The Toyota Yaris, a sensible and cheap car. A car mostly driven by elderly people. A women’s car, with lots of storage space in the dash and mirrors in both sun visors. I myself own one for more than four years now. I fell in love with it the moment I walked in the dealership’s showroom and I bought it as my first car. Continue reading
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Weekend Wallpaper: Ready, set, GO!
Again a regular scene at a track. Well captured by Alex of course! Continue reading
Weekend Wallpaper: Any given day at Zandvoort
Alex spends a great amount of time near the tracks during the year. Therefore it’s no suprise he provides great shots like these as your weekly wallpaper! Continue reading
Weekend Wallpaper: Scooby ready to attack!
We are well on our way in the weekend so time for our weekly wallpaper. This shot was captured by Alex Kamsteeg last season. Continue reading
Car Life: My 2012 recap
With 2013 approaching fast it’s time to look back at 2012. One of the goals I set for myself was to improve my photography dramatically and to achieve that I spent a lot of time behind the camera. I took thousands of pictures and in total I photographed more than 40 cars and car-related events. In this blog post I want to show you, my fellow petrolheads, what my year looked like. Continue reading
Car life: The sorry state of Dutch drifting?
Drifting, the art of sliding a car around a track. Smoke, screaming tyres, a very focussed driver turning the wheel at insane speed and the ocassional crash. And you know what? I’m a fan! The last few years I visited the Scandinavian Drift Series and the British Drift Championship multiple times, I’m a long time visitor of sites like Driftworks or Drifted and naturally I watch the Formula Drift and I spend countless hours on Youtube watching Japanese drift movies. Continue reading
Meeting: WW13 – The social side
I have to confess something. Actually, a few things. I visit the track dozens of times a year, and I’ve never ever done a lap of Zandvoort in my life. I shoot many drifting events and demos, and I’ve never ever hitched a ride in a drift car. I visit very few meetings each year, and I visit most of them just for the pictures. But the Wangan Warriors meetings are different. They’re mainly a social thing for me, with taking pictures just being a secondary objective. Continue reading
Events: A second look on DUMPd 2012
So, DUMPd… I don’t visit meetings with static cars that often because, as you can tell from my previous blog posts, I prefer the action on the track. But when I heard about DUMPd I knew I had to visit it. The concept of a big selection meet aimed at stanced cars with all the various scenes represented was something that appealed to me because it made sure the area wouldn’t be jam-packed with cars with lots of polyester and a 12 gigawatts audio system. Continue reading
Feature: SVA Imports TA Evo
I can always explain why I like a particular car by naming just one thing. It can be an amazing paintjob, a nice stance or some cool parts. This car attracted my attention for the first time on Automaxx Streetpower. I saw it before, driving around tracks at insane speeds, but this time it was standing on the paddock without the bonnet so I could see that gorgeous ceramic-coated exhaust manifold. Continue reading
Feature: Suzuki Baleno
When I tell people I often visit races to or track days where friends are going to race they always ask me “that’s a very expensive hobby, isn’t it?” And I always tell them that it can be as expensive as you want. The occasional track day can be done with a completely stock and very cheap car, when I visited the TT Circuit in Assen in The Netherlands to shoot the photos for this blog I even saw an old Peugeot 205 driving a few laps! Continue reading