indian goast

indian goast, a photo by VaL'.B on Flickr.

Love this Parisian vespa shot by Valentin Bernier.

Kop Hill Climb Ferrari 275GTB

Kop Hill Climb, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Beautiful bronze coloured 275GTB spotted at the Kop Hill Climb, 25th September 2011.

Taken with my Olympus OM10, standard 50mm Zuiko lens on Fuji Superia 35mm film 800ASA. Full set of shots I took at Kop Hill can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/gs3vespa/sets/72157627642057747/

More of my car film shots can be seen on vespamore photography website here http://www.vespamore.com/classic-cars

Ferrari 275GTB interior

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Beautiful bronze coloured 275GTB spotted at the Kop Hill Climb, 25th September 2011.

Taken with my Olympus OM10, standard 50mm Zuiko lens on Fuji Superia 35mm film 800ASA. Full set of shots I took at Kop Hill can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/gs3vespa/sets/72157627642057747/

More of my car film shots can be seen on vespamore photography website here http://www.vespamore.com/classic-cars

Ferrari 275GTB

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Beautiful bronze coloured 275GTB spotted at the Kop Hill Climb, 25th September 2011.

Taken with my Olympus OM10, standard 50mm Zuiko lens on Fuji Superia 35mm film 800ASA. Full set of shots I took at Kop Hill can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/gs3vespa/sets/72157627642057747/

More of my car film shots can be seen on vespamore photography website here http://www.vespamore.com/classic-cars

Desmotastic

Desmotastic, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Not one of my better shots; I quickly snapped this before the guy pulled away at the lights - taken September '11

Some of my best bike shots can be viewed here on vespamore photography website http://www.vespamore.com/classic-motorbikes

honda four

honda four, a photo by electricnerve on Flickr.

De Brug Leuven

De Brug Leuven, a photo by truebikerspirit on Flickr.

Alfa Romeo GT1600 Junior

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Taken September '11 with my Olympus OM10 on Fuji Superia 800ASA film

More of my car shots on vespamore photography website www.vespamore.com

Alfa Romeo GT1600 Junior interior

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Taken September '11 with my Olympus OM10 on Fuji Superia 800ASA film

More of my car shots on vespamore photography website www.vespamore.com

Alfa Romeo GT1600 Junior

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Taken September '11 with my Olympus OM10 on Fuji Superia 800ASA film

More of my car shots on vespamore photography website www.vespamore.com

Kop Hill Climb 2011

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

35mm film shots taken at the 2011 Kop Hill Climb, Princes Risborough, Bucks, 24-25th September 2011.

All taken with my Olympus OM10, standard 50mm Zuiko lens on Fuji Superia 35mm film 800ASA. Full set of shots I took at Kop Hill can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/gs3vespa/sets/72157627642057747/

See my film photography website here www.vespamore.com

Ecurie Ecosse lightweight E-Type racer

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Jaguar XK120 taken at the Kop Hill Climb in Princes Risborough, Bucks - 25th September 2011. Shot on my Olympus OM10 with 50mm standard Zuiko lens on Fujifilm 800ASA 35mm film. See more of my classic car shots (including more Ecurie Ecosse shots) at http://www.vespamore.com/classic-cars

Ecurie Ecosse is one of the world’s best known and successful private motor racing teams. Founded in Edinburgh in November 1951 by the late David Murray.

Photos of the cars, transporters, & people can be seen on the official website with lots of information at www.ecurieecosse.com

Ecurie Ecosse D-Type

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Early Jaguar D-Type taken at the Kop Hill Climb in Princes Risborough, Bucks - 25th September 2011. Shot on my Olympus OM10 with 50mm standard Zuiko lens on Fujifilm 800ASA 35mm film. See more of my classic car shots (including more Ecurie Ecosse shots) at http://www.vespamore.com/classic-cars

Ecurie Ecosse is one of the world’s best known and successful private motor racing teams. Founded in Edinburgh in November 1951 by the late David Murray.

Photos of the cars, transporters, & people can be seen on the official website with lots of information at www.ecurieecosse.com

Ecurie Ecosse

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Jaguar XK120 taken at the Kop Hill Climb in Princes Risborough, Bucks - 25th September 2011. Shot on my Olympus OM10 with 50mm standard Zuiko lens on Fujifilm 800ASA 35mm film. See more of my classic car shots (including more Ecurie Ecosse shots) at http://www.vespamore.com/classic-cars

Ecurie Ecosse is one of the world’s best known and successful private motor racing teams. Founded in Edinburgh in November 1951 by the late David Murray.

