (Buckingham demonstrating that) and the sold out audience was ever appreciative. It was certainly one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences that has me looking for all my old 'Mac, Nicks and Buckingham albums.
HEMI NIGHTMARE
The countdown to the reveal has begun and in less than two weeks, this more than
two year project will debut on June 20th at the 2009 Southey Mopar Show,in Southey SK. There have been a number of people involved in this project but none more important than Felix Bert of Moose Jaw. Felix has been ultimately responsible for putting this entire car together and coordinated every other external expert that have contributed to this unique build. I have never been short of amazed watching him engineer and fabricate almost every detail of this project. The amazing stuff I'm talking about is the attention to detail that you don't see. For example, did you know that the trans tunnel had to be enlarged to accomodate the GearVendors overdrive unit? You would NEVER know it has or was not done like this from the factory. I could go on and on, but then you won't have the fun trying to determine if the details are factory produced or not. You can see Felix attending to some 
details in the sneak peak photo above. (IF you look very closely, you can see three scenes in the image, one of the car, one of the shop in the reflection of the paint and the other if you look real carefully, of one of the many '65 Coronet parts cars that contributed to this just outside the doorway, coool huh?). I asked him the other day if he could estimate the number of hours he has put into this project. He laughed, a lot. Let's say it's been over two years almost every day. I'm not sure what he's going to do once the car leaves his shop, but he says he has lots of catching up to do around the ranch. I'm sure! Even I had small part in this project as I was honored to be able to to design and build the showcard, thanks for the opportunity to be part of this amazing project Ray!
There's a few more things that I will add in the next few days, (probably more like weeks) but I promise to be back soon. I will add now that the rained out S.I.R. Season Opener in May is rescheduled to this upcoming weekend June 13/14. Check the official S.I.R. website for more details, I'll see you there!
Home Time - reminds me of that old television show on PBS 
hosted by Dean Johnson I used to enjoy. Home renovations can be fun and at times they can be downright nasty. If you have been following along, we are going through a number of upgrades at the homestead. Late last summer and into the early fall we had the complete exterior envelope upgraded with new windows, doors, soffit, fascia, insulation, and siding. We added a 2 story portico over the front entry supported by a pair of 30' columns, and I had designed an attractive pediment that has really set off the front of what was a pretty mundane albeit custom mid 60's 5 level split. (yep, 5 levels!).
So now Cheryl and I have been feverishly working on the interior the past number of weeks with hardly a day off, and I'm happy to say that this place is really starting to come together. O
h there's still more that needs to be done and the list is as long as a list can get, but we're knocking off items every day. Some planned and some not so planned. It's like you know you need to change something, but while you are preparing for the change, you just might as well do THIS other thing you didn't plan for because it makes sense while you have the OTHER thing torn apart! One of these 'extra's' was the restoration of the magnificent original fireplace. It was painted when we moved in, and I was cu
rious to see what was underneath the paint once we had the great room carpet removed in preparation for new flooring. So with a little paint stripper applied in a small obscure area, I uncovered the most beautiful grain of oak I have ever seen. Now oak is not my wood of choice, but we made a decision to uncover the original beauty by stripping off all the paint and then stain it a more modern darker color.
Hey it sounded easy! Exactly one week, three large containers of stripper, two brushes, a couple of pairs of jeans and lots of sweat, we had all the paint off this bad boy. Yeah, I would never do it again! But knowing what we started with, and what we have now makes it all worth while. The craftsmanship on this is amazing. We are anticipating a new gas insert in the fall and I'm going to find some attractive tile and/or granite to place on the surround and hearth.
I have the new flooring installed in all the rooms except one, and have taken delivery of 200' of 6.5" baseboards which of course all require at least two coats of paint. I have completed the installation of all the polished wire glass transoms on all the new main floor doors (you can see the ones above the foyer closet doors) and almost all the trim (casings, architraves, rosettes etc) are done. Whew!
Stay tuned, more updates to come!
I know it's April, and I guess I missed my March entries (where the heck does the time go??), but I didn't want to begin April without paying a small tribute to two very close friends of mine who both left the world last March. I still find it difficult to remember my time with each of them knowing that they are physically gone. Gone but certainly not forgotten.
