Rod asked me if I would like to write a ‘Guest Blog’ on Speedhunters, which is now live on the site! Carlos “Panda” Richard and Cody “Coco” Wellons helped me immensely with the photography for the feature. We shot the car inside the walls of Oakland Cemetary, which is as visually stunning as it is historically significant.Big thanks to Carlos and Cody for the snaps, and to Rod for the opportunity!
Drew sent me these funny snaps from the pits at Road Atlanta. I think Ross has some overcranked video of this as well.
Scary.
A project that I’ve been wrenching on for a minute has finally gone live!!! I’m working with some great people on this project, and I am really excited about it. We have some really big plans for this site.Take a look, subscribe, and comment it up!rnwww.motormavens.com
If you were to search the pages of any dictionary, you would find that a maven is a connoisseur – a person who has specialized knowledge or expertise dealing with a particular topic.Though this definition is true, there is much more to being a maven than simply gaining knowledge or experience. True mavens are created by their passion for the subject; after all, relentless passion is the driving force behind the mastery of any subject or skill.That passion is what drove us to create this site and we look forward to all of the specialized knowledge and experience that you, our fellow Motor Mavens, bring to the table. Email us at (motormavens(at)gmail.com) with any suggestions, contributions or special insights you may have.
I designed this poster going for more of a SWAT feel than last years poster design. The photo I had to work with was cluttered with noise from low-light shooting, so it took a lot of retouching to make it look decent. I can definitely see this as a movie cover on the shelf at Blockbuster.
Unfortunately… this poster design fell victim to the chopping block, and got veto’d for print.
Details about the SICKEST drift event to ever ignite Southern soil very soon.
Stay tuned…
A teaser shot from this weekend’s “Drivers Only 2” event hosted by Southeast Drift at Turner Field. My good friend Brady Stribling snapped this photo about 10 seconds before they wore through the belts and exploded.
More about this event soon…
An amazing desktop snapped by Shawn Watson. At first… nobody noticed my e46 buried within the smoke billowing from Tyler Clayton’s super-stretched tyres. I can assure you… the view from my car was about as revealing. I could only see the very front corner of his turn signal. The rest was like driving behind a coal-burning freight train.Big thanks again to Shawn for the KILLER photo.
Southeast Drift‘s Drivers Only event turned out to be insane. I totally destroyed 10 tyres at the event… and with several DriftMechaniks in attendance… the tandem was killer. The atmosphere was super-laid back without spectators, and limited run-groups. It made for a nice change of pace from normal drift events.Shawn Watson came out to the event, and snapped some awesome shots. He wanted to try and emphasize more movement in the photos, so he did a lot of panning. The pictures turned out different from most drift event photos, in an amazing way. I think the overcast day helped to add a cool feel to his photos.
Here are a few he shot of the e46 in action. To check the full roster of snaps, check the gallery page that Cody Wellons hosted for him.
I’ve got a killer desktop image that Shawn shot from the event that I will post up tomorrow… so keep an eye out.
I came across these cool press kits I designed and had printed for SEMA back in 2006. We were looking for some company backing to help offset the cost of the documentary. I threw these press kits together extremely fast to make it back from the press in time for Vegas. Two years have passed since then, and now that I’m looking back on these… I think they turned out to be a slick piece of collateral.
The press kit starts out with a brief synopsis of what the project was about, and what our goal behind it was.
It talked about media partnerships, and what we had to offer as a marketing platform.
It overviewed unique impressions through all media outlets, and discussed partnership options for sponsorship.
Lastly, a DVD of the 1st teaser trailer was attached to the back inside cover via a cool gel disc holder.
Off all the prospective partnerships… the only one to step up and show faith in what we were doing was Exedy Racing Clutch. Most of the other companies were either turned off because of the street-drifting in the documentary, or fell under the “all talk, no action” clause that seems to plague the industry.
Regardless, these press kits are very cool, and will be something I will cherish forever. To me, these still mark the beginnings of this project… and are a small part of a larger picture of what this project later became.
What can I say. The third and final installment if Southeast Drift‘s Triple Threat series was an amazing finale. I had a feeling going into this event that two things would happen: my camera would fall off a car, and someone would wreck. Both wound up happening (to me)… but such is inevitable. The advanced-tandem sessions were getting closer with every run. Everyone has stepped their game up. It’s amazing to see that Atlanta still kills it… through thick and thin.
Photo Destruction: BradyStribling.com
Multi-car madness.
This is what it’s all about.
KILL.
Photo Reps: BradyStribling.com.
I’m STILL recovering from this weekends final installment of the Southeast Drift’s Triple Threat series. These events keep getting sicker… and Atlanta keeps bringing it stronger. More on this event soon… I’m exhausted.
I stumbled across this cool old picture I snapped back in 2004. I shot this with my point-and-shoot mounted on my rear bumper. It would be nice to re-take this shot now with better wheel fitment… but regardless, this snap turned out rad.
The 2nd round of SouthEastDrift.com‘s Triple Threat series was one of the best yet. Multi-car tandems, door handle to door handle, just plain SICK. DriftMechaniks, without a doubt, held it down as Atlanta’s illest.
Panda snapped a cool shot as we were unloading our trucks at daybreak.
I will post more details about the madness soon.
In the meantime… check out the video here.
