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Troy’s Roadster

May 14, 2019 by Andrew Fritz

We’ve photographed a few other cars from this collection, but this roadster might be my favorite. It’s nominally a Chevy, and is Chevy powered. It’s based on a 1930s Chevrolet coup… Sorry, I don’t even know the exact year. Does it matter that much? Nope. We love the outrageous flame on yellow point job, the open engine bay and beautiful headers and especially the crazy wide rear tires. On to some hot rod photography.

1932 Chevy Roadster Hot Rod Photography

Virtual rig shots are not something I get to do that often, and frankly, they are a lot of work. This one is a bit of whimsy. We asked about doing an actual burn out. Turns out with those rear tires, even a big V-8 can’t spin them very easily. Still fun to play with the idea.

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Classic Chevy Street-rod - Automotive Photography - Shifter - Automotive Details

This is one of those projects that is all about presence. The owner admitted that it isn’t that fast despite the noise and tires, nor would you want it to be given the total lack of safety gear. There is no roll bar or even a b-pillar to mount a real 3-point seat belt from. Safety in this thing is basically “don’t hit anything.”

Chevy Roadster Hot Rod Photography at sunset in Troy Texas.

Inside it’s basic with analog gauges and chunky toggle switches, both of which fit the streetrod perfectly. A MoTeC electronic dash would be about as out of place as a coil overs on a battleship.

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Chevy Roadster Hot Rod Photography at sunset in Troy Texas.

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Classic Chevy Street-rod - Automotive Photography - Rear bed - Chevy Thunder Logo - Hot Rod Photography

Regardless of the “basic” safety gear, this hot rod is definitely not a garage queen. It’s collected it’s share of rock chips, fossilized bugs and road dirt. What’s the point of building something this cool if it just sits in a garage?

Chevy Roadster Hot Rod at sunset in Troy Texas.

Filed Under: automotive Tagged With: automotive, chevrolet, chevy, coup, rat rod, roadster, sunset, virtual rig, yellow

A Styled Event – Design Photography

April 4, 2019 by Josh Baker

Event planners work hard to put on world class events. During the hustle-bustle of an event, there often isn’t time to photograph the details of the setup. That is why styled shoots are nice. They allow the entire collaborative team space and time. They allow us to do some event design photography.

Hosting weddings is big business and the Austin area is peppered with venues serving that market. There are also a lot of other related vendors including those that specialize in styling a space.

A Styled Outdoor Patio Space

Event Design photography. Creating a comfortable outdoor space for your event guests. Photography of stylish couches and accents on a stone patio.

The large covered stone patio is one of our favorite things about Cathedral Oaks. It is surrounded by the large live oak trees for which the venue is named. It’s an incredibly pleasant place to sit around sunset. Karla McNeill Events and Confetti Rentals styled the space with a wonderful couch and chairs and some modern tables as accents.

Detail photo of a side table next to a stylish chair and couch on a stone patio.
Detail photo of a stylish couch covered with pillows and a fur outside on a stone patio.

Table Center Pieces

A venue is a canvas and table center pieces are one of the paints great event designers use to create a unique event. Whether they are simple or complex, centerpieces and place settings take a room and make it special for an event. For this shoot Confetti Rentals, Karla Mcneill Events and Creative Innovations Floral combined forces to create a couple of different styles.

The first table matches pale pink roses and table cloth and contrasts them with the lush green of the silver dollar eucalyptus, all supported on a white lantern and surrounded with votive candles.

Stylish table center piece with flowers and a faux lamp in the open and airy main room at Cathedral Oaks. Event design photography shot during a styled event.

More formal center pieces, like this bouquet and candles give an event a totally different feel.

Candle based center pieces at Cathedral Oaks during a styled design shoot.

A menu card laid out before a meal at Cathedral Oaks in Belton.

This styled shoot was a collaboration between Karla McNeill Events (event coordinator), Cathedral Oaks (venue), Confetti Rentals (furniture and accents), Creative Innovations Floral (flowers) and AzulOx Commercial (event design photography).

Besides commercial event photography, AzulOx Visuals offers wedding photography. Check our other site for details.

Filed Under: design Tagged With: cathedral oaks, center piece, comfortable, design, flowers, settings, style, sunset

A Dodge Challenger in Temple

December 13, 2018 by Andrew Fritz

We are motor heads and we love cars. The rebirth of the American muscle car means it is a great time to be alive as car guys. Dodge is at the forefront of that revival with the Challenger. We recently had the opportunity to photograph one in Temple, Texas. Temple is medium sized Texas town located on the edge of the hill country. It’s a place that is all about cotton and corn. The rural texture was perfect for this working class hero of a car.