Tom passed away on March 12, 2008, and was one of my closest friends for many years. He and his wife Evelyn lived only a few blocks from us when we were in Regina, and we all became very close in short time. I guess we had a lot in common. Sadly, Tom succumbed to lung cancer, he was only 59. Rest in peace my friend, I will not forget you.
I met Gerry about 10 years ago when the organization I worked for then retained Gerry's architectural firm for their design services. Gerry and I collaborated on many capital projects and we became quite good friends over the years. I will always value his wisdom and strength. Like my friend Tom, Gerry also succumbed to cancer. Gerry was 68 when he passed away on March 20, 2008.
Both of these amazing gentlemen had profound influences in my life, and I miss them both dearly. I know my tributes are very short, but it's all I can muster. I don't think I have completely accepted their too early departures :-(
Well for one thing, winter allows me some time to re-group before a busy spring, summer and fall. One of the things I like to re-fresh every year if I can, are my business cards and the winter is a good time to design a new version. Late in the season last year I ran out of my s
eries of cards that I have had for about 2 years now, and I designed and had a small run of new cards printed. They all disappeared quite quickly but got me through to the end of the season. I wasn't necessarily that happy with them and I knew I was going to work on a new design for this year. I really liked the old ones so I wrestled for some time to come up with something tha
t I thought was better. After a number of design attempts, my photo of Darren Bay's jet funny car shot at the Jet Car feature race at Saskatchewan International Raceway last June kept screaming at me... "dude, this photo rocks, run with it" So I did. The lab I work with also has some trick metallic paper that was just the ticket for the new cards too, I think they turned out pretty good. Make sure you ask me for one, or grab a couple from my stand at S.I.R.
Winter is also good for trying to find all your friends who are locked in their houses trying to stay warm. Yeah, like no one wants to come out of their house when it's -20c or colder it seems. Phone calls go something like this "hey, you out in the shop, I'll come over for a visit" "no, too cold" "ok, I'll just come over for a visit" "NO TOO COLD". Like, I'm not answering or opening the door till it's above -19c. Yup, gotta love winter. I did however manage a couple of shop visits and snagged a few photos to boot.
For example, project HEMI NIGHTMAR
E is progressing quite nicely. Almost all of the component assemblies are now either restored or replaced with new parts and re-assembly of the car is just about to commence in the next few weeks. I'll keep you updated as the car comes together, but in the meantime here's a shot of the dash. There are still a few small details to finish and install like a couple of knobs and the ashtray, but overall it's ready to go back in the car.
Another project that will make some noise in 2009 is my good friend Billy Mouldings brand new NHRA legal super stock/
GT Pontiac Sunfire. Billy hasn't been down a dragstrip for the past 2 seasons as he's been feverishly working on the new
car. I can tell you that the engine has been fired, and all the little details are coming together. Bill was kind enough to allow me to spend a little time with the car recently and I got a few shots. Once spring shows up, I'll do a full photo shoot of the car, until then, here's a couple of teasers...
I have met a number of great folks in my travels photographing motorsports events all over the Pacific Northwest. One of those individuals who has become my friend is Paul Grant originally from the UK but now residing in the Vancouver area (he was surprised when I told him I have a good friend here by the name of Grant Paul, cool eh?). Paul's story is pretty darn amazing and I'll point you to his blog as he tells it a lot better than me regurgitating it here. Paul is also an accomplished photographer, who can captu
re the intracacies of an event in a way you probably have not seen too often. He may not know that he's been an inspiration for me as well. Studying other photographic styles is good for me too and Pauls work is definitely worth checking out! Make sure you click on over to his website, 330 Images and bookmark his blog.
Month 2, 2009. Three more of these and the NITROIMAGE shooting season officially kicks off. Still determining my schedule, but I can tell you that I will be in attendance at all the S.I.R. points races, and am planning on heading to Firebird Raceway at least once this season, if not twice. Would love to catch the NHRA National Open in the 'Hat too, as it's been a couple of years since I have been able to get over there. Every other event in between is tentative at this point, as I haven't committed to anything yet. I'll keep you posted!Month 1 -2009 was pretty busy beginning with a trip to Vancouver right 
after New Years. I get to spend a little time there every January on business. While we were there a few weeks ago, I had a chance to spend some time experiencing the Vancouver public transit system and I must admit I was pretty impressed. From the buses to the Skytrain and back again, it is pretty darn efficient. That be
ing said, it certainly needs to be that way because of all the people that depend on it. In general, I like to visit Vancouver, but it's just a little too crowded for me. Give me the wide open prairie any day. Of course you know I had to snap a couple of downtown pics from my hotel balcony...
