update

im in school again

spent 2 weeks assisting over @ midcoast studios shooting the harley davidson P&A that was neat, good people over there.

Been running around all over starting to shoot for my thesis, wixom, fennville, West College corner indiana. Met/re aquainted myself with some amazing people, its been a trip for sure and Im not even a third done yet. Images are looking pretty good, i am pleased.. im keeping them under wraps for the time being, keep and eye peeled for them in a month or so... 3 shots done so far... hoping to get around 12-15 all together... going to penn state to do another shoot this weekend.

Ive realized that I must be doing something that I enjoy because lately I cant get enough of it, something has lit a spark under my rear and all i want to do is shoot shoot shoot shoot... So hopefully i can start to balance my thesis work with other personal work and misc school stuff to create yet another portfolio of work, hopefully the best is yet to come...

Thats all for now, oh.. road atlanta this year was a trip, met some good people, saw some old friends and got covered in mud and soaked with freezing rain with a smile on my face, i wore my plastic bags on my feet with pride.

Check out my website and my flickr for new updates... thesis stuff soon, and hopefully some other shoots as well...


All for now i guess, falling asleep..

there pat, i updated my blog.....dick


Andrew

Updates AGAIN

Well, this is my last week of work on Source Interlink (Automobile Magazine's) pay-roll

Its been a great summer, learned alot, photographed more this summer than any other in the past and it has just flown by. Its nice you know, to finally know what you want to do with your life. Im confident that I have made the right choice, because this was a great job, and I have learned alot and made some new friends. Even if sitting in an office for part of the day isnt quite my cup-o-tea, with a little work i think that I would be able to fit in on an automotive magazine staff if I wanted to supplement my freelance photography work.

Anyhow, i guess i'll talk more about this later. On to the monday morning updates



Hyundai Genesis Coupe Track Pack images and write ups are on the web. Follow the link below.
Click here


There are about 10-15 more updates to be published on the website before the years end with my images attached. And i'll be shooting more and more right up to my last day on thursday. So stay tuned, after that it will be time for a little vacation and my final year of college...

update

VW CC images on web

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BMW X5D images on web

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That is all

Updates

not only did i shoot and finally edit the images of the car above (2010 bmw m3 convt.)

My Maserati images from a while back have been posted to the web.

click here for story and images

stay tuned for for updates!

Honda Sports Car, and a Diesel BMW Truck..

2010 Bmw X5 3.5 Turbo Diesel













2010 Honda S2k CR














More Images, Wallpaper galleries and Write ups will be on Automobile Mag.com at somepoint soon...

Updates

Images and Write ups of the Prius are now on the Automobilemag website

Click here for prius

Some Images and write up on the 2009 Meadow Brook Concours are on the Automobilemag website

Click here for Concours

That is all...

Images soon to come of the following.

2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost
2010 BMW M3 Hard-Top Convertible
2010 Honda S2000 CR
2010 Ford GT500
2010 Porsche 911 C2 S
2010 BMW X5 3.5 Diesel

Concours Cont.

2009 Meadow Brook Concours

Well, it was an amazing show, like per the usual.

Highlights

Genesis Coupe and 370z Sport Coupe

We did a little comparo for the website, more images and a nice write-up on the automobile site soon! stay tuned!



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370z Roadster

Nissan Did this car right, inside and out.. a great car




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Another Pony Car in the Mix..

Shots will be up on Automobiles website at somepoint


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Prius

Golf Course, Just outside of Ann Arbor

took some shots, should run with a story at some point on the automobile mag site

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Random

So i got a little bored today, made this from an image i shot yesterday, just to practice pulling a car out of a shot and placing it in another scene, even though this scene is just a photoshop made gradiant.. anywho.. i'll post some of the regular images of the Camaro and a prius later...

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Monday Updates

Images and stories of the Roush 427r and the Subaru SPT wrx are now up on the automobile website, follow the links below to check them out!

Mustang
http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/editors_notebook/0907_2010_roush_mustang_427r/index.html

WRX
http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/editors_notebook/0907_2009_subaru_impreza_wrx_spt/index.html


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Alot of Car for the Money

So this is going to seem rather bias i guess coming from me. So take it how you will. Anyways..

Yesterday I took out a 2010 VW CC sport, 2.0T 6spd

Fun car, thought it might be underpowered since it is using the same motor found in various smaller audi's and vws.

Not underpowered at all, very responsive, and pulls nicely, also, such a big car with a manual tranny is always a plus, makes it not just a touring car, but a nice drivers car.

The interior, albeit not real leather, a leatherette in this package is soft, doesnt make your back sweat, sporty seats with mildly agressive bolsters, very well designed, great two tone seats and carpets on the interior.

The real fact here that seals the deal that the base vw CC sport is a killer car, is the low price. The VW CC sport in the same trim level that we have is the very base model, and it starts at only 27,000.

this is one of the best4 door sub 30k sedan that i have driven, I am now hunting around on leasing availability on this car.

Just to give you a better understanding of the price..

the horrid ford fusion, posted a couple days back is a few thousand dollars more expensive.


Volkswagen Really hit the mark with this car, if you are infact looking to buy or a lease a car and this is in your price range, i urge you to do to your local dealer and take it for a spin, you will not be disapointed.


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Speechless.. well.. not quite..

Amazing Car

Amazing Car...

Really, I cant say it enough...



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Cube Krom

A strange little car, not sure how I feel about it.