Virtual Rig Automotive Photography

We love using the variety techniques that automotive photography requires. Virtual rig automotive photography is one of the more labor intense, but it solves a very specific problem. How do you get well lit, well composed photos of cars driving in interesting locations?

Dodge Challenger screaming through an ally - Virtual Rig Automotive Photorgaphy - Home town hero - Temple Texas automotive photography

Once upon a time, the way photographers created advertising photos of cars blasting down open roads or around tracks was to bolt a boom to the car with a camera on the end. The car would then be pushed very slowly during a long exposure. The background would blur and the car would *hopefully* be sharp. The boom was then digitally removed from the photo.

That approach has it’s limitations though. Most of us in the automotive photography industry have moved to virtual rigs. Instead of a literal rig (the boom bolted to the car), we now shoot separate photos of the car and the background and then composite them together with a little wizardry to create the background motion blur. 

How it Works

Virtual rig automotive photography is much more flexible than traditional rig photography. It allows us to employ more advanced lighting setups and to work in spaces we might not otherwise be able to. We can create motion blurs that are more complex and interesting than a traditional rig creates. It also allows photographers to put a car from one location into a scene from another.

In this case, the Dodge Challenger was really in this ally. All the elements of this photo were from a single thirty minute span with the camera in one fixed spot. We painted the car with light in a couple of shots to get the look we wanted. To get the blowing leaves, we shot several photos of “blowing” leaves in front of the car (tossed up by our crew), and finally moved the car out and shot the background image.

To get an image like this to come together, it takes several hours of advanced post processing. We think the results are well worth the effort.

Fast While Sitting Still

For much of my childhood, American cars just were not that nice to look at. That has all changed. The Challenger, and it’s brother the Charger, both look spectacular. The Challenger has such a menacing look, like it is just waiting to burst into motion.

Dodge Challenger in front of a central Texas sunset in Temple Texas - Automotive Photography

The old (and somewhat derelict) buildings of downtown Temple gave a nice backdrop for this sunset photo of the car. We moved on to the grain silos at the rail terminal after the sun set.

Automotive Photography of a Dodge Challenger in front of the grain silos in downtown Temple, Texas.

Showing the Details

For this shoot, details were not our main focus. Still, there were a couple of small vignettes we couldn’t help but photograph.

Dodge Challenger rear badge and racing strip detail. Red on white automotive photography in temple, Texas.

Dodge challenger front name bade and grill during a Temple Car Shoot.

Hurst style shifter on the new Dodge Challenger during a Temple automotive photography session.

 

 

 

Filed Under: automotive Tagged With: automotive, car, challenger, dodge, fast, home town hero, muscle car, sunset, temple, virtual rig, white

An American Classic: The Stingray

May 30, 2016 by Andrew Fritz Leave a Comment

Happy 4th of July! 

We’re busy preparing for our annual Team Blue BBQ here at AzulOx. We’ve trimmed the weeds in the lawn, started the smoker bright and early, and have the drinks chilling on ice before friends and family arrive. We hope you’re taking a break today too to celebrate and enjoy life with the ones you love.

In honor of the 4th, we’re taking things back to an American Classic with this automotive photography set we did. Feast your eyes on this beaut of a machine: the 69 Corvette Stingray.

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The Classic

The owner of this car restored it as his daily drive vehicle, or “beater.” (Can you imagine a Stingray being your daily driver?) This stingray is a C3, or third generation Corvette for Chevrolet, produced from 1968-1982. The Corvette was officially called the Stingray in 1969. Though the engine upgraded slightly, not much had changed from the previous year’s model. The Stingray is a powerful machine, with 435hp and a 0-6omph in 6.6 seconds.

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The beautiful curve of the Stingray rear fender is what makes this car’s look so iconic. The C3 is by far the most recognizable body style, called the “shark body.” There are few things as satisifying as the contrast of chrome and Monza Red, and what we love so much about capturing automobiles. Clean lines, shine of metal and paint, and artistically crafted machines.

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Automotive Photography

The Stingray is a classic working-class hero car, and it just felt right to capture it driving through a cornfield off into the sunset. We caught this amazing sunset that complimented the bright red car perfectly. Our American heroine takes a break from her journey before getting back on the road. 

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The American Dream: a beautiful skyline, the open road, a powerful machine in your hands, and the freedom to go wherever your dreams and desires take you.

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Filed Under: automotive, lifestyle Tagged With: 4th of July, 69 corvette, automotive, classic restore, corvette, red white and blue, rig, stingray, sunset

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