I also completed a special project... ok, I know, you can hush the applause. Most would know that I have had the privilige to compile the S.I.R. Photo Archives hosted over at www.nitroimage.ca. For the past 2 and half years, I have had one of the most impressive collections of slides in my posession, loaned to me from a fellow by the name of Jerry Lucky, who spent a lot o
f time at S.I.R. in it's early years. Jerry eventually became one of the announcers at S.I.R. in the mid to late1980's and contacted me so long ago wondering if I would be interested in his photos. As Jerry explained, he usually had some time to shoot photos between announcing, and he amassed quite a collection of slides and photographs. Needless to say, what arrived in my mail box was one of the most amazing collections of S.I.R. drag racing history we had ever seen, and with over 600 photos, it was quite the project to 
digitize and post to the web, every one of his awesome photographs. So awesome are they, that NHRA's Phil Burgess reported about the gallery and Jerry's photos in his on-line column, The Dragster Insider last year. I didn't expect it to take more than 2 years, but I finished scanning the final 80 or so photo's this past weekend. The S.I.R. Photo Archives has gotten more traffic over the years as more and more emphasis seems to be placed on drag racing history. I would like to thank those that have allowed me to share your collections and history of S.I.R. with the world.
It hasn't been all work around here though as we have had some time to put a few miles on the snowmobiles. Last weekend, a group of us made our way over to ride the river. As we snaked our way around the river bed, there were plenty of opportunities to blast up and over the snow covered emabankements or just watch the wildlife. Around one particular corner, I spotted what looked like a bunch of cars, seemingly just pushed over the edge from the fields above and sure enough it was. Who knows how lon
g they have been there, but there were three 1930's 2 door coupes in the pile!! One Plymouth, a Chevy and one I couldn't identify. Along with a few other 40's vintage cars and at least one from the 20's. Now how cool is that?
Oh yeah, and thanks to all of you for your comments on the 'best of' aka 'my fav's' post, I appreciate it!
Happy New Year and welcome to 2009! As I'm getting all my hard drive folders prepared for the new shooting year, I thought it might be fun to post up a few of my personal favorite images from 2008 and share a little bit about each one. They may not necessarily be my best but they are a sampling of my favorites ("best of" sounds better than "personal fav's") I amassed literally thousands of images in 2008 and I have way more favorites than I have room to post here, these ones just happened to jump out at me first. Enjoy!
If you know your way around NHRA's Division 6, then you will instantly recognize the official D6 Photographer, Rich Carlson above. I shot this candid portrait of my friend on a chilly Idaho morning during the season opening division race at Firebird Raceway in late April. Mr. Carlson has been documenting drag racing action along the west coast for almost as long as I have been alive, and there is no one else I know that can recall the history of the sport in the division like him. Normally Rich doesn't stand still long enough to sufficiently frame a good photo of him, but like a lot of my images, timing and luck sometimes coincide. For me, this image epitomizes what Rich has been doing for more than 40 years and it was one of those rare instances when the elements were aligned for a good photo.
I have gotten to know a number of cool people doing what I do over the years, and one of the nicest guys I have met has to be Andy Beauchemin from Edmonton, Alberta, above. See, Andy is a nitro Harley guy, and if you know anything about nitro Harleys, then you know most riders aren't really sane. They really can't be, with a ticking time-bomb between their legs, certain sanities cannot exist, if they did, then they wouldn't be nitro Harley guys, know what I mean? They'd be like you or me, but especially NOT nitro Harley guys. Andy has been gladly coming to S.I.R. for the past couple of years to show the folks of Saskatchewan what it takes to do what he does and I think I can say on behalf of the people, that we LOVE him for it. I shot this at about half track, notice the plumes of tire smoke, yep, tire smoke, meaning that back tire is spinning while the front wheel doesn't touch the asphalt surface much the entire 1/4 mile that the bike is under full acceleration. Insanity or skill, you be the judge, I just hope Andy keeps coming back!
