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HOW I PHOTOGRAPHED BMW ART CARS
Read more: HOW I PHOTOGRAPHED BMW ART CARSCheck out these Lightroom Tutorials – see here. Best Gifts for Photographers – see here. Let us cut 40 years back. You are in France, summer time, situated on the breathtaking Le Mans race track. And you sense cars racing, spectators, engine noises, tire and clutch smell… A moment later you see a BMW 3.0 CSL. It’s not an ordinary car, you start to understand that in front of you is a 291 km/h art form. Roaring away with it’s 400 horsepower race engine. Yellow-red-blue set of colours were painted by world’s famous artist Alexander Calder in 1975. The year…
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ESTONIAN PRO-DRIFT CHAMPIONSHIP 2014
Read more: ESTONIAN PRO-DRIFT CHAMPIONSHIP 2014In 2014 Estonian Drift Association performed the biggest job yet. Two events were held in Tallinn and every location was new to everybody. Drivers worked on the cars and appearance pretty well and already in May ’14 we witnessed new pro-drivers, new never-seen-before cars and sponsors. Team Smokehunters’ fleet consisted of a well known BMW 2002 and a completely new Ford Mustang with a BMW “inside”. Their main rival, both on the track and on the web (fight for fans on facebook is very consistent), Team Ghost got a big sponsor and was looking strong. Team NRR ditched the E30…
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CAR SPOTTING // 2014
Read more: CAR SPOTTING // 2014In 2014 I was lucky enough to travel, because in my homeland, Estonia, there’s not much to spot except few for Lambos and such. Thing is when you’re local you know where the rich kids hang out. For example in US I only saw one exotic Ferrari in those 3 days. It was already dark and my Kodak Portra 160 didn’t really cope with the lack of light, but I did the shot anyways. Later I thought that Paris will be a great place to find some exclusives on wheels. Seems that I was in wrong places or at wrong…
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CAR PORTRAITURE 2014
Read more: CAR PORTRAITURE 2014Every year I try to plan 3–5 big international events where I go and make motorsport photography. This year it was Le Mans 24H race, Gatebil Rudskogen Festival, Drift Allstars GP of London, Nitro Nationals European Dragrace Championship and Supermoto World Championship. In between I have time and desire to photograph some staged car shoots. I don’t do a lot of them. It requires energy, scheduling and aspiration from owners. Sometimes planning goes really smoothly and sometimes you put few weeks of energy in trying to agree on everything and still in the end something goes wrong. These disappointing moments…
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DTM FINALE // HOCKENHEIM / 2013
Read more: DTM FINALE // HOCKENHEIM / 2013Exactly one year ago I arrived to Hockenheim for the first time. As it usually is with racetracks — Hockenheimring is situated in a small town where you hardly see buildings more than two storeys high. Track facilities are the largest constructions in the area. I lived in a nearby city Manheim and travelled by train to Hockenheim. As soon as I arrived to the train station, loud and vicious engine noises were coming from the track and were heard everywhere dispite that the track was 2.5km away. DTM practice was on. Session was already ending, but I wasn’t worried, I knew…
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AMERICAN BEAUTY CAR SHOW
Read more: AMERICAN BEAUTY CAR SHOWAmerican Beauty Car Show (ABCS) takes its beginning from 2001. Event will celebrate its 15th anniversary next year as well as making an effort to grow from year to year. ABCS takes place in July in a small town on the west side of Estonia — Haapsalu. Event consists of three main parts: exhibition inside medieval castle, parade around the city and drag race. Haapsalu during the weekend is possibly the most exciting town to visit in Europe. Streets are full of V8 rumble, non-american cars are even not allowed to enter the old town, everywhere you look you find an automotive…