Photos of the cars, transporters, & people can be seen on the official website with lots of information at www.ecurieecosse.com

Jamie's Italian

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

I'm no expert chef or anything but I can cook a mean Spaghetti Bolognese & follow a recipe pretty well; my forte being Italian food. We have various Jamie Oliver cookbooks, Bill Granger's books are also a fave in our house & just recently I got 'Two Greedy Italians' by Gennaro Contaldo & Antonio Carluccio which is excellent, (I can highly recommend it & great photography too). I find it really annoying paying for average restaurant food & being 'fleeced' £60-£80 for my wife & I to eat a meal; eight times out of ten we say we could have done better than that at home!

However, 'Jamie's Italian' restaurants (a joint venture between Jamie Oliver & Gennaro Contaldo) are an exception to my unfortunate rule. I've only eaten in the Oxford restaurant (twice) but the food was lovely & reasonably priced, for once I left feeling content ; ) I passed the recently opened Jamie's Italian at Angel Islington & had to shoot this Ape 3-wheeler outside. I took this with my Olympus OM10 on 35mm film (800ASA) on a 5-second shutter speed to intentionally achieve this effect - quite like how this came out.

See the same shot with correct shutter speed here http://www.flickr.com/photos/gs3vespa/6188570625/in/photostream

Check out 'Jamie's Italian' website here
http://www.jamieoliver.com/italian/

Sprint per due

Sprint per due, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Vienna plate Sprint spotted in Shaftesbury Avenue, London - September 2011. Caught the guy up on my 'Boris bike' & got him to stop for a shot.

My best Vespa shots here on main website http://www.vespamore.com/vespa

Scooter racing

Some excellent vintage shots of scooter racing back in the day, re-blogged from here http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.com/2011/05/vintage-lambretta-racing.html

Signore Bialetti

 http://www.bialetti.com/coffee/moka/

Apeccino

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

One of my personal fave shots I've taken.

I took this in March 2009 outside Kentish Town tube station. I parked the Spanish Vespa Sprint 150 I owned at the time by the 'Bean About Town' Ape, which has a pitch here & serves coffee daily.

The shot was taken in bright sunlight on bulb setting (approx 5 second shutter speed) on 35mm film with my Olympus OM10 manual SLR camera. Like how this came out with the movement. See more of my best vespa shots here on main website http://www.vespamore.com/vespa

You can visit the 'Bean About Town' website here http://www.beanabouttown.com/

On train - Amiens to Paris - August 1997

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Took this hand held shot en route to Paris while on honeymoon. I like the ambience & how this turned out. For similar shots see 'Scrapbook' page on main website ...
http://www.vespamore.com/other-photography

Patrick Joust - Photographer

Untitled, a photo by patrickjoust on Flickr.

I got to know Patrick's work through Flickr photo sharing site. Based in Baltimore, USA - I've admired Patrick's excellent film photography for some time. He has a great eye for composition & has some superb automotive work & street photography. Check his website out at
http://www.patrickjoust.com/ & see his Flickr stream here http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickjoust/

BRITISH RACING LEGEND BARRY SHEENE

Re-blogged from TSY (The Selvedge Yard) blog, check it out by clicking link below...
https://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/the-magnificent-seven-british-racing-legend-barry-sheene/

Joey Castillo and his Knucklehead - Issue 40 DICE

Some more superb shots from Michael Schmidt, re-blogged from Michael's 'The World is Flat' blog, see here
http://aproposfoto.blogspot.com/2011/09/joey-castillo-and-his-knucklehead-issue.html
Some of these have been published in the latest issue of Dice magazine
http://www.dicemagazine.blogspot.com/ 
Also see Michael's own photography website here - awesome stuff!
http://www.mesfoto.com/

Goodwood Triton

Triton, a photo by Ollie B. on Flickr.

Very classy Triton shot taken by Oliver Bowdidge at Goodwood Revival 2011

Gallipoli Ape - 2011

_DSC6092, a photo by marco ziglioli on Flickr.

Great Ape shot & Italian everyday scene taken by Marco Ziglioli

Italian Style on the Silver Screen

The Peroni Collection Gallery - a collection of classic & contemporary rare archive images unveiling Italian style on film. Curated by fashion photographer Rankin. Click below to view:
http://apps.facebook.com/peroni-gallery/lb-gallery/index.php

150 years of Italian style

Emilio Pucci at work

Italy's contribution to style is unquestioned; explore landmark moments from the last 150 years with the Guardian newspaper's timeline of Italian cultural history 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/italian-style?INTCMP=ILCSPRTXT3919
Naturally, one of my fave moments would be in 1946 when Piaggio's Vespa designed by Corradino D'Ascanio debuted at the Milan Fair. 

