Photographing cars is not exactly related to Street Photography, but at least they drive on streets and are integral part of our daily life. Last weekend I had the chance to attend a workshop with Olympus Visionary Thomas Adorff in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, a perk that came with my purchase of an Olympus PEN-F earlier in the year.
So last Saturday I drove over to Stuttgart (90 minute drive from Nuremberg) and met Thomas Adorff and a bunch of Olympus enthusiasts for a day in the Porsche Museum. More about the event and more photos after the jump.In terms of equipment I took the PEN-F plus a few primes to the workshop (my mZuikos 12mm f/2.0 | 17mm f/1.8 | 45mm f/1.8 | 75mm f/1.8 plus my Walimex Pro 7,5mm f/3.5 fish eye), all easily packed in my Thinktank Perception 15 backpack.
I started out with the 12mm, but as we had plenty of time to take pictures in the Museum I ended up using all lenses more or less evenly. What I absolutely enjoyed was changing up the lenses as I needed them. Deliberately looking forward to working my primes I did not miss my zoom lenses at all.
The day started out with a one hour tour through the Museum during which we learned a lot about the history of the Porsche company and the history of the more than 80 cars on display, many of them historic prototypes and race cars that have won for example the legendary 24 hour race in Le Mans.
Here you can see a glimpse of our Tour Guide and the group 😉
After the tour we were invited to a great lunch in the “Boxenstop” Restaurant. Besides enjoying excellent food it was a great chance for some interesting photography talk with Thomas Adorff and fellow Olympians.
After lunch the workshop part of the day started, with the opportunity to roam around the museum and hunt for interesting perspectives, all while getting some valuable tips from Thomas.
Many workshop participants used the opportunity to test some lenses provided by the Olympus team. I was happy with my range of primes and put them to work hunting for interesting motives for the different focal lengths.
The great thing about the Porsche Museum is that you can really approach the cars, they are not behind glass or other barriers, despite their historic value. That provides for some great photo opportunities.
Thanks to Thomas Adorff and Olympus it was a great day of photography, and I can only highly recommend a visit to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart.
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This brought back happy memories. Love these shots. I grew up with a bright orange 911T that my father had. I was forced to learn to drive it and I was terrified of the sound of an air-cooled engine. It was a little rocketship and at that time I was a new driver. I recall a “shifting pattern” shaped like an “M” and that also terrified me. My father persisted and insisted, probably because he wanted to banish my fear. Long story short, I did learn to drive it, and drive it well. I loved it. I loved the way it stuck to the road. And even with the power it had, it was still good in the snow…it came with amazing high-rubber-content Michelin tires. Sticky. Loved the Tangerine color! What a wonderful series of images. Cars, and other geeky things, YES!
Thanks for sharing this awesome story of the orange Porsche, Liz! Have a great week! Marcus
Very jealous of you, what a beautiful bunch of machines.
Thanks, glad you like it!
I agree.
How fun, Marcus. Your shots are great!