StormFront
December 17th, 2013, 22:56
As some of you know, I moonlight as a semi-pro photographer. This year has been a great one for my photo opportunities, mostly getting to tag along with SCCA Pro Driver Brian Kleeman as he raced in his 370z NISMO around the country at Pirelli World Challenge events, a supporting event to Indy Car. Along the way this year I got to do several noteworthy photoshoots and made some new friends/clients along the way. It's been an exciting year so I thought I'd sum it all up into one post for everyone to see what my adventures have led me to. I will post a link to each album followed by my favorite shot from that event. Thanks for looking and enjoy!
-My photography started pretty early this year in January shooting a Carolina Z Club member's modified G37 IPL in Charlotte and then attending a strobe lighting workshop at another friend's studio nearby:
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Jons-Infiniti-G37-IPL-11913/27647595_9BrpzD
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Jons-Infiniti-G37-IPL-11913/i-DZVBRfc/0/XL/IMG_2742-XL.jpg
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/People/Studio-Lighting-Workshop/27681262_TbGRgL
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/People/Studio-Lighting-Workshop/i-P3JGDL2/0/XL/IMG_2532-XL.jpg
-March saw me back down to St Petersburg, FL for the Honda Grand Prix with the World Challenge team:
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Rounds-1/28619088_HWPp53
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Rounds-1/i-tMGdfZH/0/XL/_MG_7879-XL.jpg
After the May Cars and Coffee in Charlotte, I rode along with Andy in his GTR (when it was closer to stock) to take some quick shots with a Cyber Gray Z06 that belongs to a family member:
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Davids-Z06-and-Andys-GTR-5413/29248115_FXwQLw
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Davids-Z06-and-Andys-GTR-5413/i-BG74W9v/0/XL/IMG_4809-XL.jpg
For the past four years every May you can find me at ZdayZ @ Fontana Village near the Tail of The Dragon as the Z's, G's, and GTR's descend on arguably one of the best areas in the world to drive a sports car. This year had a record breaking attendance and was, IMO, the best one yet.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/ZdayZ-13-Friday-51713/29591828_QvCh5c
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/ZdayZ-13-Saturday-51813/29605373_Jf3CPT
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/ZdayZ-13-Saturday-51813/i-rRHkcJN/0/XL/IMG_5576-XL.jpg
The following weekend I attended a Ferrari Rally at Coach I's (old Clemson Soccer Coach) house in Anderson, SC.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Coach-I-Memorial-Concours/29627312_5nHVGH
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Coach-I-Memorial-Concours/i-NqFnSgV/0/XL/IMG_5615-XL.jpg
The next weekend was the CIN Motorsports (in Charlotte) Carolina Z Club dyno day. My good friend Dustin also got his Amuse titanium exhaust installed with a dyno before and after gain of 16hp and 50+lbs weight loss!
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/CZC-Dyno-Day-CIN-Motorsports/29793831_7HsbqQ
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/CZC-Dyno-Day-CIN-Motorsports/i-q4cLvDg/0/XL/IMG_5821-XL.jpg
The weekend after that I was back up in Hickory, NC (where I'm from) to shoot out at the airport with some Porsches for an advertisement in Tobacco Roads Magazine:
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Airport-Photos-6813/29894139_V3R8FG
[/IMG]http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Airport-Photos-6813/i-dsgWfX4/0/XL/IMG_5859-XL.jpg[/IMG]
After having a weekend off, Russell@Z1 Motorsports contacted me about shooting for Z1 at the NASA Spec Z race going on at Road Atlanta that weekend so I went down to hang out with my good friends at Z1 and had a great time.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/SpecZ-Racing-NASA-June-Jam-13/30041650_LbmLzL
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/SpecZ-Racing-NASA-June-Jam-13/i-6ZnZbGj/0/XL/IMG_6999-XL.jpg
After working every day in July 12 hours a day and most of the days leading up to it, I finally caught up with Brian Kleeman and the DWW Motorsports team at Mid-Ohio for another Honda Grand Prix.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Mid-Ohio-Grand-Prix-August/31025914_Lnchq8
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Mid-Ohio-Grand-Prix-August/i-MjrMGT3/0/XL/IMG_9577-XL.jpg
A few weeks later I was extremely excited to get the opportunity to go out to Cali for the GoPro Grand Prix at Sonoma Raceway with Brian, my first time ever going to California!
