Read all about how and why the guys at Type 2 Detectives did what they did. Check out the top end bespoke interior from Simon at Interior Motive as well. Excellent article and write up, pictures aren’t too bad either

Hopefully I’ll get the chance to get another publication in this top mag.

Get your copy now. In all good news agents 11th March 2010.

I was chuffed when I was asked to picture the TV Bus from the guys at Type 2 Detectives. An awesome slammed early bay with a serious stance.

Therefore we are very excited about launching our new brand MuMu Photography solely for our baby/kids photography business.

If anyone is interested in a kids photo shoot then quote the following code (march10) with your enquiry and get 10% discount off all our photo session.

Note: this deal is only available for bookings made during March 2010.

Please check out our new site: www.mumuphotography.com

His purpose built garage can house 4 beetles comfortably and is immaculate from top to bottom.

Very very impressed Wayne, you the VW man!

Thanks for the visit. Hope to make it back in better weather for some outdoor photos.

Dunk is setting up his own customized Volkswagen interior company and wanted some imagery for his new website. He’s based in St Neots and suggested we take some pictures of his 1966 11-window split screen van. Its a very clean van that’s been through the usual T2D slamming and mechanical upgrades and is one seriously cool van.

The day went from bad to worse as the original location had had its access blocked. So we found another place just down the road and found some open gates, people walking there dogs and a nice open area to take some pictures, all seemed well and good.

Abandon ship, its going down…

Then it decided to rain (the weather forecast wasn’t great, but no signs of rain I must report at 11am this morning). Fighting through the drizzle we then found ourselves locked in the field with no way out. It was getting dark and we were both wet and cold. To eventiually found what we thought was an escape route only for Smurf (Dunks van) to drift off the field path and sunk into the mud. nicely embedded into the mud we finally had to be rescued by the farmer. To be honest he wasn’t too bad at giving us a bollocking, but if you’re going to leave fields open with no sign posts, whats a VW photographer going to do eh?!?

The promise is to return for more shots in better weather.

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This was a perfect opportunity to use HDR to get a good tonal depth to the pictures and add a glowing warmth in post processing.

I used Photomatix Pro to do the HDR mapping and then Aperture for the post processing.

Article online: http://www.beinteriordecorator.com/interior-home-design-interior-cambridge-hdr/

Another exciting element was that my cousin Marcus was joining me, not that he was the exciting part, but the fact that he too has a new toy in the way of a 2006 Toyota MR2. It looks very cool in sliver with red detailed interior.

I decided a cool location would be on an industrial location where I am renting a couple of storage units. The blue cargo containers would make for some interesting backdrops as well as the tungsten security lights would be coming on as it got dark. The sky this evening was magical, not hat you will notice from the photos, we were about an hour late. Another lesson learned!

Another reason for the trip out was that I have been watching over and over Zach Arias’s amazing OneLight Workshop DVD which I would highly recommend. I knew nothing about flash photography before getting this DVD, ok I read a few things and experimented but Zack’s my kinda teacher, explains the knowledge without all the techie jargon. I still don’t know much about flash photography but the DVD taught me the basics. I just need to watch it several more times and practice, practice, practice so it becomes second nature and learn how to control light.

Anyway, some pictures of us messing around and acting about 12 year olds.

Its had the full treatment from Type 2 Detectives, slammed , narrowed and now sits low and menacing on the floor. From what I hear it drives straight and true. The interior is yet to be finished, I hope to be able to get some interior once its done.

We are in the final stages of going forward with the hard launch which will outline all our products, prices and our all important Blog to keep the faithful updated.

We are still interested in models for our portfolio, so if you are free during the coming weeks be sure to let us know.

Watch this space for more info…

UPDATE: 24th Feb 2010

We are very close to launching our dedicated kids photography website, www.mumuphotography.com/

We are still interested in models for our Newborn age group (1-6 weeks old).

Free sessions to all other age groups unfortunately have all been allocated.

However if you mention the following code ‘march10‘ we will offer you 10% discount off all our photoshoots.

This promo code is only available to booking made during March 2010.