Jan
24
2012
Once again I have the privilege of exhibiting in the Art Show at Brighton Tattoo Convention this year. I know that budgets are tight so I will have a range of posters for sale rather than the usual signed prints, along with copies of Book of Kool. See you there.
Jan
3
2012
The January 2012 issue of Milkcow has three page article about me and my photography. Thanks very much to Kate at Clumsy for the kind words, they are very much appreciated.
“There are a lot of people out there who call themselves photographers but it takes a certain something to make a great photographer. A keen eye for detail, a sense of composition, and the ability to connect with his or her subject matter. Nick Grant has all of these.”
Jan
3
2012
Just catching up with some shots from last year, these were taken at the NSRA Hor Rod Drags at Shakespeare County Raceway, unfortunately rain stopped any racing while I was there.
Dec
9
2011
I went along to the launch of The Raydar magazine at the Ace this week. The Arousers played some tunes to keep us entertained and there was a great turnout of Rods for December. The Raydar is something a bit different, I’m looking forward to issue 2 already!
Nov
30
2011
I’ll get some more up at the weekend.
Nov
23
2011
I’m just starting to come back to earth now!
Nov
22
2011
And they are still rolling off the press….
Nov
22
2011
Here’s some more of the good stuff from this weekend.
Nov
20
2011
Bazinga! What a weekend at the Rhythm Riot it just gets better and better. I’ve got a whole mountain of shots to go through so bare with me as it will take a while. I covered half the weekend and Neal Reed covered the other half. George Barris certainly was a hit at the show, taking time to speak to anyone who wanted and telling some great tales of times gone by. The cars of Gary Hillman made the Barris visit even more special, George hadn’t seen some of these cars for 30 years. The was also a very special Model A début at the show, fresh out of Paul Burham‘s workshop, more on that later. Top bands played all weekend and people danced their shoes off. Other highlights included the burlesque skills of Cherry Shakewell and Missy Malone which were followed by a very brave chap proposing to his girlfriend on stage , luckily the answer was yes!
I’m sure there are bits I’m forgetting so I’ll come back to those later. Massive thanks to Robin, Collette and Jerry for hosting an epic weekend.
Now on with a few photos to get you started…
By the way if anyone thinks that photographer have an easy life, this was my schedule for Saturday:
12:00 DJ Bill and Jimmy Guntrip Queen Vic Pub
12:30 George Barris Q&A Lunars Bar
13:30 The Western Toneflyers Queen Vic Pub
14:00 Signing of the Cars Hire Time Annex
15:00 Have a go DJ Session Queen Vic Pub
16:00 Ali Gator & his real hot Reptile Rockers Queen Vic Pub
16:30 DJ 10″ Wonderboy Lunars Bar
17:00 Break for food Room
18:00 DJ Pooly Lunars Bar
18:30 DJ Per Rock Ballroom
19:00 The Crown Top Kings Ballroom
20:00 DJ Wildcat Pete Lunars Bar
20:30 DJ Johnny Congeroo Ballroom
20:45 Lewen Stark and the Slide Boppers Ballroom
21:30 DJ Moon Lunars Bar
22:00 DJ Juarez Ballroom
22:30 The Bobbettes Ballroom
23:00 Lady Kamikaze Queen Vic Pub
23:30 DJ Tev Collins and Steve Grinster Lunars Bar
23:45 Burlesque – Missy Malone and Cherry Shakewell Queen Vic Pub
00:00 DJ Lewen Stark Ballroom
00:15 JD McPherson Ballroom
01:00 DJ Flintstones Lunars Bar
01:15 El Nino Queen Vic Pub
01:30 Burlesque – Missy Malone and Cherry Shakewell Queen Vic Pub
01:45 DJ Vanessa Ballroom
02:00 Roy Thompson and his Mellow Kings Ballroom
02:45 DJ Mark Armstrong Ballroom
And that didn’t include all the peripheral activities too, still hopefully the photos will make you think it was worth the effort.
Nov
13
2011
People often ask me where I get my inspiration from or how they can learn more about photography. One of the answers to both is by looking at other people’s photos; I have a small collection of books for this. Looking at photos on the Internet is fine but nothing beats seeing photos in print, there is a magical tangible (literally) difference. This is a shot of my bedside bookcase.