Those that know me, also know that I love the stock and super stock eleminator classes. I also hate wheelie bars for my own selfish, self serving reasons, but enough about that. The image above isn't necessarily my 'best' but it does instill excitement for me and hence a favorite. You see, I cannot get enough of the wheelstanding antics of the race cars from the two classes I most enjoy and trying to nail the height of a wheelstand in one shot is as much fun for me as driving one these things is for the racer I'm sure. Larry Peterson's early B/SA Chevelle was definitely a contender for highest wheelie during the Ignitor at the famous Firebird Raceway in Boise Idaho as it defies all laws related to a ton and a half of automobile and gravity.
With the camera right on the track surface there's no way to frame an image like the one above. Oh sure, I could lay on the track to compose the image through the viewfinder, but that's just plain stupid (I've definitely been guilty of stupid before, just not that stupid). I have been doing this for a while with varying results and I have learned kinda where to position the camera for shot like this, but mostly it's a crap shoot. The car is Gord and Tanya Spak's beautiful 1963 Corvette and prior to 2008 the Spak's had only particpated as spectators at a drag race before (that's Tanya guiding Gord into the staging beams). It has always been Gord's dream to drive and in late 2007 he had his chance to pick up the Corvette above. It was neat watching the two of them learn how to run a race operation and see them get better and better after each event. The elements of this image are what do it for me, and for that, it's one of my favorites.
I'm a fan of low light and night photography because it adds so many creative options for a photographer. Combine that with my love of drag racing action, and you get something like the image above. Dwayne Treleaven has been a regular at S.I.R. for years and his alcohol altered is one of the most consistent and prettiest anywhere, and I have been around a few places. What I like about Dwayne and his altered is the way he performs his looooong rolling smoky burnouts, mix in a little darkness and you have a recipe for a favorite photo. This is acheived by slowing the shutter waaay down, sometimes known as 'dragging the shutter', really no kidding and of course panning with the subject. Usually I have a shoe mounted flash for an image like this, and I'll dial in rear sync flash, meaning that the flash will fire at the end of the shutter cycle. I just wish Dwayne and company would make a few more appearances during the season!
One of the ways to accentuate a wheelstand is by tilting the camera during capture. I have been accused of shooting crooked more times than not, and sometimes my style isn't to everyones liking (hey at least I'm not crooked). I'll admit sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Oh well, I try to mix it up a bit because I can get bored quicker than a 7 second alcohol funny car pass. Peter Freisen was really getting his Chevy II up in the air last year even with wheelie bars. I witnessed on more than one occasion when the rear tires were even unloading when the car was up on the bars, all I can say is ditch those damn things Peter... he he he. 
I never tire of wheelstands, wheelies, whatever... One of my all time favorite cars that I also never tire of shooting is Brad Chilliak's waaay coool '41 Willys. I have more in-the-air photo's of this purple monster than I know what to do with and even more than Brad is gonna ever buy, but I don't care. This one is different, that's probably why its a fav. Because I released the shutter during panning almost into the sun, in it's color form there's enough flare in this shot to blind a desert rat but converting it to black and white is where this image comes alive for me. Yeah the flare is still there, but it gives the image a gritty no-holds-barred kinda raw look, sorta what this drag racing thing is all about isn't it? I dig it!
I have been watching jet cars for almost 30 years and they still amaze me. Trying to capture their intensity has been testing my abilities for almost 10 years. Definitely NOT easy. If you expose for the afterburner show, you'll underexpose the subject, expose for the subject and you'll blow out the smoke and flames. In any case, you don't have a lot of time to get it right, as the afterburner pops are mere milliseconds long, and the camera's meter is usually rendered ineffective anyway. Try shooting the mayhem at dusk or at night and you might as well pack up your gear and call it a day. This year though I had a plan, and with a number of remotely fired flashes strategically placed, I wasn't gonna let all this action get away, no sir. What resulted was the image above, one capture, of Bill Hosford driving Darren Bays Warped Speed jet funny car just before rolling into the staging beams. Whew, this was adrenaline pumping and another reason I love my job so much.
There's something about an econo altered that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I think it's just the unique engine combination's that can be utilized in the class that make it so cool. For instance, you'll HEAR sounds in this class like you never heard before, like a small cube small block V8 spinning at 10,000 rpms is a sound like no other, or how about a 800hp 4 cyl. It's a class of inovations, and engineering that also defy certain laws of physics. Lonnie Kuenzli's beautiful A/EA altered is one such vehicle, and I captured the car heating the hides at Boise. I don't know all the intricasies of the class but it's one a really enjoy.
