Cars & Coffee 1/16/2010

Last Saturday marked the first Cars & Coffee of the new year. The salty roads and cloudy weather were not enough to keep the exotics away though. The size of the meet was evidence that everyone was itching to get their cars out of the garage for a little bit.


For the full set of pictures, click here: Chris Walsh Photography on Flickr






In this picture you can see the pile of snow that was still remaining in the parking lot



Saleen S7, one of the most amazing cars ever created



Twin Turbo engine

Blizzard 2009!

Forget the cancelled flights, closed roads, traffic jams, backbreaking shoveling, and the grocery stores being completely out of milk, eggs, and toilet paper. That's not what a blizzard is all about. Blizzards are nice and pretty to look at, and make for some great pictures, right? Well, that's what I keep trying to tell myself so that I forget about all the things in the first sentence. At the time these were taken we had about 18" of snow and it was still coming down. Enjoy the pictures!


About 4:00 pm, this is what our deck looked like.



Our house around 10:00pm



My car. The driveway only has about 4" of snow because I had already shoveled it twice today.



This is a shot down our street. Keep in mind, I live on a snow emergency route...and the roads look like this.














And now some daytime pics!











Merry Christmas everyone.

Baby Mary's First Christmas

My friends had their first baby a couple months ago and asked me to take pictures of their family for a Christmas card. Well, we went a little crazy with the pictures and ended up taking way more than they needed, which was certainly not a problem. Mary is one of the cutest babies I've ever met, and she was very well behaved for the photos.













I love love LOVE this one!







And now, for some outtakes...

This one would be so cute if Mary wasn't giving me the crazy eyes



She looked kinda drunk in this picture



Having a staring contest with the lights

Toys for Tots Car Show and Toy Drive 12/20/09!

It's that time of year again! This year's Toys for Tots Car Show and Toy Drive will be at Hamburger Hamlet in Bethesda. Bring a toy, along with your family and friends, and enjoy the cars!

Altered Racin Food Drive Car Show

Last weekend Altered Racin held a car show to raise food donations for families in need. The turnout was pretty decent for mid-November.

For the full album on Flickr, click here: Chris Walsh Photography

MilitaryPerformance.com 3rd Annual Support the Troops Meet

My friends Topher, Leiter and I have organized a Support the Troops benefit car show three years in a row now. Last weekend was our third one and we had a great turnout. We had 82 cars, a whole trunk full of donated supplies and $520 donated in cash, all to be given to the USO. Unfortunately the weather kept some people away, otherwise we would have had an even better turnout!

The beauty of this event is that it doesn't matter what kind of cars people are into...everyone comes to show their support for our troops. One gentleman even told me about his son who is currently deployed overseas and he was truely grateful to us for organizing the car meet.

For the full set, click this link: Chris Walsh Photography on Flickr


Here's the flier I designed



And here's my car full of all the donated items. Keep in mind my back seats were folded down flat and all the stuff was about two feet deep.




A beautiful Chevy Camaro



This car was really interesting and certainly unique!



Flawless paint on this old Chevy truck



Maserati Coupe



Keith's high-horsepower monster Chevy Camaro



I've always had a soft spot for Volvo S60R's



Don't even think about calling this beast a "grocery getter"...



...yeah, it's got a HEMI...and it's supercharged!



Turbocharged Nissan 350Z



Very clean Mazda RX-7





KEEP YOUR EYES OUT FOR THE NEXT SUPPORT THE TROOPS MEET IN 2010!

Bonus Post - Acura CL, Acura RSX, and Lexus IS300

After taking pictures of Chris' IS250, we met up with some friends and I took a few pictures of their cars in the same parking garage.

For the full set, click here: Chris Walsh Photography on Flickr


Jason's Acura CL



Kurt's turbo Acura RSX







Alex's IS300

Reppin HellaFlush on the East Coast

Chris has an insane wheel/tire/suspension setup on his 2008 Lexus IS250. His car has been featured on HellaFlush and he's one of the few on the East Coast with such an aggressive stance.

In layman's terms, HellaFlush fitment is about having your wheels line up flush with your fenders. When you combine wide wheels with lowered suspension, it takes more than just putting the wheels on the car and calling it a day. Needless to say, while the mods to Chris' car are subtle, it certainly took some work to get it right. Here's what he's got done to it:

SSR SP1 wheels
- 19x9 +26 225/35/19 fk452
- 19x10 +19 245/35/19 dz101
rolled fenders
carbon fiber front lip
OEM rear lip
6k HIDs with yellow fogs


For the whole set, click here: Chris Walsh Photography on Flickr

Peeking Out from the Shadows

My friend Nate asked me to take some pictures of his car and motorcycle in his garage. He had this "peeking out from the shadows" idea, so I said I'd give it a shot. We tried manipulating the light with a few different shop lights I had, and in the end he was happy with the result. For the first shot, I had a light placed about 15 feet away diagonally from the passenger side.





For the next two shots, I had a light directly in front of the car, and elevated about 10 feet in the air as to not cast too much of a shadow on the back wall.





He's not totally happy with these headlights anymore so these will eventually be swapped out for different ones






On my way home, I stopped by a local factory I had been meaning to check out for some time now. Pretty neat location. I will probably go back there if I have a better car to shoot. For now, I just had my car to use as the subject. This was a 30-second exposure and I also used my flash twice, once aimed directly at the front of the car and the second time more towards the back.

TPC Racing Open House

Last weekend, TPC Racing opened their shop to automotive enthsiasts of all kinds, but sent a special invitation to Porsche owners. TPC Racing recently created a turbo kit for the Porsche Cayman and they wanted to show it off to some potential new customers. They are also known for their supercharger kits for the Porsche 911 platform.

Not only did they open up their shop for everyone to see, they were also gracious enough to provide free sandwiches and drinks. Parking was a little tight but they made it work. If you want more information about TPC Racing, visit their website at TPCRacing.com.


To see the full set of photos, click the following link to Flickr:
Christopher Walsh Photography





2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo



One of the shop cars, a 964 Turbo









A badass Shelby Cobra Replica came through as well



Everyone loves a red 997 Turbo



TPC Racing's 996 GT3 race car



There was this old 930 Slant Nose Widebody with HRE wheels and a heavily modded engine