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New Marangoni Video

Simon — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:28:31 +0000

The fine chaps at Marangoni have been on a press tour with their stunning Range Rover Evoque HFI-R of late and I was able to get some time with it (and Bianca & Cassie) as it stopped off at Autosport International.

Bianca and Cassie with the Marangoni Range Rover Evoque HFI-R

Here’s their finished video, with the Autosport chapter, featuring some of my images, beggining at around 2 minutes 30 seconds. I’m in there in person too – bonus points if you can spot me

Kudos to Chris and Joe at Flipify Media for some great work!

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JDM Drift Allstars Final 2011

Simon — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:16:32 +0000

Another weekend and another opportunity to shoot cars going sideways at high speed! This time it was the final of the JDM Allstars series at Wembley stadium. Here are the resulting images, some of wish you can find in MyMod magazine and hanging on the garage walls of a couple of the teams.

And for those that want to know about the sport of driftins, there’s a nice little introduction in this video by the Togethia team.

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Rallying in the Rain

Simon — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:30:19 +0000

Last month, I spent a weekend getting up close and personal with some classic rally cars as they hooned around a wet and muddy Stoneleigh Park.

It was all relatively low speed stuff on a tight tarmac circuit full of 90 degree turns but Race Retro is a great opportunity to get close to the action.

This selection was shot in a mix of manual and shutter priority mode

The weather was appalling, but it didn’t dampen anyone spirits and everyone know rally cars look better in the rain!

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010

Simon — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:29:04 +0000

If you have even a passing interest in cars or motorsport you can’t help but love the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Every July, Lord March opens his grounds to tens of thousands of petrolheads. All the major car manufacturers build what can only be described as huge showrooms and the top F1 teams roll up in their trailers.

An event not to be missed by any respecting car nut!

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Italy comes to Bristol

Simon — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:52:19 +0000

Every April, hoards of Italian cars and bikes descend on Bristol’s Old city, centred around Corn Street. You’ll find everything from Fiat to Ferrari and Moto Guzzi to Aprilia.

This year I decided to try something a little different. Instead of using just the available light and adding a wink of fill with an on-camera ETTL flash, I got the light a bit higher. A lot higher in fact – about 10 feet up at the end of a monopod positioned by Helen, my able assistant for the day.

It was too sunny for Canon’s own infra red system and I don’t have a set of radio ETTL triggers like the latest Pocket Wizards or Radio Poppers so I stuck to manual and a simple RF-602 trigger.

Half power on one of my old Nikon SB-28′s was the sweet spot with the camera set at its max sync speed of 1/200th and the aperture ranging between f5.6 and f9 depending on whether the subject was in or out of the shade. The flash was also physically moved closer or further out to match the aperture (closer as the aperture was stopped down) to save adjusting it between shots.

Here are the results:

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