Today was sweet. I have been wanting to take a shot like this for years now and it finally presented itself at the perfect time. My best friend Tim (see below) and I have been in love with cars and the tuning scene since we were in high school. We have both gone through our share of cars and some decent horsepower to boot!

This is Tim's 1993 Honda Civic eg hatchback (stock 70hp, that's 70!) This has been his project for the last 4 years or so. It only has 506 horsepower on race gas and about 425 on pump gas. No, that is not a typo. That's a 4cyl. B18 gsr Honda motor, fully built, Borg Warner S series turbo, you name it 500hp car. The word SCARY comes to mind. The car weighs something like 2,500 lbs. Do the math, that is like Formula 1 power to weight ratio. Its insane. Congrats on the build Tim, she's beautiful!

As you can see in the bottom windshield, the boys over at R/T tuning - http://rttuning.com/
did all of the work on Tim's car. They did nearly all of the work on my old RS swap and are great guys. This car being as reliable as it is is a testament to their skill. Nice work guys,

Tim's Civic Rolling Shoot 15

Tim's Civic Rolling Shoot 3

Tim's Civic Rolling Shoot 4

Tim's Civic Rolling Shoot 16 Tim's Civic Rolling Shoot 6

Camera:
Canon 7d
Sigma 17-50mm OS (2.8)
1/40@ F20
ISO 100

Strobist:
Natty Light

Objective: (Jeremy speak)
Ok so a rolling shot in technical camera settings is fairly simple. I followed a fairly steady rule of setting the shutter speed to match the speed of the car. So in this case we were doing 40mph down the highway. So I set my shutter speed to 1/40 and let the aperture fall where the camera says. In this case it was a super closed down f/20. So that means I was able to get the entire car in focus which helps for a picture like this.

It also doesn't hurt to have a hand grip on the camera. I just bought a cheap Opteka grip strap the other day and boy did it pay off for this shoot. Here, I am hanging nearly halfway out the window with my Canon 7d just flopping out in the breeze! Everyone can take pictures right?!