Bimmerfest 2013 - Rose Bowl

A few favorite shots from Bimmerfest this past weekend. Checkout the Elefant Supply Co. blog for my quick write-up and additional photos.  For the BMW die-hards, make sure to checkout their online shop for some keepers, especially the skatedecks.

Speed & Stance - Auto Club Speedway

As promised, my follow up from the good photo weekend. So last Sunday, I was cruising Instagram admiring all the automotive photo work out there. Then I ran into a picture of an impromptu car meet turned carshow that was happening that day, held by Motormavens and a few others. Coming down from my photo high from the day before, I had to chase it again. Mapped Auto Club Speedway, saw it was an hour away, and I was off.

I imagined I wasn't going to be there for long. Park real quick to snap a few photos a leave. The first indicator of, "okay, okay...this should be good," was the back up of cars to get in. Early arrival was key. By the time I left, there were tons of cars waiting to get in. After I paid my 10 bucks to park, I was surprised with the turnout of cars and people. I'd describe it as a mini-carshow with a mix of fully suited cars at the entrance, to spectator cars getting to show of of their pride and joy. A bonus to the show was the other events going on off to the side. If you got bored of looking at parked cars you could easily walk to either side of the show and watch cars make a run for it. You even had the ability to check out the garages to enjoy that fresh aroma of a freshly tracked car. If you wanted a more foody aroma that you could taste, food trucks were on hand to fill you up. Much props to the folks who put this together. From what I heard over the speakers, they put this together in a week. I'd recommend checking this out if another pops up, I know I will.

Until next time...

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Movie Rides at "The Big Photo Show"

This past weekend proved to be a good photo-op weekend. On Saturday, I had to opportunity to see vendors for everything photography related at "The Big Photo Show" held at the LA Convention Center. Two days of photography related educational classes that ranged from, how to photograph nature and wildlife, given by Robert O'Toole, to how-to's on running a photography business. Even though I only went for one day, it was so easy to kill five hours soaking everything in. As you walked through the event, you'd find different booths promoting different products and services, and booths with live models to photograph with experts on-hand that would help you with camera settings and critique your shots if you wanted to. Samy's Camera had a strong presence there, offering deals and selling tax free. Too bad, no big purchases for me, but I guess that's a good thing. I could've easily sunk some money with all the goodies available. Of course, my favorite was the automotive tips and tricks given by Fireball Tim who works in the film industry designing cars for movies and television. He brought a sweet collection of cars that we would all recognize and appreciate. Top car there...the Delorean of course!

The weekend didn't stop there...stay tuned later this week for the Speed & Stance meet I went to the following day at Auto Club Speedway. Let's see if what I learned here made any difference.

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Fireball Tim snapping away:


"Great Scott!"


Bullitt Mustang:


Smokey and the Bandit:


Batmobile:


And one more for the fans...