Interesting None the less.


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Fusion Sport

Shot a Ford Fusion Sport for the Magazine today, not a bad car.. But not a great car either, especially with the 30k+ price tag...


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XF?!

Images and reviews of the 2010 Jaguar XF Premium I shot sometime ago have made their way to the web, check out the photos!

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Updatez

A group of shots I took of the BMW 335i Coupe have been posted with the story on the Automobile Mag website.. However I am little bit ticked as they did not use a couple of the shots that i considered to be the better of the bunch...(see my website for those images) oh well, thats not my call, that is the editors and web guys call.. hmm..

Click here to see story and Images


Ah so a new week begins, keep an eye on here for updates in the coming days.. my schedule of cars to test and shoot this week is as follows...

-2010 Nissan Cube Krom
-2010 Porsche Boxter S
-2010 ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE COUPE'
-2010 Volkswagen CC
-2010 Ford Fusion Sport..
...and whatever else happens to float on past my desk.. possibly a 370z and a couple others...

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Genesis Coupe Track Package

Sooo Hyundai finally showed up to the party..




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Wrx.. a different one.. i swear

Ok, so last month I shot some "ok" images of a 2010 Subaru WRX Spt edt. Today I took out a standard 2010 WRX to photograph in ann arbor. Despite the lack of options the only thing i really seemed to miss with this wrx is the STI exhaust and the short throw shifter.. anyhow, check it... more stuff on my site..

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Cayman Revisited...

So a few years back when the Cayman originally was released i had the opportunity to take it for a spin and spend a couple days behind the wheel of it. However I did not get the chance to photograph it as i was far too busy driving it. Today I spent part of my morning photographing a 2010 Cayman S.

Despite this car not having most of the factory options, it was still a great car to rip around ann arbor. Clutch was a little mushy, but after all it is a press car, the clutch could be on its last leg. The cayman is a great little ride, much more porsche than the boxter and dare i say more porsche than some of the fat sloppy 911's that have come about of late. Its a twitchy, responsive and uber-quick little rocket, and it better be for that price tag that comes along with it.

More pictures of the car are on my website and will be on Automobiles site and Mag in the coming weeks...


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American Muscle

So with the American car companies in dire straights ford and roush have tried to inject some life into their names by releasing the 427r, and interesting ride. Did it work?

Photographed it today, should be in print/web in the next issue or two..


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Q7 tdi published on web

Q7 images are posted on automobile mag's website...


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British Name, American Design, Indian Owned, who wouldve thought...

Jaguar, a name that carries with it a history of racing glory, advanced design, and upperclass refinement, however in recent years Jaguar has become the laughing stock of performance and luxury brands in the auto industry, with substandard cars, borrowed and shared designs with of all companies, Ford. This more recent history almost drove the company out of buisness. But recently, they have been purchased as some of you know by the indian investor group known as TATA, one of the first cars that was produced under the new ownership was a modified design by ford that had never been used. TATA had jaguar amend the design and produce the vehicle, the results are astounding.

Having not cared for jaguar most of my life, i was hesitant to step foot inside this car, but once i did, I was throughly impressed. To all of the Nay sayers and jaguar haters I dare you to go take this car for a drive still have negative feelings for the car, for inside and out it is a true work of british er... um indian, art.

ladies and gentleman, here is the 2010 Jaguar XF Premium...



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Italian Lux Rocket

Another fine piece of italian machinery... the masarati quattroporte s, with an interior that rivals bentley's and rolls royces and an engine designed and built by ferrari, it is truely a special car..



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Double the Boost

So yesterday I had the chance to shoot a BMW 335 coupe, what an impressive piece of machinery, truely one of the better cars I have had the chance to get behind the wheel of. Just finished editing some of the images, here is a couple samples, again images should run online and in the upcoming issue of the magazine...


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Truck Showdown Posted on Automobilemag.com

The first collaborative assignment I had with our editorial intern a couple weeks ago here at the magazine has been posted in blog form on the automobile mag site. It is the 2009 F-150 V the 2009 Ram. All the images are mine, words by Jeffery Jablansky. Check it out!


Ram V. F-150 Story and Pictures



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Rex Posted on web Auto-Blog (not autoblog)

One of the images I shot of the WRX has been posted this morning on automobile's web site along side a blog on hot compacts, check it out..


Link to Story and Image


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TDI POWWWWAAAAA

Shot a Q7 TDI at the end of the week last week, pretty awesome ride. Took a bunch of pretty decent shots of it. Should be in the next issue of Automobile and on the web soon!

check it..

Audi Forza Images EXPOSUREEEEEEE!!

Links to 0-60mag, Top Gear, New York Times, Audi USA News, plus more that i dont feel like posting!

for the Audi AXF 24 Challange.. check the story and the images...

CLICK ME FOR STORY AND IMAGES <---NYTIMES 0-60 mag

Audi USA News Images (mineeee)


+ more that i dont feel like sifting through..




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Mini Van Photos Published on Web umm... cool?

ok so some of the pictures I shot of our Routan went up this morning on the automobile website, feel free to check out the comments on the car and browse the awesomeness that is a Chrysler Volkswagen mini van...

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Sharkfest 2009!!!!!!

So over memorial day weekend, I traveled with a bunch of other 635csi owners down to winston salem NC for the Annual "Southeast Sharkfest"

A few pictures of the people and cars are above...

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