This past Monday I found out that Maserati North America was sponsoring a car show in my home town and they were exhibiting their race car (the MC-12) at the Blackhawk Museum, a regular client of mine. Long story short, the car would be in the Museum Friday at 10 am through Saturday at 4 pm. The Museum was holding a party that Friday night so the car would only be accessible to shoot after that party. Wanting to get the MC-12 in my portfolio, I waited until 11 pm on Friday to call my contact & friend at the Museum before he let me know when we could move the car into place and start setting up for the shoot. We got the car in the studio part of the Museum around 1 am and I shot until 8 in the morning; surviving on Red Bull's, a Safeway pre-made sanwich and a lot of determination. Looking back, I'm glad I did it. And I'd do it again and again and again if such opportunities came at me.
The image above is the money shot I got that night. I'm also fond of the rear end:
And for the gear heads out there, a short video of the car roaring like a beast:
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