Geoff’s VW Bus
A few shots from a feature in next issue of VW Magazine Australia
Vintage VW Charter – The Kombi Recollections
For a couple of years my friend Patrick and his wife Jean, and myself, used our VWs as charter vehicles on weekends. We registered a business as Vintage VW Charter in Perth and met some amazing clients. Mainly the bookings were for weddings. There was […]
Day of the Volkswagen 2020
A few photos from Day of the Volkswagen in December 2020. Another hot Summer day for the show, hosted by the VW Club of Western Australia. These are just a handful of pictures. To see more pick up a copy of VW Magazine Australia in […]
Hot Summer Nights 2020
(This is a sample of photos only. Please contact me if you are looking for a particular image or vehicle that may not be shown. Not every vehicle was photographed. You may be out of luck. I can supply extra large digital copies for $20AUD […]
Graham Tibbs VW Country Buggy
Shot for VW Magazine Australia in Mundaring State Forest
1951 BSA
A trip to the great southern part of Western Australia to Albany, shooting a 1951 BSA motorcycle for Ozbike Magazine.
Volkswagen Kombi Snail Camper
A trip near the Glasshouse Mountains in Queensland to shoot this ultimate in cool campervans!
Heidi’s New Trike
Remember Heidi’s old Harley Trike we featured a little while ago? Well she’s gone and gotten herself an upgrade!
Bruce’s 1954 Barndoor VW Bus
I took a trip to Byron Bay to prove you could do a magazine shoot with the new Fujifilm X-Pro1 and 60mm macro and 18mm f2 lenses. That is all.
FINAL DAY OF THE VW ROAD TRIP – COCKLEBIDDY TO PERTH – 1185KM
Paying $2.20 per litre for fuel, in the middle of nowhere with no other options, feels a little like being raped in the wallet. I’m sure it has something to do with the delivery distances or something equally as preposterous. Anyway, we kicked off the […]
VW ROAD TRIP 12TH APRIL 2012 – CEDUNA SA TO COCKLEBIDDY WA – 764KMS
Another dawn early start in Ceduna and today is the best leg of the journey yet. Although we’re in the middle of nothing the road section crosses the changing landscape of the Nullarbor, the edge of the Great Australian Bight, and the SA/WA border crossing. […]
VW ROAD TRIP 11TH APRIL 2012 – ADELAIDE TO CEDUNA – 885KMS
Au revoire Radelaide! We’re off for the first day in the desert. Bus packed and ready to roll we departed through the streets of Glenelg and northern Adelaide. The South Australian capital was still about the have the last laugh, a roadworks trench the depth […]
VW ROAD TRIP 10TH APRIL 2012 – GREAT OCEAN ROAD TO ADELAIDE – 900KMS
I’ve driven the Great Ocean Road west of Melbourne six times before. Always from West to East in a comfy hire car. Usually it’s my post-Portland VW drag weekend trip back to NSW. Every time I’ve done the drive I’ve thought how great it would […]
VW ROAD TRIP 9TH APRIL 2012 – CANBERRA TO TORQUAY – 831KMS
Strangely enough didn’t shoot many pics today, just wanted to knock over a solid day’s driving. Left Canberra towards Yass and down the Hume. Hit a pretty heavy thunderstorm near Albury so stopped for some lunch and a nap. Continued on towards Melburg and ran […]
VW ROAD TRIP 7TH APRIL 2012 – VALLA TO SYDNEY – 518KMS
Spent last night til the wee hours packing and getting the bus ready. It’s the last day at Valla on the farm. Heading back to Perth for a couple of photo jobs but going via the south coast to Melbourne. Will also try to squeeze […]
Previously on ‘Lost’
Luke and Wal did a bang-up job repairing my brakes, bearings, and other crap before the big trip from Nambucca (on the East coast of Australia) to Perth (West Coast, about 4144kms away). Heading out to Luke’s place to pick up the bus is like […]
Chris’ Model A Ford
Just a mess around test of my (old) new Canon 1D Mk2 and light painting with Chris and Blake at their workshop in Balcatta.
Horch
Graeme Cocks and I spent an afternoon cruising the Swan Valley in this ex-Maharaga Horch, now owned by Peter Briggs’ Motor Museum.
Active Campers
A photoshoot with Glen Torrens and Mal Winckle of the Active Campers pop top travel back. Shot for the NRMA travel magazine.
Angelo & Mick Fiora – Custom Trikes Australia
Photoshoot for Ozbike Magazine (digital version found here)
Claire’s VL Commodore
Shot for Iron Maiden’s section of Street Machine Magazine
Ross Dunkerton Tarmac Magazine
Some photos for Tarmac Magazine for a story on Ross Dunkerton driving in Targa West in 2006.
David Brennan’s EH Holden
‘People Like Us’ section of Street Machine Magazine’
Goldfields Hotrod
Over the years I had a couple of harddrive losses and a few photos went missing into the ether. This was one of the shoots that disappeared but I found some low resolution preview shots I would have used on my very old website way […]
Summernats Studio XA Ford Falcon
This year I’m at Canberra with Street Machine Magazine for Summernats. We are shooting feature cars in the studio and on location. Armed with my trusty Canon EOS-1D first car off the rank for me is this immaculately original XA Ford Falcon.
EK Holden
Photoshoot for Australian Classic Car Magazine. And what do you do when you get invaded by curious horses?
Barnfind FJ Holden
Such fun to have a barn find FJ Holden in the studio and shot like a cover car.
Jeff Leisk KTM Portrait
Just a couple of quick shots of former MX legend, now WA boss of KTM Jeff Leisk. ADB Magazine running a double page with a story on the right hand side so needed some photos where text can be placed next to his photo. I’ll […]
Adam Spiteri’s Commodore Ute
Some unedited raw shots from the studio.
