three50six blog
A sample of my work and events attended.
Suffolk Snow 2018
July 1, 2019
I finally upgraded my computer so I can edit video work properly again without spending hours waiting for things to render and refresh. My old now retired machine hadn’t done bad though. Its a 2009 Mac Pro tower, so a good 10 years of service. A stalwart workhorse that has done me proud through good times […]
Chopper and Hot Rod Night!
June 8, 2019
Back to Krazy Horse HQ in Bury St Edmunds on Thursday night. It never fails to disappoint and with the beautiful weather it filled up quick. Bikes, Hot Rods, Customs, a bit of everything with the usual KH hospitality with a great band LaVendore Rogue. Here’s what you’re all here for, my shots from the night. […]
Drive Classics Club
May 21, 2019
If you’re a regular visitor here you would have no doubt seen my previous post about the Drive Classics meet last year held at the glorious St Michaels Manor Hotel. Well Sunday was the second event and it just gets better. Despite having a quick visit planned we stayed for a couple of hours and […]
The Great Global Greyhound Walk
May 10, 2019
On Sunday Morning we went to a Greyhound Walk at one of our local parks. I didn’t realise till we got there that it’s a completely international event raising awareness around the world of what wonderful dogs they are. We took Sally our thirteen and eleven twelfesies (she’s 14 next month!) greyhound along. The actual […]
Chopping Body & Paint
May 2, 2019
Dogs, well that how it started. You see my other half loves dogs (mainly scruffy dogs) and I by default now love them too. Her social media is full of dogs, dog artwork, dog rescue, dog treats. She started following a local artist doing some beautiful wildlife (and dog) illustrations who happened to also be […]
Mr Torquer
May 1, 2019
Here’s one to look out for, hopefully hitting the strip at Dragstalgia later this year. Mr Torquer. A piece of UK drag racing history, revived and improved by current custodian Paul Dawson. We first saw it in primer ready to be painted by Steve of Chopping Body and Paint and couldn’t believe the interior detail […]
25 Years…
April 29, 2019
That’s how long Type 2 Detectives have been trading. Restoring and selling vintage Volkswagens and everything that goes with them. Styles have been, gone and come back again in some cases. As the purchase prices of the vehicles have risen in line with their rarity, the quality of work and parts available has risen too. […]
UK Nationals
April 17, 2019
October 2018, Santa Pod Raceway. The UK Drag Racing Finals. The finale of the drag racing calendar. Which I completely forgot to post! However, with some killer cars turning out and a fantastic social event to catch up with lots of friends it still seems fit to post, even if I am 6 months too […]
A couple of Youtube Gems
April 17, 2019
Youtube is no doubt one of the best sources of practical knowledge. I’m guilty of searching for the most mundane instruction videos of how to remove cup rings from polished surfaces (doh!), how to balance radiators etc. And the proof, and comfort, that your not the only one searching for those same ‘life saving’ tasks, […]
Film number 2
April 9, 2019
I glossed over some errors in the last post about my home developing experience with my first film. While happy with the results. And I mean the happiness associated with the realisation that I took a photo, developed it and wasn’t faced by a blank piece of emulsionless film. I did make a couple of […]
Meanwhile at Pie
April 1, 2019
Spring is here, almost, and the season of cars and coffee meets has kicked off. I feel a strong sense of hibernation through the winter. Sometimes I think if I got given a massive cardboard box with some holes in it I’d quite happily snuggle down inside the safe confines of a cosy airing cupboard […]
I’m not a hipster but..
