Hot Rods to Hell

One of the niggles you get living in a relatively small city is that the car/cruise scene is fairly small, but there are a few clubs trying to add more to the summer cruises here,(one was the Hot summer nights run i posted a while back) One of the newest is "Hot Rods to Hell". set at the totally awesome venue "Devilles Pad", a Burlesque/swing club in the city area. it caters to the growing group of 50's era enthusiasts, from bobbers/rockers and rockabilly that has roots in hot rodding scene and visa versa.
  The Venue was fenced off from the other buildings and heaps of hot rods and kool customs parked along the fence line from front to back (even some very nice scooters got a patch of ground!). inside there was all the usual bar and bistro available if you were hungry or thirsty, plus all around the inside were stalls catering to your every 50's need. from plates/cups/homewares to music records, clothes from various designers  and heaps of other stuff to liven up you and your pad! there was even a barber out in the beer garden ready to give you the latest 50's style!
 Heaps of people enjoyed the whole spectacle of what is a Unique event here in Perth, with many getting dressed up in rockabilly and 50's clothes just to make it that much more of a  pleasant experience. not to mention the "drags" with some pedal cars for the young (and some not so) enjoying a race or two. with a  DJ inside and outside, a couple of fashion shows and a live band on the stage inside, it made for a busy day for those who stayed around for everything!
Lets hope this stays as an annual fixture on the Perth car scene, i for one will be attending again (hopefully with a car!)... lets see some pics now..

non stop all day!

gotta love the inside of this place!!!

Need that little bit for the house?

All around the walls were more stalls

The drags!

they even had a magic show to amuse the littleun's!

The devil you know!

Tony even had to work!

some fashion shows

and a band playing....choice!!

Now he does the rear.

Mmm more fashion

even an onsite barber!!!

Tony did an awesome job as usual!

Found myself a model for the evening!

and the car we used..mmmm nice...

think i need to buy some more clothes for next year now!
see ya's on the road ;)

OH and thanks if you've come over from AutoLifePerth!

Band shoots - Hells Bells

Last week i went to a gig at my local pub (i've never been to my local, so this would be interesting) as Hells Bells were playing (AC/DC cover band) and i always enjoy going to there gigs. (and as the official photo guy for Bogan & Proud i do this quite a few times!) but as some of you guys know, i dont have a lot of lenses. bugger all really and definately not for specific shoots like low light band gigs! these places have no real white light for good shots like normal places and they tend to use either all red or blue on the stage lights which really make bad photos! the only way to get good shots is by cranking up the ISO (film speed) and have a good F2.8 or lower lens. or use a prime lens which is usually F2 or lower. and for the most part i have been using kit lenses, and while i do crank up the ISO, the rest is just crap. you really need good glass for these things.
  So off i trotted to the gig, but this time i thought seeing as it is usually a waste of time with the normal lenses, i would just use the old manual focus 50mm F2 i bought ages ago and never really use. GODDAM that makes a difference in light coming thru the lens! yeah its only small (49mm) but still, makes a huge difference in what shutter speed you can use to stop motion blur. and not as much 'grain' either. why didnt i use this before?!
  yeah it dont have a wide view, in fact it's only good for head shots when your close. but if you back up a tad you can get some decent coverage. i like this band shooting thing now! ok, so i'm still not the best out there (hardly that good at all really) but i think i'm starting to learn it finally.

see for yourselves!!! (oh i might mention that they had the smoke machine going all night long!!)

First band is 'waiting4andy'

i didnt get many of them as i arrived late

then Hells Bells!

Wayne, lead singer

i call this Heaven Vs hellsbells

and the Bogan&Proud shot!

that'll do pig. that'll do.....for now ;)