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I've been doing a fair bit of magazine work over the past few months. It means I've got lots of photos I haven't been able to share online. As magazines come out I'll let you know on this thread and as they come off the shelves I'll add more pics from the shoots that didn't get published. I'll also try and share some of what when on at some of the shoots.

First on the horizon is Milkcow Magazine, they have put some preview shots up on their Facebook Page of Issue 5, including some of a shoot I did with Cherry Vanity and Brian’s 32 Ford Roadster. You’ll be able to order online through their website soon and the issue will be on sale at the NEC Classic Car show. My shot is just in the corner of the cover..

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...and a preview of the feature...

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Hitting the news stands shortly will be the December issue of Custom Car, inside you’ll find a feature I shot of Callum Tidd’s Lotus Twin Cam powered Ford 100E. We had some fun shooting it, Callum likes to make sure his tyres are warmed up before setting off anywhere. This is the cover to look out for:

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OK, looks like Milkcow are moving on to the next issue so I've uploaded the shots from the feature. It always interests me when so see how the art editor has interpreted your work. Obviously a big part of photography is composition so when you see things cropped it can change the shot. I'm not saying I'm always right, it's just interesting. Take the centre spread of the mag..

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This was how I sent it in...

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As you can see it's has the left side of the doorway chopped off.

Anyhoo, here are some more shots from the shoot, it was shot near to the Ace Cafe back on 2nd May. Cherry was a good laugh, she is a burlesque dancer first and foremost rather than a model.

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More in the flickr set here...

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There’s nothing cooler than seeing Hot Rods used in anger. Thank fully Nervous Nick, Editor of the NSRA Magazine Street Gasser seems to agree and has used one of my Hot Rod Hayride track photos for the cover of the December Issue. Also inside is a feature that we put together covering the event.

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The legs shot is a corker, no wonder they used that.
 
Some great shots there
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Thanks, appreciate it :)

Custom Car have now moved on to the January 2010 issue so I can share some photos from last months feature on Callum Tidd’s Lotus Twin Cam powered Ford 100E. Callum lives locally to me so it way easy to meet up for the shoot. I had seem his awesome car driving around the Streets of Croydon. We caused a bit of a rucus doing the burnout shots as I hadn’t noticed an open warehouse nearby that we promptly filled with smoke and the occupants came stumbling out through the fog, oops! Still those shots were worth it.

I’ll take this opportunity to say a big thanks to Mike Pye who has been very supportive this year, it’s been great to work with him.

Here are some scans of the article, the text is blurred out, you’ll need to buy a back issue to read the article.

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See some more shots from the shoot in the Flickr set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantgb/sets/72157622856694827/
 
Good to see your work - looks like huge fun and very varied.
 
Great stuff, Nick. It's always nice to get a cover shot - the icing on the cake!¬
 
Back 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Along 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.

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See all the shots from the shoots in the flickr set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantgb/sets/72157623431256500/

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DelK said:
More hotness. Keep em coming!
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Cheers :)

straycat said:
looks like fun
can you translate some of the jargon?
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Thanks. I guess the term I've used that most people wouldn't know is "Gassers". This is a term given to a particular type of drag racing car, the nick name came from the fact that they ran on pump gas, or petrol straight from the pump, rather than race fuel. In the 50s/60s racers had the idea that if they raised the front of the car high in the air it would help with weight transfer when launching the car at the start of a run. Of course this was the wrong thing to do as you see all drag cars now sit low to the ground. People are really into nostalgia racing these days though and build cars in this style as they like the look and it symbolises that period of time. Some of these cars (like the yellow one) have been around since it was first fashionable.

Here is probably the most famous gasser in the UK, the Roaring Rat, warming his tyres ready for a run. This is based on a 1957 Chevy, rather than a 1955 as the three in my feature. 1955, 1956 and 1957 Chevys are known as Tri Chevys, three golden years for Chevy, small modifications to basically the same car.

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Anything else you would like more info in let me know :)
 
Great stuff as always and I love the second shot of the 32 Ford with the model. I always enjoy your work as it reminds me of my Corvette days and all the shows we used to attend.

Look forward to the next installment. :thumbs:
 
19th 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantgb/sets/72157622308949931/

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Released 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.

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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.

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