Big Rig

Rig shot, front angle - Photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Rig shot, front angle - Photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

I met up with my buddy Josh of Lunchbox PhotoWorks the other day to take some car photos. But not just any car photos. Rig photos.

My first rig photo.

My first rig photo.

I’ve always wanted to play with a rig, but I’ve never had a chance. And while the cost of entry isn’t really high, it isn’t really low either. So I’ve just held off on buying the crazy suction cups and mounting arms and just drooled over other’s rig pix.

The Rig.

The Rig.

Pretty sweet, yeah? And amazingly heavy for being aluminum. All of that held by two suction cups. I was a little nervous the first time I bolted my camera on. Josh soothed my worries by saying he’d only had the rig fail once.

heh. “Once.”

Anyway, it was a great time. We shot for hours. I mostly operated Sharka while Josh took rig pix. We changed locations and did some static shots as well. Overall, one of the finest afternoons of shooting in recent memory.

(You can click on any of these shots to see them larger.)

Headlights - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Headlights - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Nostalgic - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Nostalgic - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Lightspeed - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Lightspeed - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Vintage - photo by Me

Vintage - photo by Me

Cloudy - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Cloudy - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Boost - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Boost - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Parked - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Parked - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

It was getting later and we were packing up our various camera gear. Then Josh had an idea for something unique. A rollbar rig.

The Rollbar Rig

The Rollbar Rig

Which produced this shot.

Driver - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

Driver - photo by Lunchbox PhotoWorks

I don’t get that many chances to have shots of me taken while driving Sharka. Usually, I’m the one shooting and Sharka is parked. So this shot is pretty high in my all-time favorites list. Me driving my beloved Roadster. Love it.

Thanks for the great afternoon of shooting, Josh! I can’t wait to do it again.

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  • Sarah says:

    Somehow, me grabbing a snap from the passenger seat isn’t quite the same. Excellent photos!

  • Steve says:

    Can’t wait to get my hands on a high res version of that rear rig shot. It shall be the desktop on the TV at the office. (Sharka always is!) Makes me want to get some rolling shots of mine. Don’t think I’ll be cool enough to get a rig, though.

    • revlimiter says:

      High res shot emailed!

      As for being cool enough for a rig, donno about that. Lucky seems more like it. There MAY be only one rig in my whole state. I was lucky enough to get it suction cup’d to Sharka one day.

  • Georgee says:

    oh my god… those rig shots are amazing!

  • ROB0 says:

    Whoa…. those shots are mind bogglingly good! i have to admit, pic #8 (cloudy) was the first time i realized the paint color of your modified headlamp was (ever so)slightly different from the rest of the car… looks a bit darker…

    • revlimiter says:

      ha! Nice spotting. Yes, my NACA duct lid is a bit off from the rest of the car. It came from my wrecked 97 which was slightly darker colored. I’ve had my 95 headlight lid on my workbench for ages with the idea of hacking it up for the NACA duct. Just haven’t had a chance yet.

  • Kyra says:

    Very cool!

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