D25 Photo Shoot For Garage/shots Magazine

[bamfordsgarage]

There will be some reader head-shaking over this one — my rusty heap was the subject today for a professional photo shoot by Garage Shots Magazine. This slick Canadian publication celebrates "the art of the build, whether its a hot rod, custom or classic..." and is wrapping up their features for Issue #6, due out in June.

 

Obviously, my car is hardly any of the above, but publisher and chief photographer Darren Greenwood is pushing the boundaries a bit and focusing on the story behind the car — utterly unrestored, original, unapologetic, and very well travelled. I might be a tad prejudiced in this, but applaud him for going out on a limb with a feature on a car far removed from the usual magazine fare but still — in my experience — interesting to many car guys.

 

The last photo below shows an interesting setup for motion shots: The camera is suspended far outside the RF corner and set for a llllloooonnnngggg exposure of 3-4 seconds while Darren's Dad and I push it down the road at about 1/2 mph, giving a lovely blur to the background, road and wheel. He then shot the same angle from the same point without the pole (and with me in the driver's seat) and will meld the two photos in PhotoShop to look like it was photographed at highway speed. Darren asked for a selection of photos of the old Dodge taken at various locations around North America and will "postcard effect" a few to include in the feature.

 

Be sure to visit the Garage Shots website at www.garageshotsmagazine.com to learn more about the magazine and view all previous issues online.

[RobertKB]

Congratulations, Chris. Let me be the first to say that your car, and you, deserve the recognition you are going to get. Let us know when the article is actually out.  See you in Red Deer May3/4.

[Don Coatney]

My guess is that more folks will read the artcle about your car than all other articles in the magazine. How exciting is it to read an article about a trailer queen that lists all the advertised products but the car has never been in the rodeo.

[Scruffy49]

A car magazine showing a real working vehicle instead of a chromed out, perfect paint, whiskers on the tires garbage barge? About time...

[greg g]

Way to go.  You and your car are getting famous. Nice to see the publication branching out.

[1940plymouth]

Good for you, you and the Dodge are finally getting the print you both deserve

[Mark Haymond]

This I gotta see. I bookmarked the car shot web site so I can watch for your car to be there. Looking forward to any reader's comments about it.

[T120]

Chris,Good news.Along with the others,I'll look forward to reading the article...Ever consider writing a book about your exploits with the old Dodge?

A single magazine article will barely cover the subject..

[bamfordsgarage]

Thanks everyone, for your kind words. I too would like to see more daily drivers in vintage and rod magazines.  It will be interesting to see the reaction to this feature.

 

Robert, looking forward to seeing you (and Ralph I hope) in Red Deer on Friday May 03. Jerry and I are hauling down a bunch of sale stuff in the Dodge but may not stay overnight. We'll see. I will have your wheel and tire and if you don't go Friday I will leave it with one of the Edmonton club members who is staying over 'till Saturday.

 

If any other forum members make it to the Red Deer swap meet on May 03, please stop by stall 461 in the Prairie Pavilion (middle one) and say Howdy,