THE ROLLING STONES’ 1972 AMERICAN TOUR

Keith Richards & Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones on stage, 1972 –Image by © Ethan Russell

“Some of my most outrageous nights– I can only believe actually happened because of corroborating evidence.  No wonder I’m famous for partying!  The ultimate party– if it’s any good– you can’t remember it.” 

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–Keith Richards 

Re-blogged from the excellent Selvedge Yard blog, see here 

http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/the-rolling-stones-1972-american-tour-stp-stones-touring-party/#more-27275 

I would have loved to have seen the Exile on Main Street tour in '72 but would've been difficult having being born this year! I got the Exile album recently which is excellent; I can see why many see it as one of their best. I did get to see the Stones years later at Wembley stadium in 1990 when they were touring the Steel Wheels album; still rates as one of the best gigs I've seen.

Kop Hill Climb

Planning on going to the Kop Hill Climb this coming weekend to shoot some cool vintage vehicles, see website here for further info
http://www.kophillclimb.info/#

Update: Shots I took at this event on 25th September can now be viewed here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gs3vespa/sets/72157627642057747/

Untitled

Untitled, a photo by massimo.iudicelli on Flickr.

Vespa Et3 Light!

Vespa Et3 Light!, a photo by gargiulinus on Flickr.

rough crafts_DSC6268

rough crafts_DSC6268, a photo by ducktail964 on Flickr.

Style epitomised

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Love this shot of Asian-American actress Nancy Kwan, hair dressed by Vidal Sassoon and photographed by Terry Donovan for Vogue in 1968.

Came across this on Thierry Vincent's blog 'The Insight' - http://thvphoto-dv8.blogspot.com/

Welcome back !

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Piaggio's Vespa PX has returned after a 3 year absence with an EU pleasing, cleaner burning 2-stroke engine & catalytic converter. Consequently it's a wee bit slower than the previous PX 125cc but who cares; there's nothing else with this much style on the scooter market. I for one am very pleased to see her back & will nearly always choose form over function.

Read Classic Scooterist Scene magazine's review of the new PX here http://www.scooteristscene.com/news/model-relaunch-vespa-px-rebirth-of-a-legend & you can visit Piaggio's Vespa site here
http://www.uk.vespa.com/#/vespa/UK/uk/Model/Vespa-PX

Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd on Ben Hur set - Roma 1959

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This shot has been seen by many I'm sure but I still like it....

Workshop GS160 MK1

Untitled, a photo by Vespamore ! on Flickr.

Taken at Retrospective Scooters, September '11 with my Olympus OM10 on 35mm film www.retrospectivescooters.com

More Retrospective shots here http://www.flickr.com/photos/gs3vespa/sets/72157621768493614/

Also see more of my classic vespa shots on main website http://www.vespamore.com/vespa

olivia goes austria

olivia goes austria, a photo by BiERLOS on Flickr.

Cool shot by BiERLOS (Roland Brunner)

Chevrolet Malibu Classic 1979 - 50mm f1.4

Triumpher blog

Some cool shots 'borrowed' from the Triumpher blog, click on link below for more of the same .....
http://triumpherblog.blogspot.com/

Christian for Scootering.

Christian for Scootering., a photo by Ronnie Gavelin on Flickr.

Ronnie Gavelin got the oppurtunuíty to shoot his good friend (and president) Christian of Lambretta Club Stockholm and his recently restored 60s/70s-racestyle Lambretta TV175 for Scootering Magazine (www.scootering.com).

These pictures were taken in march this year, but since they weren't published until just recently Ronnie wasn't able to post them until now.

See Ronnie's full set of shots of Christian's TV175 here http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronniegavelin/sets/72157627511571657/ Also check out Ronnie's 'Let's Make This Precious' blog here http://lets-make-this-precious.blogspot.com/

Christian for Scootering.

Christian for Scootering., a photo by Ronnie Gavelin on Flickr.

Ronnie Gavelin got the oppurtunuíty to shoot his good friend (and president) Christian of Lambretta Club Stockholm and his recently restored 60s/70s-racestyle Lambretta TV175 for Scootering Magazine (www.scootering.com).

These pictures were taken in march this year, but since they weren't published until just recently Ronnie wasn't able to post them until now.

See Ronnie's full set of shots of Christian's TV175 here http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronniegavelin/sets/72157627511571657/ Also check out Ronnie's 'Let's Make This Precious' blog here http://lets-make-this-precious.blogspot.com/