The season finale! Part 4 is more of a “Jason gets a schwack load of car parts”… But it’s still worth it 🙂

Jackie was able to help me out and I bought a set of TE37SL’s off of Ben at AJR. I also bought the Voltex wing on my STI off of Ben because of Jackie… Good times.

9.5 +40 for you “specs?” dudes.

I decided to make the trip up to Edmonton to shoot Scott’s car.

No I didn’t – that’s a lie. I was up there for work and instead of roam Deadmonton (no offense to my fellow Edmontonians – I love West Ed), I decided to reach out and shoot while I was there.

Scott came out with his S2000 and it was a good shoot indeed…

Ass so fat you can see her back from the front.

T’was a sunny fall afternoon…

Off to the next shoot!

We went all the way out to the boonies for this one…

Arif and his EK.

#PumpkinSpiceLatte was the hashtag of the day for this one…

This shoot was a seriously last minute shoot… And it turned out incredible. It’s funny how things work out… There have been shoots that we’ve been planning for months and when we finally get to do it, I’m just not feelin’ it. I don’t know what it is, but there are certain cars that just beg to be shot and work for the camera. Then there are other cars that are like “I want a photoshoot” but get all shy and cover their tits because they don’t feel comfortable… That’s how I would compare my bad photoshoots to my good photoshoots LOL. Almond’s car worked the camera hard that night if you know what I mean…

This is also going to sound super weird but during Almond’s shoot, I felt like I had a “level up!” moment. What I mean by that is there have been moments during my time as a photographic being where I felt I took on a new approach and saw things differently than I usually did. I was inspired, I had new angles, I thought of new ideas and looked at the car differently through the lens.

You’ll probably be able to see a significant difference from all of the photoshoots I’ve done during these “Year in Reviews” to Almond’s photoshoot. I changed my style and edit, I changed practically everything about how I shot this car.

I know it’s sounding nerdy, but I just thought I’d put my two cents in while I could. Anyway – LEVEL UP

M3nacing.

This shot was so perfect. The colors, the car, the everything. PERFECT.

Look, JC has also leveled up and is multi-tasking with his cellphone and a lens.

Loved this one too. So artsy fartsy.

Also tried on the TE’s one day just to see what it would look like…

I was also convinced that day that I hated red and was looking for new colors for weeks. I have now come to the conclusion that I might like it. I’m very indecisive… We’ll see how it pans out when it’s all put together and on the ground.

Mike’s Karmann Ghia was definitely one of the most unique shoots I’ve ever done and I loved it. It’s not everyday you see one of these…

Another shot where the light just worked so perfectly for us.

Gas station hang outs…

Who rocked the Cholo pattern better? Just kidding.

December is the month for new parts!

A sigh of relief fell over me as I took the stock junk ball off.

Another big purchase was coils. I can’t wait to get these bad boys on.

And finally – a nice gift from my good friends JC, Punit, and Gopesh, my sister Julee and of course my wiferz Diana. Also can’t wait to slap this bad boy on…

Done! And that’s a wrap for 2014!! Happy New Year!!

Part 2 – here we go! Merry Christmas Eve everyone! Hope everyone gets what they wished for!

This is a nice way to start part 2 – Giuseppe’s Skyline. This was a shoot that was delayed for oh-so-long and when the day finally came, we knocked it out of the park. Like I mentioned earlier, this as and still is my favourite shoot I’ve ever done. Giuseppe’s car obviously played a big role in it, but that day just came together like bread and butter.

Rich off to the side watching for the po po in the airport tunnel…

And that airport tunnel helped me produce this. It was just so awesome seeing an OG car look so immaculate under that light.

Seeing double.

The supervisor crew with some extra help.

And the man himself! Punit and I actually just enjoyed a nice hand made pizza at his Italian market last weekend… Good stuff!

And then we made a trip to Vegas for my bachelor party weekend where we took pictures with asses…

Turned up in the hotel room with our staple food of 60 nuggets and fries…

Which also became my breakfast the next day…

Which was followed by the only good drink I could down after the night before…

We drove Ferrari’s…

and Merc’s, Lambo’s and everything in between early the next morning with headaches…

We paid for (too many) transportation vehicles…

And when we thought we had enough, we turned up again…

Some of us got too turnt and passed out at McDonald’s…

We separated our dollar bills to make “tipping” easier…

One of us thought hanging off the top floor of the Riviera was a good idea… And we rinsed and repeated for the next two days.