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Sonoma-Grand-Prix-August/31495557_5Hpzxv
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Sonoma-Grand-Prix-August/i-NR8DXHS/0/XL/IMG_0936-XL.jpg
About a month later, mostly due to my day job, I was able to drop by Andy's house again and his GTR had undergone a major transformation. Bigger turbos and all the supporting mods now made it an ~800hp beast that he got wrapped in gold vinyl.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Andys-GTR-Quick-Shoot-91213/31856972_tWhhC6
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Andys-GTR-Quick-Shoot-91213/i-KXbDbKd/0/XL/IMG_2166-XL.jpg
Brian asked me to do some photos for DXD Southbend Clutches, one of his car's main sponsors. This was my first attempt at studio product photography so I tried several different setups.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/DXD-Clutches-Product-Photos/31989680_jzj75G
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/DXD-Clutches-Product-Photos/i-FGXXTrK/0/XL/IMG_0680-XL.jpg
The last World Challenge race of the year was in Houston so off I flew to the state where everything's bigger, including Indy Car wrecks... It was an interesting race, most would have called it a boat show.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Houston-Grand-Prix-13/32540118_ztLKff
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Houston-Grand-Prix-13/i-BzwZM8n/0/XL/IMG_4949-XL.jpg
Early in November I was asked, through my friend that works with a lot of high end Porsches, to shoot a Lamborghini Gallardo Roadster. Not rare in of itself, the color Rossa Vik and the interior options (three pedals!!) made it stand out.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/2008-Lamborghini-Gallardo/33209231_N7XNqR
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/2008-Lamborghini-Gallardo/i-7RhctqH/0/XL/IMG_5238-XL.jpg
Last but definitely not least, I because acquainted with Joe, owner of HodRod Dynamics, up near Hickory and got to shoot a few vehicles for Joe to use to sell his work/creations. Three this year, hopefully many more in the future!
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/HotRod-Dynamics-Photoshoots/27882174_PgV35D
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/HotRod-Dynamics-Photoshoots/i-vP7CsxC/0/XL/IMG_2987-XL.jpg
As usual there are a TON of other pictures to look at in the albums so take a few minutes to look through and enjoy. Again, thanks for looking and here's hoping for an equally great year to come behind the camera!
-My photography started pretty early this year in January shooting a Carolina Z Club member's modified G37 IPL in Charlotte and then attending a strobe lighting workshop at another friend's studio nearby:
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Jons-Infiniti-G37-IPL-11913/27647595_9BrpzD
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Jons-Infiniti-G37-IPL-11913/i-DZVBRfc/0/XL/IMG_2742-XL.jpg
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/People/Studio-Lighting-Workshop/27681262_TbGRgL
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/People/Studio-Lighting-Workshop/i-P3JGDL2/0/XL/IMG_2532-XL.jpg
-March saw me back down to St Petersburg, FL for the Honda Grand Prix with the World Challenge team:
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Rounds-1/28619088_HWPp53
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Rounds-1/i-tMGdfZH/0/XL/_MG_7879-XL.jpg
After the May Cars and Coffee in Charlotte, I rode along with Andy in his GTR (when it was closer to stock) to take some quick shots with a Cyber Gray Z06 that belongs to a family member:
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Davids-Z06-and-Andys-GTR-5413/29248115_FXwQLw
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Other/Davids-Z06-and-Andys-GTR-5413/i-BG74W9v/0/XL/IMG_4809-XL.jpg
For the past four years every May you can find me at ZdayZ @ Fontana Village near the Tail of The Dragon as the Z's, G's, and GTR's descend on arguably one of the best areas in the world to drive a sports car. This year had a record breaking attendance and was, IMO, the best one yet.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/ZdayZ-13-Friday-51713/29591828_QvCh5c
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/ZdayZ-13-Saturday-51813/29605373_Jf3CPT
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/ZdayZ-13-Saturday-51813/i-rRHkcJN/0/XL/IMG_5576-XL.jpg
The following weekend I attended a Ferrari Rally at Coach I's (old Clemson Soccer Coach) house in Anderson, SC.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Coach-I-Memorial-Concours/29627312_5nHVGH
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Coach-I-Memorial-Concours/i-NqFnSgV/0/XL/IMG_5615-XL.jpg
The next weekend was the CIN Motorsports (in Charlotte) Carolina Z Club dyno day. My good friend Dustin also got his Amuse titanium exhaust installed with a dyno before and after gain of 16hp and 50+lbs weight loss!
