‘48 Belly-tank

I can think of nothing cooler than this: a dry lake racer built from the fuel tank of a WWII plane.

Found on my favorite car blog, Bring a Trailer. Go there for a link to the full photo gallery.

Lincoln design

I love the design of this Lincoln catalog. Nice shot too.

Making of Rogue Krom

Here is a brief look at how these shots were created for Nissan. Making a black car look good inside a hanger sounded like an impossible task. Black paint = mirror. So we decided to first shoot the car in the hanger, then take it into the studio. We perfectly matched the camera angle, and then lit it up. By blending elements from both location and studio, we ended up with an image that is real, only better.

The AD at The Designory was Phil Samartan, who is now freelancing.

Old Skool at SEMA

A great post today on Japanese Nostalgic Car. Click images to enlarge.

First is a very cool Civic race car. Looks so mean. Love all the dents and wear on the paint.

And then one of my all-time favorite cars, the original Mugen CRX. Who owns this car??

More pics of both at the link above.

Noir

Going through some old shots, I found this image, taken during our Lincoln MKS shoot a while back. Ok, the helicopters were duplicated for effect, but they were swarming pretty good looking for some criminal on the run near our location. Made for a cool image. Click to enlarge.

Geneva

New album out tomorrow by one of the best bands out there, Russian Circles.

And here is a video of them live. Be patient for the first minute- it’s worth it.

Towercam

At the top of Mount Wilson, 5,700 feet above Pasadena, is an observatory. And 150 feet above that is their solar tower, where a webcam is mounted. I have the live image set as my default web browser page. Something only a few miles away is also worlds away. Link here, or here for just the current image itself.

A typical morning

A night during the recent fires.

Sad Pickle?

In the 50’s, Redbook magazine made a promo film to attract advertisers, demonstrating how in-touch it was with the new generation of young adults moving into the new suburbs. Check it out here.

…and in this scene, we witness the unveiling of a work of art at a shopping mall. Quite a turnout!

Porsche Panamera

Our ads for the new Panamera are out! October issues of Wired (subscription only), fast company, and I think outside. Should be some car mags too. AD was Luke Partridge for Cramer-Krasselt. Retouching was Gloss.

Vintage Japanese catalog

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