Power Stations!

I've always had a weakness for bikes and cars, so when Jan asked to get photos of his pride & joy's, a Mazda RX-8 and a Honda Fireblade, I was in no way going to turn him down!!



Talk about power stations (which I will do later!!!)... we had an awesome day out with his gorgeous motors!

Starting with the Mazda, we went out onto a quiet stretch of road nearby where Jan could drive past as I shot the car from the roadside. Safety conscious as always, I wore a very bright almost fluorescent coloured fleece (much nicer than it sounds!!) and had my assistant Holly keeping an eye on what was coming... we were amazed at just how busy our 'quiet' road turned out to be!!

Jan did a terrific job at keeping his distance from other traffic, but also at keeping a nice constant speed for me. As the road got busier we headed over to a nearby empty car park where I sat in the centre and Jan, quite literally, drove rings round me!!



He even happily splashed through a few puddles, despite having come out with a gleaming car in the morning! What a star!!

We then went for a few static shots where Jan could get the portrait part of his 'Pride & Joy Portraits' session under the trees, and Holly assisted by providing the lighting.

Holly held on to the large softbox that we used to direct some extra light onto Jan... given the wind at the time, it was rather like holding on to a huge sail but Holly clung on and managed to stay on the ground (it would have been a bit embarrassing if we'd had to rescue her from the trees but luckily she didn't get blown away and we got the shots we were after!).

The afternoon was equally as exciting and, thankfully, the weather had improved as we followed Jan out on his bike. Again we started with a few quiet country roads, but we also managed to find a very quiet roundabout on a business park where Jan could safely get his knee down and do his thing! Not something I would really encourage, but Jan has been riding for a lot of years now and had already demonstrated that he has great awareness of the roads and his position on them, so I felt comfortable that he was safe and sensible!

For the static shots, I really wanted somewhere 'manly', somewhere with a bit of power to reflect the strength and power of Jan and his bike. Hmm, where do you find 'manly' in the countryside? Yep, at the local power station!!! Perfick! Jan looks great, the bike looks great and the power station brought that touch of 'manly' that we needed.



All in all, a great day out!!

Thanks again to Kathryn and Holly, but a special thanks to Jan. It's not easy to rein in these awesome machines for a photo shoot, but you did a fantastic job and I'm so pleased you're happy with the results!!!

Rebecca, x

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