It has been many years since we were honored with a visit from Peter Harholdt and had the pleasure of having three of our cars photographed by him for a book that was under preparation. A year later it was in stores and copies are still available. When you pick this book up, and trust me you will; you will wonder how all those beautiful pictures of the legendary collector cars were taken.
Art of the Muscle Car; The photo shoot.
It all started when I received a phone call from a representative of Motorbooks about photographing some of our cars for a new muscle car book they were publishing. We have had cars photographed by them before and used on a calendar and some shots in a book; we also have had magazine and TV photo shoots. They are always interesting and also stressful. I am always afraid that some minor flaw I have missed will show up like a dent the size of a soccer ball!
David Newhardt did the text but it was Peter Harholdt (www.peterharholdt.com) who added the art! He did the photography. If you are familiar with the book, Art of the Hot Rod you will know that the muscle car book is also terrific!
Peter and his assistant showed up to shoot three of our cars and I was blown away with his portable photo studio. To this day I have never seen anything comparable. It took an hour or so to set up and another hour to stow away when he was done but the results were outstanding. I have included a few of my shots from the day so you can see the behind the scenes activities.
They erected their portable photo room in our driveway in late fall with leaves falling all around.
Peter showed me the digital images of what he did that day and I was amazed at the quality of his work. He focused on the light and reflections to achieve images you would otherwise never see.
Peter Harholdt is also a car guy and a full on artist. Go to his web page (www.peterharholdt.com) and check out his bio. Racecar driver, artist’ and more!
His self designed portable photo studio is contained in a 5th wheel trailer. I have seen the photo guys at car shows take your car’s picture and frame it for you before you leave. For the most part, they are photographers but not artists. I have experienced outdoor photo shoots with stills, action, and video. I am always impressed with the quality of the images of these professionals, but Peter’s work transcends the ordinary car photo and turns it into real art. He is an artist and he gets to see some of the best cars in the Country. How
cool is that?
All of the photos appearing in the book were shot in this same contraption in driveways and garages all over the Country!
We are beyond honored to have three of our cars included in this masterpiece.
To see more of the finished work and photos, Click Here!