Upon our return, we shot Raj’s Nissan Skyline. It was good to be home…

I eventually helped Raj make this into a canvas as well

Diana chillin in the back seat…

And before we knew out, our “extra JDM point items” came in and we decided to slap those on too

Took this…

And went to this…

Up next was JC’s JDM window visors

From peeling that blue sticker to reveal that nice shiny chrome…

To this finished look!

I slapped the LEVEL one decal on the FRS even though I was bone stock.

But didn’t care. I’ll make up for it next year 🙂

It was Punit’s lucky year cause we also got a chance to shoot his Integra too. Somehow Derrick and JC got conned into putting his LEVEL one decal on while Punit sat there.

But it was a nice touch for the shoot

Punit even agrees.

Gas station fill ups. Punit rocking the Roshe’s he picked up from Vegas too.

Dirty mirrors break my heart. From that point on, JC never came to a photoshoot with dirty side mirrors…

En route to our next shoot that day…

 

Which was Nick’s GTR

I think I took this candidly while sitting in JC’s car. Random.

Nick took me for a quick spin in the GTR to the next location. So good!

Our third and last photoshoot that day was Jackie’s 4Runner on Volk TE37’s

Out of my element but I was able to play along…

And we’ll end it here with the man from Zero Limit himself. Part 3 coming up!

2014 has come and gone – and what a year it’s been! This has been one of the busiest years of my life – built a new house, got married, got a new car all within a span of a few months. Although it was stressful, it goes by way too quick and when you look back on it all, it was done in a blink of an eye. I’m sitting here thinking about when I first started this blog back up in November 2011 and the general direction of the blog is the same – I want to show you all that I can capture through my camera and anything worth showing. Most of you that come here are interested in the cars and the photoshoots and I try my best to deliver. Obviously during the winter months, there’s literally nothing to shoot except for “behind the scenes” or new parts that I’m gathering for the next season. I usually do a year in review around this time to just summarize everything that has happened in the year, to see how things have changed and to look back on some things that can trigger the “oh yeah! I remember that!”.

I also want to say that I love how much this has grown and I appreciate every comment and email that comes my way. I love that I can inspire you, I love that I can give you ideas, and I love that I am some of your guys’ daily go-to. My original intention was just to showcase two things I love the most: cars and photography and the reason I keep blogging is because people like you still keep visiting! The best thing is to hear “I’ve been following your blog since the beginning, and I love it”… Thank you, thank you, thank you! As long as I have a car and a camera, I’ll keep blogging!

Anyway, now that the speech is out of the way… Let’s get started…

It was a chilly and snowy March morning… This was one of the first snaps of 2014.

During the winter months, I had applied the Mode Luxe pin stripe on the car. God this thing was a boat – it barely fit in my parents’ garage.

About a month later, the Mean Girls were reunited for a little install I could not wait for any longer.

JC on his phone. You’ll actually see him on his phone multiple times throughout the year in review. Anyone who can guess how many times wins a chocolate bar.

The LS was getting a new exhaust!

When I finally brought the LS out, I brought it over to Jackie at Zero Limit to get an oil change…

And while we were there, I also took a snap of what you would later see as probably one of my favourite photoshoots of 2014… Giuseppe’s Nissan Skyline.

I never blogged this pic because Giuseppe wanted his new wheels to be a secret… But above that, Punit’s GS was getting his air suspension installed as well.

First photoshoot of the season was Tony’s dumped IS.

Oh look – on his phone.

JC and Diana being supervisors.

Another rainy and muggy day – had Punit’s GS in my garage beside the LS. Looked too good.

Gopesh and his GTI outside

Worked on getting the pinstripe on Punit’s GS that day.

The first beyond meet of the year – I don’t usually go anymore but there is always a pretty good turn out lately.

Next shoot up was Justin’s (also dumped) TSX.

White is right.

Diana and JC doing their job again.

Not too long after that, I got rid of the Lexus and picked up an FRS. The LS was a impulse buy and I haven’t missed it one second. The FRS on the other hand is probably my favourite car of all the ones I’ve owned.

Fitted it with my plate.

Another nice day and shot Tim’s bike before he sold it that same day.

Also did a shoot for Punit’s GS finally. JC on his phone – what’s the count now?

Another good shoot in the bag that day.

Ending part 1 here. Part 2 coming up real quick!