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When I shot the Rodeo over the 4th of July weekend in 2013 I never imagined that it would lead to returning to the same venue to photograph a demolition derby just a few months later. I also never imagined that it would be just as rainy and muddy either…
I brought my son along again as my assistant (aka: umbrella holder) it was raining pretty solidly when we arrived early to shoot some of the cars before the demolishing began. I shot some HDR of the vehicles and ended up talking to a few of the drivers, these guys are all a little crazy and judging by all the beer cans inside the cars probably a little drunk as well…
Enough talking let’s get to some smashing! Warning: There are a lot of images!
The “Pre” demolishing view… Most of these cars see 4-5 events before they can’t use them anymore.
Click to keep looking as the action is still to come!
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