2012 World of Wheels

This Saturday I drove up to the Chattanooga convention center to visit the World of Wheels event. The O'Reilly w.o.w show is a three day event from Friday to Sunday and stays flowing with curious visitors all day long. Walking through you can see plenty of clean rides , from cars,trucks,and bikes to small die-cast vehicles set up by some of the vendors. Among the static entertainment you could also check out the action from "On the Edge" extreme bike team , which put on a great show of skill , jumping onto a Cadillac from the floor or from way up high off a trailer set near it. The Show even had a couple celebrities and well known cool people ...Billy "The Exterminator" to "Master of the fine line" Von Hot Rod !

Shooting such an event is fun but definitely has it's challenges , from crowded area's to mix match lighting ,I stayed busy trying to get the right shot but I didn't mind it at all . Being inside where it was warm and no chance of rain I just settled in and took my time haha. Though I do wish there was a spot to shoot from up high to catch the whole place, I did look , but no dice . I just stayed low and close and captured at a slow camera setting so people in the background would blur out (if they kept moving) and leave the image clean and focused on the ride , a technique I've been wanting to attempt for a while now. Most shots came out to my satisfaction, so when you browse the pic's I took don't think I was there early or late haha , it was a packed house I just made the attempt (photography wise) to make it look different .

Many rides caught my eye but I have to say I was looking hard at the 1932 Ford Roadster there named "Timeless" . A 32' Ford with a 1957 Chrysler 300-C Hemi  power-plant  with Hilborn injection on top, connected to a 6-speed Tremec manual trans . The "Montana Mint" paint job was straight up slick and worked well with all the nice chrome accents . Now , I'm more into mine having some rust and rubber in the fender wells but I gotta give credit when credit is due, but there's no way I could own that ride and not turn the back tires bald every 2 weeks haha. If you ever get the chance to go to a World of Wheels event I recommend you go , it's a fun time to hang with friends and scope out the eye candy while drinking a beer, or you can hang with Sponge Bob or some of the Star Wars characters from the Mos Nooga Squad which had a cool remote R2-D2 roaming around.

  All in all I had a blast , it was fun walking around meeting new people and hearing all about their rides. Ran into a few friends there and shared a beer while planning my next shot  and then noticed the Po Po when they turned the blue lights on and stared right at me !!!....but it was fine , just one of my buddies Gerald Cooley from the "North Georgia Beat the Heat" organization  haha . You can catch these fella's at the strip and challenge them to a Heads-up race if ya got the power in the pedal !
View all the photo's and video here...World Of Wheels2012