Fraser Nicol’s 1934 Ford Coupe
We trucked Frasers hotrod out to a limestone mine for todays photoshoot for Crusin Magazine.
Ford Escort RS2000 Mk 1
Another shoot for Australasian Classic Car Magazine of this restored rally legend.
Gordon Hayes Mad Max 2 Interceptor
Last of the V8 Interceptors. This replica was built to exact specs by Perth’s Gordon Hayes and Grant Hodgson. The Falcon has been modified for promotional use and sold to a Japanese collector.
1967 Ford Mustang Fastback
Shot for Street Machine Fords specialty magazine.
1966 Plymouth Barracuda
Started doing some work for Australasian Classic Car Magazine. One of my favourites was this cool Plymouth Barracuda. Still all original V8 and daily driven. (update 2019 recently I noticed it was bought by Deus Ex Machina and given a bit of a makeover. Nice […]
Paul Castagna Chopped EK Holden
In January I was in Canberra working for Street Machine Magazine during Summernats. Now while you may be thinking ‘lucky bastard’, it was mainly super long days inside at Channel 9 studios moving lights around for Uber-photographer Helmut Muller. He was charged with photographing all […]
Nat’s Subaru WRX
My first shoot for Fast Fours Magazine! Shot at East Perth and also up at Barbagallo Raceway. And through the Graham Farmer Freeway Tunnel.
Jennifer Morley Dodge Charger
Photoshoot with Jennifer for Street Machine Magazine’s ‘IRON MAIDEN’ section.
Matt Raine’s 1955 Split Window Kombi
Matt did a stunning job restoring his 1955 splitty to almost showroom condition. It made its debut at the Volkswagen Spectacular show in Valla Beach and not long after became the spokesvan (see what I did there?) for Telstra’s Bigpond broadband. Gracing our TV screens […]
Australia’s Oldest Split Window VW Beetle?
Could this example be the oldest in the country? It’s a 1949 split beetle from the Volkswagen Spectacular show in 2004. Perhaps someone could review the images and chime in?
Jeff Bakers Volksrod
Jeff’s Volksrod just did my head in. It was the first time I’d really paid attention and the bloke built a Frankenstein. The details made me laugh and lose sleep and I wished I owned it.
Jeff Baker’s 1956 Oval Beetle
I was so stoked to be asked to come to Valla Beach in NSW and shoot a weekend of Volkswagens at the bi-annual Volkswagen Spectacular. Jeff Baker and Peter Klaak brought two bugs up from Sydney. This is the first…
Marks Workshop VY Ute
Some promotional images for Marks Workshop for Perth Street Car Magazine
Robin Julius Toyota Celica
One of my first studio attempts and I had no idea what I was doing. Perhaps I’ll do a blog post on tips for the upcoming automotive studio photographer soon?
Heavy Metal – Beckhouse Monaro
Photoshoot for Perth Street Car Magazine
Rod Hadfield’s V12 Rat Rod
I shot Rod’s flathead V12 while he was in WA for the Sandgroper Nationals, also over in his Victorian hometown of Castlemaine for the Street Machine 2004 Hot Rod Annual.
Greg Wilton FB Holden
Greg’s FB was shot around Fremantle Harbour as well as down in Bunbury during the 2004 Sandgroper’s Hotrod Weekend. https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/mild-custom-chevrolet-v6-powered-1960-holden-fb-coupe
Dave Williams Candy EK Holden
I believe this was my first photoshoot for Street Machine Magazine? The Perth brothers stunning EK Holden with its supercharged six cylinder engine deserves the many awards it has already won. Every nut and bolt has been chromed or painted and the interior in white […]
Jordan Leist and Clayton Leist Mazda RX3
Shooting with film again while really wanting to rob a bank for that lovely Nikon D1 I previously borrowed. Film scanned using a potato again.
Ford Falcon GT
My first practice with one of these new-fangled digital cameras for the Drivepix website. Went out to Northam in the WA Wheatbelt. So impressed with this new technology for taking photos. Amazing that traditional film was being replaced by computer chips. The Nikon D1 was […]
Mick Williamson Holden Premier EH
Another photoshoot from Northam testing the Nikon D1 first generation digital SLR.
Allan Cummings Rotary VW Beetle
Another film shoot with the Nikon FM2 and it was a later model vw Beetle with a rotary engine transplant.
Christian Calvert VW Karmann Ghia
I remember shooting this on Kodachrome 64 and totally stuffing it up. The Ghia was yellow but the slides were shaded all over the place as I didn’t pay enough attention to my metering. Check out the pics scanned below HAHAHA – Soooo many mistakes. […]
Vince Mosachino Fiat 124
I’ve got a recollection this was shot for a new online magazine? We shot it at Hillary’s Boat Harbour. I really can’t remember but again it was on film and scanned badly by me. I really had no idea what I was doing but that […]
Brian Parkes Turbo Datsun Morris Ute
Some extra practice shooting Brian Parkes Morrie ute. Brian was our mechanic as we owned a 1956 Morris sedan at the time. Shot on film and scanned with a potato.
Drew and Chris Tarrant’s Mazda RX2 and RX3
Photographed near Grafton, NSW with Kodak 400 transparency using a Nikon FM2 (and badly scanned years ago by me)
Andrew Davey Holden Gemini
Photoshoot and article for Gemini Fever Magazine in 1998. This is my Cousin Andrews stunning example.
Steve Hoad’s Mini
Another article of Grafton local Steven Hoade and his super cool Mini.
Ron Williams Minis
My first official photoshoot, first magazine, first cover. Shot in Tenterfield, NSW, myself and Jon Smith (journalist) took a drive a few hours North of Grafton to meet up with Ron and check out his collection. Twenty years later it appears Ron is still building […]