As much as I love the engineering of speed and horsepower, the reality is that it would not ever happen without people. A few years ago, I started to concentrate on looking for those moments that told the human side of the story. The photo above says a lot for me. Let me introduce you to S.I.R. track manager Shawn 'Skippy' Zezula. I have gotten to know him well during the years I have been photographing at S.I.R. 2008 provided a few additional challenges for Skippy on top of his usual duties. Early in the season while working at the track, Skippy lost the tip of a finger due to a blow from a blunt object. He was in a lot of pain for weeks after, but never once did he complain or let the discomfort interfere with his duties. Others would have been off work for weeks or even longer. (hey, they make some great pain killers these days) Jet car owner, racer and Skippy's good friend Chuck Haynes called him 'Tippy' and the show went on. Yeah, it's the people that make this sport and I'll continue to look for those moments that tell that story.
If you are a reqular reader of my blog, you've seen the image above before, still one of my favorites of 2008. Who says you need $10,000 in camera equipment to make a good image? (ok, so it helps) Last year I snowmobiled with an old (by today's standards), Panasonic DMC-FZ20 digital point-n-shoot camera stuffed in a backpack. The Pana has been my trusty travel/vacation camera for the past number of years, it's compact, light, makes great images for a point-n-shoot and has an awesome optical zoom range (36-432mm) and a real Leica lens. It does have its limitiations too, but over all a great camera for your usual snaps. During a rest stop on a ride in early January, a freind of mine's son was climbing a small ridge and blasting through drift's at the top. The FZ20 has a manual setting so I dialed in 1/500 of a sec shutter and a corresponding aperature and let 'er rip. You have to anticipate the action with a point-n-shoot because there's such a lag between pressing the shutter release button and the time the shutter is activated, but with a little practice you can surprise yourself as I was. The camera captured a decent image and made some great 8"x10" prints for my friends family, oh, and it was published in an issue of Snoriders magazine last winter too, cool!
There you have it, just a few of my fav's of 2008. If I come across any more, I'll add them here, but for now, I'm gettin' ready for 2009, and looking forward to spending some quality time at a noisy dusty race track near you soon!
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ic eye for the very first time. The car looked simply amazing and attracted more attention than expected. I wasn't surprised, you hafta see this in person. The attention to all the details is pretty intense, but then again if you know the guys that were involved in this project you wouldn't be surprised. There are really 
only three awards handed out at Southey, all chosen by the participants, Best in Show, Participants Choice and Top Ten, of which Best in Show and Participants Choice are included. The remaining 8 spots of the top ten are basically the same, and there is no ranking designated. Hemi Nightmare placed in the top ten, which isn't surprising. I think Ray was very proud!
od for me, but when you have a number of acres of real estate to traverse in a weekend of picture taking, it's good to be able to get from one end to the other quicker than slower. It's also opened up a lot of other potential photographic opportunities and can get me in and out of the pits or to and from the top end and even from the concession quickly. Here's a shot of the NITROIMAGE pit spot taken early Sunday morning at the last event. NITRO-scooter is a 2006 Yamaha BWS, and is street legal so I can even use it around home. (don't laugh, I have) You might even notice the new NITRO banner in the background which is a beautiful larger than life rendition of my business card thanks to the boys at Intelligent Design Inc in Regina. It turned out so well, that I'm now pondering the idea about getting my trailer 'wrapped' Should I do it? What do YOU think?
have a number of his prints and they are simply incredible. I have had an idea for a photo shoot largely inspired by Kimble's illustrations for a very long time and was 
able to attempt it at the last S.I.R. event. I enlisted the beautiful 1963 Corvette of Gord and Tanya Spak (and their help of course) and spent a few minutes before racing started to get the frames I needed to work with later in post (Post Processing is a term for all the processing work that is done to an image file before printing or displaying on the web) Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to move the car to a better vantage point (we just placed the car in an open pit spot behind their trailer) Studying the photo I wish I would have taken the door off too, and then had Gord suit up and sit inside, but hey, th
ere's always next time. I'm going to have one of these prints mounted for display on my boards so if you are an S.I.R. regular, stop by and see it next time, it's pretty cool. And if you have a race car that has some removable panels, I can shoot one of these for you too, just let me know.