March 28, 2019
I’m not going to start buying all my favourite albums on vinyl or get a fixie bike. But the genuine interest in developing my own photographs has been burning in the back of my mind for years. It seems everyone (but me) had a darkroom at school. Maybe i just didn’t find mine. It was […]
Swapmeet
March 9, 2019
Happy New Ye…. oh wait. Its March already. But yes the first event for us as such, today, was the brilliant open day at Greatworth Classics combining with the first of many (we hope) DDK Swapmeets. Life before eBay was very different. If you wanted to buy used car parts you’d have to actually buy […]
The PCGB Festival of Porsche
January 10, 2019
The Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch was everything a Porsche fan could wish for. It’s an event which has been off the calendar for a few years but came back with full force on and off the track. Some truly legendary motorsport icons in both human and car form were on hand for the […]
Merry Christmas
December 21, 2018
Just a little photoshop effort to wish everyone that reads my ramblings on here and instagram and very Merry Christmas. The original image I’ve added my car to is from the awesome (before health and safety went mad) ice races in Bavaria, captured in the footage below. Some stunning early 356s and brilliant commentary. Just […]
Porsche Outlaw Calendar
November 21, 2018
Honoured to be asked to have my car in the 2019 Porsche Outlaw Calendar. I set out to a friends farm to use one of his awesome nissen huts for the location. So cool to have my car and photograph amongst some of the toughest Porsche Outlaws in the world The calendar has been created […]
British Photography Awards
November 5, 2018
Delighted to have made the shortlist for the British Photography Awards with two of my photographs from this year. The first from the awesome Dragstaligia event at Santa Pod Raceway and the second of Bentley, a lovely lurcher we meet on our walkies here in Suffolk. To get one chosen image would have been amazing but two […]
Drive Classics Club
October 2, 2018
Tom Horna of Autohouse London and now Drive Classics embraced the social aspect of social media above and beyond what it usually stands for and arranged a meeting face to face, yes, actually in real life. He organised the first Drive Classics Club ‘Classics at The Manor’ event and invited us to partake, along with other […]
Viva Skegvegas VW Show
September 27, 2018
In an oversaturated calendar of car shows, Viva Skegvegas is a shining light. Organising power couple Toby and Sally (Walker/Chambers-Walker) and their crew have been hosting the Skegvegas VW show since it first appeared on the scene at a skate park in Skegness. This smaller affair has since grown to the current format housed at […]
A little bit of Light Painting
September 27, 2018
Love a bit of late night artistry. A few beers, some cool cars, a borrowed workshop light and a sturdy tripod. Not my best work (probably the beer’s fault!) but lots of fun. Stuart Atlee’s simply stunning custom painted 56 Samba and Trevor Sharpe’s Dodge Tradesman were the victims for this particular evening.
Luft GB
August 29, 2018
Luftgekühlt has become more than just a word over the last 5 years or so. Translated from the German as ‘air-cooled’ the trademark is now, in the right circles, as synonymous with air-cooled Porsches as the name Porsche itself. The classic car ‘scene’ (I hate that word but stick with me) can be a stuffy […]
Silverstone Classic 2018
August 20, 2018
I tend to start most posts with a nod to the weather, usually poor, that I encounter on my jaunts to different motoring events. The idea that as a nation we’re obsessed with the weather may have some truth but with such unpredictability you can excuse us for being bemused when the weather fails to […]
Porsche Trackday
July 6, 2018
I’ve been meaning to go to one of these for a while now. Porsche Club GB put these club track days on at circuits around the country fairly regularly and having seen some photos of other days when I saw they had one coming up at Snetterton there was no way I was missing it. […]
Tarka’s Café
July 6, 2018
Set in a beautiful farm location, this wonderful new café asked me to come along on one of their first days open to take some photographs. Some of the general building which looks amazing, the staff and first customers through the doors. The thing that strikes you when you walk in is the fresh decor […]
Silverstone International Trophy
June 29, 2018
The Historic Sports Car Club has been the mainstay of my photographic progression over the last few years. There’s been a deviation on the theme in recent months with some variation in subject matter of a more modern ilk. Much needed variation. I wasn’t getting bored of the historic classes but just needed something different […]
Sports Car Together Day
June 25, 2018
In honour of the 70th anniversary of the very first Porsche car sold, dealerships across the world celebrated ‘Sports Car Together Day’. A celebration of the Porsche car and brand but welcoming owners of all marques of Sports Cars together to join the celebrations. We chose to go to the Porsche Centre Colchester, well renowned […]
Dodge Day at Krazy Horse
June 22, 2018
Back to the fabulous Krazy Horse emporium at the end of May for a day dedicated to Dodge. The main players in this escapade were a couple of muscle cars now in stock at Krazy Horse labelled as ‘not for sissys’. When you read the spec for one particular car, the other seems quite tame […]
Doorslammers at Santa Pod Raceway
June 15, 2018
Santa Pod, it’s been a while but even after all these years you still deliver the goods. Around five or six years I think since I last graced the hallowed ground with my presence. A place which has had a profound effect on my existence with regular visits through my teens up to my late […]
Type 2 Detectives Coffee, Bacon Rolls and Cars
June 11, 2018
Yes, coffee, bacon rolls and cars. Pretty much everything that can entice me to make a trip out. Not very far for this one either, to the magnificent village of Burwell, home of the Type 2 Detective’s flourishing headquarters. Having started life in Burwell many moons ago as Type 3 Detectives specialising in Volkswagen Type […]
912 Road Trip
June 5, 2018
I’ve not posted a film for a while. I jumped in with Mark Morgan of Triplesspresso in his 912 Porsche for a bit of a road trip. We took the car up to Ian at Wolfsburg Performance Services for a bit of a freshen up before Mark’s trip out to Classic Le Mans. 2hrs each way […]