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/CZC-Dyno-Day-CIN-Motorsports/29793831_7HsbqQ
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/CZC-Dyno-Day-CIN-Motorsports/i-q4cLvDg/0/XL/IMG_5821-XL.jpg
The weekend after that I was back up in Hickory, NC (where I'm from) to shoot out at the airport with some Porsches for an advertisement in Tobacco Roads Magazine:
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Airport-Photos-6813/29894139_V3R8FG
[/IMG]http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Airport-Photos-6813/i-dsgWfX4/0/XL/IMG_5859-XL.jpg[/IMG]
After having a weekend off, Russell@Z1 Motorsports contacted me about shooting for Z1 at the NASA Spec Z race going on at Road Atlanta that weekend so I went down to hang out with my good friends at Z1 and had a great time.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/SpecZ-Racing-NASA-June-Jam-13/30041650_LbmLzL
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/SpecZ-Racing-NASA-June-Jam-13/i-6ZnZbGj/0/XL/IMG_6999-XL.jpg
After working every day in July 12 hours a day and most of the days leading up to it, I finally caught up with Brian Kleeman and the DWW Motorsports team at Mid-Ohio for another Honda Grand Prix.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Mid-Ohio-Grand-Prix-August/31025914_Lnchq8
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Mid-Ohio-Grand-Prix-August/i-MjrMGT3/0/XL/IMG_9577-XL.jpg
A few weeks later I was extremely excited to get the opportunity to go out to Cali for the GoPro Grand Prix at Sonoma Raceway with Brian, my first time ever going to California!
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Sonoma-Grand-Prix-August/31495557_5Hpzxv
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Sonoma-Grand-Prix-August/i-NR8DXHS/0/XL/IMG_0936-XL.jpg
About a month later, mostly due to my day job, I was able to drop by Andy's house again and his GTR had undergone a major transformation. Bigger turbos and all the supporting mods now made it an ~800hp beast that he got wrapped in gold vinyl.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Andys-GTR-Quick-Shoot-91213/31856972_tWhhC6
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Andys-GTR-Quick-Shoot-91213/i-KXbDbKd/0/XL/IMG_2166-XL.jpg
Brian asked me to do some photos for DXD Southbend Clutches, one of his car's main sponsors. This was my first attempt at studio product photography so I tried several different setups.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/DXD-Clutches-Product-Photos/31989680_jzj75G
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/DXD-Clutches-Product-Photos/i-FGXXTrK/0/XL/IMG_0680-XL.jpg
The last World Challenge race of the year was in Houston so off I flew to the state where everything's bigger, including Indy Car wrecks... It was an interesting race, most would have called it a boat show.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Houston-Grand-Prix-13/32540118_ztLKff
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/PWC-Houston-Grand-Prix-13/i-BzwZM8n/0/XL/IMG_4949-XL.jpg
Early in November I was asked, through my friend that works with a lot of high end Porsches, to shoot a Lamborghini Gallardo Roadster. Not rare in of itself, the color Rossa Vik and the interior options (three pedals!!) made it stand out.
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/2008-Lamborghini-Gallardo/33209231_N7XNqR
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/2008-Lamborghini-Gallardo/i-7RhctqH/0/XL/IMG_5238-XL.jpg
Last but definitely not least, I because acquainted with Joe, owner of HodRod Dynamics, up near Hickory and got to shoot a few vehicles for Joe to use to sell his work/creations. Three this year, hopefully many more in the future!
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/HotRod-Dynamics-Photoshoots/27882174_PgV35D
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/HotRod-Dynamics-Photoshoots/i-vP7CsxC/0/XL/IMG_2987-XL.jpg
As usual there are a TON of other pictures to look at in the albums so take a few minutes to look through and enjoy. Again, thanks for looking and here's hoping for an equally great year to come behind the camera!