As some of you know, I moonlight as a semi-pro photographer. This year has been a great one for my photo opportunities, mostly getting to tag along with SCCA Pro Driver Brian Kleeman as he raced in his 370z NISMO around the country at Pirelli World Challenge events, a supporting event to Indy Car. Along the way this year I got to do several noteworthy photoshoots and made some new friends/clients along the way. It's been an exciting year so I thought I'd sum it all up into one post for everyone to see what my adventures have led me to. I will post a link to each album followed by my favorite shot from that event. Thanks for looking and enjoy!
-My photography started pretty early this year in January shooting a Carolina Z Club member's modified G37 IPL in Charlotte and then attending a strobe lighting workshop at another friend's studio nearby:
Jon's Infiniti G37 IPL - 1/19/13 - JPMcG Photography
Studio Lighting Workshop Results - 1/19/13 - JPMcG Photography
-March saw me back down to St Petersburg, FL for the Honda Grand Prix with the World Challenge team:
PWC Rounds 1 & 2 - Streets of St. Petersburg - March '13 - JPMcG Photography
After the May Cars and Coffee in Charlotte, I rode along with Andy in his GTR (when it was closer to stock) to take some quick shots with a Cyber Gray Z06 that belongs to a family member:
David's Z06 and Andy's GTR - 5/4/13 - JPMcG Photography
For the past four years every May you can find me at ZdayZ @ Fontana Village near the Tail of The Dragon as the Z's, G's, and GTR's descend on arguably one of the best areas in the world to drive a sports car. This year had a record breaking attendance and was, IMO, the best one yet.
ZdayZ '13 - Friday 5/17/13 - JPMcG Photography
ZdayZ '13 - Saturday 5/18/13 - JPMcG Photography
The following weekend I attended a Ferrari Rally at Coach I's (old Clemson Soccer Coach) house in Anderson, SC.
Coach I Memorial Concours - 5/25/13 - JPMcG Photography
The next weekend was the CIN Motorsports (in Charlotte) Carolina Z Club dyno day. My good friend Dustin also got his Amuse titanium exhaust installed with a dyno before and after gain of 16hp and 50+lbs weight loss!
CZC Dyno Day @ CIN Motorsports - 6/1/13 - JPMcG Photography
The weekend after that I was back up in Hickory, NC (where I'm from) to shoot out at the airport with some Porsches for an advertisement in Tobacco Roads Magazine:
Airport Photos - 6/8/13 - JPMcG Photography
After having a weekend off, Russell@Z1 Motorsports contacted me about shooting for Z1 at the NASA Spec Z race going on at Road Atlanta that weekend so I went down to hang out with my good friends at Z1 and had a great time.
SpecZ Racing @ NASA June Jam '13 - JPMcG Photography
After working every day in July 12 hours a day and most of the days leading up to it, I finally caught up with Brian Kleeman and the DWW Motorsports team at Mid-Ohio for another Honda Grand Prix.
PWC Mid Ohio Grand Prix - August '13 - JPMcG Photography
A few weeks later I was extremely excited to get the opportunity to go out to Cali for the GoPro Grand Prix at Sonoma Raceway with Brian, my first time ever going to California!
PWC Sonoma Grand Prix - August '13 - JPMcG Photography
About a month later, mostly due to my day job, I was able to drop by Andy's house again and his GTR had undergone a major transformation. Bigger turbos and all the supporting mods now made it an ~800hp beast that he got wrapped in gold vinyl.
Andy's GTR Quick Shoot - 9/12/13 - JPMcG Photography
Brian asked me to do some photos for DXD Southbend Clutches, one of his car's main sponsors. This was my first attempt at studio product photography so I tried several different setups.
DXD Clutches Product Photos - JPMcG Photography
The last World Challenge race of the year was in Houston so off I flew to the state where everything's bigger, including Indy Car wrecks... It was an interesting race, most would have called it a boat show.
PWC Houston Grand Prix '13 - JPMcG Photography
Early in November I was asked, through my friend that works with a lot of high end Porsches, to shoot a Lamborghini Gallardo Roadster. Not rare in of itself, the color Rossa Vik and the interior options (three pedals!!) made it stand out.
2008 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Photoshoot - 11/3/13 - JPMcG Photography
Last but definitely not least, I because acquainted with Joe, owner of HodRod Dynamics, up near Hickory and got to shoot a few vehicles for Joe to use to sell his work/creations. Three this year, hopefully many more in the future!
HotRod Dynamics Photoshoots - JPMcG Photography
As usual there are a TON of other pictures to look at in the albums so take a few minutes to look through and enjoy. Again, thanks for looking and here's hoping for an equally great year to come behind the camera!