I was asked by Ashley Lovering to be a photographer for his Classic Car Show.

The show is an annual event run by Ashley and a small team of volunteers, with all takings and donations going to a selected Charity!

The events draw in people from all over the UK and always contains a great selection of vehicles.

I arrived nice and early with my local Mini club (South Wales Mini Club) and was greeted to the show site by the fresh aroma of burning rubber! (from a warehouse fire roughly 2 miles away!) luckily the wind changed pretty quickly and it didn’t waft back over again until everyone was about to leave!

It was a great day out! Cheap refreshments (A rare thing as most show goers would agree!), plenty to see what with a local museum storage center opening its doors to the show attendees to have a wander around and classic bus rides along Swansea Bay, and not only did it not rain, but I think most people went home pink from the Sun!

I didn’t manage to get photos of every car im afraid as spent quite a lot of time talking to various car owners, It took me all day to get to two thirds of the way through! (Great turnout!) and by the time I had gotten that far the far corner of the car park where I was parked had began to empty (people had received their free Model car at the end of the day and tired after a long day) so that signalled the end of play!

The full gallery will be displayed on Ashleys Website: www.NTFWSwansea.co.uk,

Here is the Direct link to the National Transport Festival gallery.

I look forward to attending Ashleys shows in the future and would urge anyone else to do the same!

The owner wanted the photoshoot to look natural (no large spotlights on just the car) but to keep details in the shadowy sections of the car.

This was done using off camera flashes which were carefully balanced with ambient light to result in sharp, detailed images.

The entire body of this sports car is made from lightweight Aluminium and is all made by hand (Yes, every single curve was hand beaten in and smoothed out!)

The panels are then attached to a tubular steel frame to keep things lightweight but sturdy (This is a race car after all).

This was probably my favourite car of the day (Nothing against the others of course!), It’s so low, Sleek lines, and it sounded pretty mean.

Hard to believe that this is a ‘Demonstrator’!

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The owner wanted the photoshoot to look natural (no large spotlights on just the car) but to keep details in the shadowy sections of the car.

This was done using off camera flashes which were carefully balanced with ambient light to result in sharp, detailed images.

This replica of the original Bentley Blue Train is true to the original in every way. Weighing just under 2.5tons, Measuring over 11ft long and powered by a 6.6liter straight 6 engine, this car was a Goliath of the road (And still is!).

The photos were taken on the private lawns of the garage owner shortly before the car was sent away to it’s buyer in Europe.

It was a pleasure and a privilege to get up close and personal with this car and seeing the effort that was involved with each tiny detail. Each bolt polished to as high of a sheen as the glass in the windscreen and every stitch on the interior exactly the same as the next.

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Lots of oddities happened. Everything from becoming stranded temporarily due to the amazing stance of the car and a steep incline, right up to us trying to get the VOSA headquarters to let us use their underground car park.

One thing is for sure though, The level of detail that has gone into this car is fantastic and it is definitely no slouch!

These Images were taken using off camera flash, Light painting and of course using the ambient light to bring out the low, sleek and aggressive stance of this very tastefully modified vehicle.

Specs:
OEM Sport Side Skirts and Front Lip
Number plate Moved and Bumper smoothed
Coilover suspension kit
Top-Speed Pro Axle Back Exhaust
TR-Lane Roll Bar
Richbrook Sabre Aerial
Carbing Style Towing Eye
Ducktail Spoiler
Rear Spats from the facelift model
15″ Rays Engineering Volk GR-N Alloys
Sparco Sprint V Bucket Seats and TRS 4 Point Harnesses

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