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Kiss Goodbye to MS and Sandown Update

Aaron Tan — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:17:14 +0000

It has been a busy few days. I was at Federation Square today shooting for MS Australia’s Kiss Goodbye to MS Campaign which was awesome – Got to meet and have a chat to comedian Tim Ferguson, 2011 Australian of the Year Simon McKeon and DJ/Model/TV Personality Georgia Sinclair! Donated my time for the cause and it was a great day (and a long one… was there from 730am to 3pm snapping away!)

Big thanks to Elfreda @ Scarlet Media for the hookup!

Saturday was spent down at Sandown Raceway for the WRX Club Trackday. Lots of awesome cars and got to speak with a few of the owners. Handed out some cards as well so, if you are reading this and have one of my cards – Make sure to go read this Sandown update for photos from the day and purchasing information!

JDMST Melbourne Meet – April 2012

Aaron Tan — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:08:42 +0000

Huge meet at the Essendon DFO tonight. A couple of hundred cars at least? Either way, impressive! I organised a bit of an MelbS15 premeet and we all rocked up in there to find most of the space packed already.

Not many photos for this, I was honestly stuffed from shooting at Sandown all day. Here’s what I did get.

Enjoy!

Sandown Track Day April 2012

Aaron Tan — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:00:54 +0000

Awesome day out there today, weather seemed perfect. Great to meet some of you too, and thanks for checking the page out (If you came here via a card)

Please note, I’m pretty big on quality over quantity. **Any shot that was decent will be posted** If I shot your car and it didn’t make it into the set then either the shot was rubbish, or there was a focus issue or you were picking your nose, etc! I do my best to get a bit of everything, but if you don’t see your car then my apologies! Next time

Photos from the Pit Lane
Photos from the Track

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Mighty Car Mods Melbourne Meet- April 2012

Aaron Tan — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:17:44 +0000

Went down to check out the Mighty Car Mods meet held in Southbank, Melbourne today.

A fairly big turnout, was good to meet Marty and have a quick chat (He was on the Micra forums prior to the MCM days) as well as put some faces to names.

Some very tough cars out as well. Good to see such a culmination of the car community there – pretty much something for everyone – Japan, Australia, euros, old models, new models.

Here’s some photos from the meet. As usual, enjoy! Full Set is here.

If you’re into cars and DIY modifications, be sure to check out Mighty Car Mods on Youtube and Facebook.

Ikea MICKE Desk Hack!

Aaron Tan — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:34:08 +0000

I had bought an Ikea MICKE Desk awhile back because it was pretty simple, had some good drawer space and more importantly, hidden cable management!

The only downside to this desk was its depth. Unless you used a laptop or something on it, there really wasn’t much space at all.

In order to overcome this, the thinking cap came on and with some inspiration spurred on by this workspace and the whole Ikea Hackers movement. I decided to see what I could do to improve the desk, rather than go out and buy something totally different. (I did look, but didn’t see anything that fit my needs and that was affordable – so might as well make something!)

My idea started off as to use an extra shelf. Raised, so I could place the monitors on it and gain much needed desk space underneath back. I had a LACK wallshelf hanging around so I played around with that first, to get an idea of what would work.

Using some old Manfrotto boxes and the LACK, this is what it looked like:

So all I needed, was some brackets to raise the shelf up..and the shelf it self. Ended up settling on the CAPITA brackets and the EKBY AMUND shelf.

Here was the final result, at a cost of under $65 AUD. Pretty good for more functionality, looks decent as well!

If you’re interested and want to see the progress shots on how it was all put together, check out the flicKR set here.

Interested in peoples thoughts on this! Let me know what you think.

Run for the Kids 2012

Aaron Tan — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:33:34 +0000

April Fools Day and the end of Daylight savings. Starting the day with an extra hour’s sleep? I’m not complaining.

Sarah took park in the this year’s Run for the Kids – and as with most of her fun runs, I head in as well and snap off some shots while waiting for her at the finish line.

Great job to all the participants! Until the next run… Which is most likely the Mother’s Day Classic and Run Melbourne!

I don’t ask anything for these images, I’m going out there and hopefully getting some nice photos of participants. So if you get lucky and find yourself in one, please let me know! I’ll be happy to send you a copy. Also, if you like what I do, Like my facebook page! —>

Click here to see the full set of images!

2012 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix

Aaron Tan — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:29:43 +0000

Here’s some photos that I took from the 2012 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix last weekend. I was lucky enough to get to enjoy some corporate hospitality so had some pretty amazing views. Not sure if I can go back General Admin after this weekend!

Enjoy!

Be sure to have a look through whole set here!

SAU-Vic Dyno Day 2012 Photos

Aaron Tan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:26:44 +0000

The annual SAU-Vic Dyno Day Renewal down at Chasers Motorworks.

Full set of photos here

Melbourne Photowalk

Aaron Tan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:15:23 +0000

Did a bit of a wander around with some guys tonight. Good to have a chat and get some snaps (and some pretty decent ones at that)

Check the whole set out here.

SAU-Vic January Photoshoot

Aaron Tan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:33:08 +0000

Here’s a selection of images that I took from the SAUVic cruise that ended up in Newport yesterday. Lots of nice cars and was good to have a chat with the owners.

Had a bit of a play with some lights as well, was an interesting challenge as the sun went down, exposures changed..Didn’t do to badly in the end.

The light setup I had going for these pretty much stayed static, I just moved cars in and out again. CBF’d being overly creative, just wanted to give the owners some photos of their rides..Didn’t matter to me that they were all in a similar style

430EX 1/16th @ 28mm pointing at the rear quarter panel
SB-26 1/16 @ 24mm pointing at the front quarter panel
SB-26 1/64 @ 85mm pointing at the front grill..This one was a bitch, depending on the car colour would either look shit or need to be dialed in again.

Black cars at night, are a particular challenge. Next time, it’d be easier to just paint it with a softbox I think.