Quoted from T2D – “On Sunday 14 March 2010 the centre of town will be closed to all traffic except for drivers of Aircooled VWs. Witness hundreds of VWs of all age, style and colour on parade through the beautiful Belgian streets (500 – 1000 cars are expected). Soak up the unique atmosphere of this memorable occasion – a must for all VW enthusiasts.”

My split was still on the ramps at Type 2 Detectives at 3pm and we were due to leave in a little under 3 hours. The van still had to have the louvered windows refitted. Anyway, not a problem, all was finished and I met Steve and Tim on the A11 ready to drive down to Maidstone for the UK night stop before we got the train early hours on Saturday morning.

Saturday 13th March started at 5:15, quick shower and we were on our way to Folkstone to get the train to Calais.

We had several pit stops en-route to Ninove. Was great to see the convoy grow as the day progressed. A few pics from the days drive down.

Simons rat bug looked awesome and won the T2D trophy on Sunday, congrats.

Few pics below from the Witkap Brewer. Great location for photographing vans, parts of it looked derelict like some of the vans. Perfect for some HDR pics. Free beer too which was welcomed after a 4 hour drive

Some very nice early bays.

Cool deco house out the back of the brewery.

Loved the 17″ Radar on this bug.

One of my fav from the show, super slammed rat bug. Love the trike on the roof

Splity showing off his new interior. Big thanks to Simon from Interior Motive for sorting us our with a super cool pad inside.

Next show, VolksWorld 2010, 28th – 29th March – hope to see you there

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.

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.

The TV Bus got the full T2D treatment by the guys from Burwell turning an old faded bay window into one of the coolest rides around. To complement the full slam works the interior was custom fitted by Simon and his team at Interior Motive.

The Bus has made several award winning appearances at selected VW Events around the country and has also made a TV appearance.

Watch this space, should be a great shoot…

UPDATE

The shoot went very well and I’m pretty chuffed with the pictures. Weather was good, not too bright, overcast giving a nice soft light which is ideal for something that has glass and highly reflective like a bus (even a van with this much patina!).

Hopefully they’ll be published early next year in either Feb / Mar 2010 issue of Volksworld Camper & Bus. Keep you posted

When you get a bus this low you know its going to be a painful photo shoot. Not only will it involve a lot of lying on the floor getting those dramatic angles but I knackered my knee the day before so was cringing everytime I got down on the floor, ouch.

The brief from VW Camper & Bus was to show off the slammed patina bay in all its glory with some low grungy shots. This is the first time I’ve shot for a magazine and I had to think a little differently about how I frame the subject. Making sure there is plenty of space in the frame allowing for cropping and text.

The light was dull which is preferable to full on sun. But this was almost too dull. The location was only a few miles from T2D HQ on the other side of Reach. There are several large black grain stores there which made for a large blank canvas in which to place the bus in front of.

I ended up shoot mainly multiple bracketed exposures which would then allow me to either use a single frame exposure to produce high tonal HDR pics. Ideally I could have done with some high powered strobes but the final images came out pretty good after the HDR treatment.

These images will hopefully make it into a VW Camper & Bus issue soon. I’ll be sure to post some more news when I hear something.

Lastly I would like to talk Paul at T2D for getting me the photo gig. Hopefully they’ll be some more

This album is a general collection of pictures that don’t belong to any specific album. They’re a collection of the new and wonderful creations from the guys at T2D.

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