Mar
10
2010
Invasion Earth
Author: NickMet up with Malwina today for a quick shoot, a bit of retro Sci-Fi just for fun.
Feb
25
2010
Pinstripe Planet II
Author: NickReleased today is the much anticipated book Pinstripe Planet II from Korero Books. You’ll find some of my photos in the book, in particular the section on my friend Nefarious’ (Simon Pollock) awesome work. Included in the book is my own pinstriped barbecue that Simon did for me.
I also shot the Panel that was painted for the cover. That’s right, if your not familiar with pinstriping it’s all done by hand, no computer wizardry involved here. The cover panel was difficult to photograph due to the size of it and the reflective nature of the paint. We did a good job representing the bright colours from the camera and Yak from Korero has done a good job of cleaning up the photo in photoshop, of course the real artist is the ’striper. Can’t wait for my copy to arrive.
Feb
21
2010
Krispy Kreme Meet February 2010
Author: NickA few shots from a wet morning at the monthly Krispy Kreme meet. Great turnout considering the weather.
Feb
16
2010
Hopped Up Exhibition
Author: NickBack at the Hot Rod Hayride last year I met a chap called David Biene who had come over to the UK to promote his book Hopped Up. I picked up a copy and really enjoyed his B&W film shots of the European Hot Rod scene. David now has an exhibition in Camden at the Proud Gallery starting on 24th February 2010. More details on his blog here.
Feb
15
2010
Hot Rod Drags 2009 – NSRA Street Gasser
Author: Nick19th Septemeber 2009 and the sun shone over Shakespeare County Raceway for the 21st NSRA Hot Rod Drags. I was lucky enough to be trackside covering the event for the NSRA Magazine, Street Gasser. Gassers seem to be the cars of the hour and the centre spread is one of my shots, the Roaring Rat warming his tyres.
Check out all my shots in the flickr set here.
Feb
14
2010
Steve Withers’ 32 Ford
Author: NickAlong with the 55 Gassers in February edition of Custom Car was the feature I shot of Steve Withers 32 Ford. This was actually shot over two shoots one before and one after the Chevys. The reason for two shoot was I shot the car straight and Steve mentioned that he would have loved to have the car shot with a model, once again Knoxville Roxie stepped up for the shoot. The first shoot was shot round at Chertsey including some shots of the Garage where Paul Hobby and Steve work their skills on various early Fords. The second part was shot down at Steve’s work in Redhill, in the machine shop where he can turn a lump of billet into practically anything. These were shot with two off camera flashes fired by radio triggers.
See all the shots from the shoots in the flickr set here.
Feb
13
2010
Life’s a Gas
Author: NickBack in September I had a call from Mike Pye at Custom Car, “How do you like 55 Chevys?”. I have always liked Tri-Chevys and jumped at the chance to shoot one. “How do you like Gassers?” was his next question, I could think of a few 55 Gassers and my mind was racing as to which one it might be. “How would you like to shoot a whole group of 55 Gassers!”, well that was it, what a chance for a shoot. I was straight on the phone to Tim Bowman at the Gasser Cave, the only place in the UK that could orchestrate such an event and we arrange to shoot within a couple of weeks before the winter set in.
Before the shoot came around I started to plan how I wanted to shoot the cars. I put together some sketches for group shots and a check list for each car. I fired these over to Mike so he could see if these ideas matched his and we were set.
Before the shoot came around I had been contacted by a model called Knoxville Roxie about shooting with some old cars so it seemed an ideal opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and get her along to the shoot. 10th October rolled around and we set off into deepest Surrey for the Gasser Cave. Just when I was starting to wonder if my sat nav was loosing he plot, we caught sight of Kevin Irvine’s yellow 55 pulled over and checking his map. We let him pull out and followed him through the country lanes for the rest of the route. Nothing like following a Gasser along the road to brighten up your day. After a cup of tea or two we decided to shoot the group shots first so people could leave as their shots were done. All went well apart from breaking my trusty old steps that had seen better days so any high shots were out of the question.
Next it was time for Kevin’s solo shots. This yellow 55 was raced in the 60s in the US and had been sitting for while when Kevin found it and brought it to the UK.
Next we shot Lee Painter’s blue 55, this car was put together by Craig Hopkins before the LA Roadster show where Lee saw it and did the deal to get it back to the UK.
The final car to shoot was Tim (of the Gasser Cave) Bowman’s own shortened wheelbase 55. Tim put this together himself and it really is a sweet ride with a roaring 327.
While we were shooting all the cars Knoxville Roxie underwent many outfit changes so we could get some different shots with each and we also shot in the Gasser Cave where other Tri-Chevy’s were undergoing the magic treatment. Roxie also had a few cigarette breaks.
The shots were dispatched to Custom Car and the news came through that we had the cover, fantastic to see the cool 55s all lined up together. The article ran to another 7 pages inside the magazine.
See all the shots that were sent to Custom Car in the flickr set here.
Jan
31
2010
Brighton Tattoo Convention 2010
Author: NickHad a great day down at the Brighton Tattoo Convention today at Brighton Racecourse. First off all it was awesome to see my photos on display in the Art Show, which had a whole building of it’s own at the event.
I even got my name on the posters..
Massive thanks to Woody and Lisa Bolton who organised the event and the Art Show. Lisa had some of her own work on show which was fantastic…
Sharing gallery space with me on the upstairs floor was the Sugar Project, which is an art event involving awe inspiring tattoo artists and artists from all over the country and hopefully the world! They have hand painting 50 skulls to be auctioned on ebay with all proceeds going to the urgent appeal to prevent the Woking Hospice from closing. The first auction will start on March 22nd 2010 and the project will run for 5 days, 10 skulls being auctioned hourly each day.
I ran into some of the guys from Volkszone at the show, including Cherry who had a rather unusual tattoo to add to her collection.
It was a little like walking though a hospital surgery in the artists halls, listening to the needle guns firing as skin was pierced and art created.
Check out more in the flickr set here.
Jan
25
2010
This weekend (30th and 31st January 2010) will see a sneak peek of the new grantgb.com limited edition prints at the Brighton Tattoo Convention. The prints are signed, numbered 10″X15″ prints mounted in 16″X20″ ornate black frames. Limited to a run of 100 per photo. From the forthcoming book Lipstick and Dipsticks. The prints will be launched formally later this year but this is the first time they will be on show to the public and available for purchase.
Jan
17
2010
Krispy Kreme January 2010
Author: NickIt was great to get out in the car after seeing nothing but snow for almost a month. Always a great crowd down at the Krispy Kreme meet in New Malden on the third Sunday of the month.
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