Luke Munnell joins us in Episode 07 of the Behind The Wheel podcast! Luke has been producing images that are so incredible you can often smell race gas while you’re staring at them. Luke gets with Scott (Konig Wheels, Marketing Director) to talk about how he became an automotive photographer, how others could become a photographer, what skills should you have, gives so much real world advise to aspiring automotive photographers, and even great tips for shooting events and workflow. IF you’re into photography, this is a great listen!
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If you’re a car person that has scrolled through instagram, read about car builds on random websites, looked over event coverage from some of the most popular events in motorsports or read magazines such as super street, modified magazine, import tuner, honda tuning, and the list goes on…then you know luke’s work.
Luke has been producing images that are so incredible you can often smell race gas while you’re staring at them. Luke gets with Scott, our Marketing Director, to talk about how he became an automotive photographer, how others could become a photographer, what skills should you have, gives so much real world advise to aspiring automotive photographers, and even great tips for shooting events and workflow. IF you’re into photography, this is a great listen!
As always you can use our timeline cheatsheet (below) to jump around in the podcast and hear what you like the most.
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CONTENT CHEAT MENU (podcast audio): 0:18 | Intro/ 10 Question Quickfire 3:39 | Introducing Luke Munnell 4:26 | Why Konig does the podcast 5:19 | First pro photographer on the podcast! 5:37 | Why Luke Munnell? 7:56 | Automotive photography vs. Wedding photography… shooting cars vs people! 9:45 | Where did you start with photography 10:52 | Jump to the automotive industry 11:53 | Learning on film -> moved to digital 14:26 | Your love of cars 16:33 | Started shooting cars 17:52 | First featured photograph 18:26 | Lesson for aspiring photographers 19:54 | When did you know this was your career… 21:02 | How did you learn photography? 23:24 | How family reacted to you being a photographer 24:44 | When is it okay to call yourself a pro? 27:00 | Working for the major car magazines 32:36 | Move to Mazda North America 36:23 | Leaving Mazda to start a business 38:28 | Talent 40:39 | Biggest learning curve running your own business 41:25 | Lesson for every professional 42:12 | Most memorable images ever shot 43:32 | When it all clicks… big picture, lighting, timing 47:40 | Storytelling 50:25 | Images that shape trends 54:23 | Capturing incredible automotive stories… Rob Parsons aka. Chair Slayer 1:01:03 | Nightmare shoots! 1:02:14 | Helpful advice for aspiring photographers 1:05:26 | Advice on shooting your first events, gear, positioning, etc 1:07:08 | Learning preproduction = way better shoots 1:08:21 | FINAL THOUGHT: Is technology killing the role of the photographer? 1:11:10 | Find Luke Munnell 1:12:14 | Outro
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On this episode of BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST: FD Edition, Scott and Joey talk FDTX!!! With the season coming to a close, this was for sure one of the more heated rounds of the season! As all the drivers are trying their best to close into the top position! Tune-in and let us know what you think and if you like it make sure to subscribe…
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One of the pioneers of the import tuning car culture, Jason Whitfield takes over the Behind the Wheel podcast and talks to Scott (Konig Wheels, Marketing Director) about his legendary killing-time CRX, go back to the NOPI days, the deal with General Motors, the state of the scene today and so much more!
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There are some people that help shape a scene. Whether they intend to or not they end up impacting the entire future of a culture, Jason Whitfield is one of these people. Jason was one of the pioneers of the import tuning car culture that came out of Southern California.
In the mid-to-late 90’s his influence helped lay the groundwork for what would become the fast and furious boom that exploded this culture to the mainstream. His hundreds of personal and customer builds pushed envelopes and set some records that lasted for decades. Jason pushed boundaries with speed but also ventured into, then, uncharted territory with OE’s like General Motors back in the Nopi days.
Jason Whitfield is the owner and operator of Whitfield Manufacturing. They offer a wide range of general metal fabrication services. However, they are most noted in the automotive scene for their custom exhaust manifolds, weld-in cages, tubular subframes, custom wings and other components with a specialty in Hondas.
In this podcast, we go far deeper than just Jason’s personal story. We share real car build tips, talk about the progression of the sport compact segment of the automotive industry and so much more!
As always you can use our timeline cheatsheet (below) to jump around in the podcast and hear what you like the most.
Thanks for all of your support and listening!
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CONTENT CHEAT MENU (podcast audio): 0:20 | Intro / 10 question quick-fire 1:55 | Who is Jason Whitfield 3:09 | Why Jason Whitfield 4:35 | Let’s go back to the mid-90s 6:00 | Fastest 1.5 liter Honda! Killing time CRX 8:45 | NO forums! NO google! NO youtube! 12:06 | Ahead of our time! 13:45 | Turbo Magazine 15:45 | TRUE 1.5L NON-VTEC 20:29 | Remembering Shaun Carlson 37:08 | Was Shaun the reason you opened a shop? 45:50 | How many small shops survived 46:48 | Comradery amoungst racers…it’s too easy now! 48:31 | Stephan Papadakis & How it use to be 50:08 | How your shops have evolved…it’s not the size of your shop, its how you use it! 54:00 | Customer base in the beginning & it’s progression 59:16 | First time Jason and Scott met…Nopi Nationals 2006 59:45 | The sickest and one of the fastest Chevy Cobalts 1:00:25 | Building cars for GM (General Motors) 1:10:32 | GM DEAL taught me so much business wise 1:12:03 | Here’s a stock Chevy Cobalt…Make it run 10s! 1:14:48 | Running 9’s in a Cobalt ?!?! 1:16:56 | Trying to make a Cobalt have Civic type following. 1:25:15 | More than just a car build 1:30:11 | The Cobalt today 1:30:45 | ** PRO TIP!!! ** DOT LINE instead of vacuum line. 1:38:25 | Favorite builds 1:40:49 | A focus on safety 1:45:44 | Not worth being reckless 1:49:20 | All Wheel Drive Craze! 1:50:40 | Choosing a shop is your responsibility! 1:51:26 | Where to find Jason / outro
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On this episode of The BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST: QUICK SHIFT edition, we are joined by Formula Drift Pro driver, Matt Vankirk!
Currently in the running to be Formula Drift Pro “ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 2018” (let’s go Matt!!!). We go back to FDNJ, where we got a chance to chat with Matt about how it felt to battle against his idol (Aasbo), how the mechanical grip of his car makes up for it being underpowered and making the transition from Pro2 to Pro! Also, he gives some direction to the grassroots drivers looking to create a competitive program!
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In this Quick Shift Edition of the Behind The Wheel Podcast, we link up with Matt Vankirk, Formula Drift Pro driver.
Soon to be FD “Rookie of the Year” (LET’S GO MATT!!), Matt throws some insight on what it’s like to line up for the first time against your idols (like he did with Aasbo at Long Beach), how his cars mechanical grip keeps him competitive, and the transition from Pro2 to Pro!
Matt also drops some knowledge for the grassroots drivers that are working toward advancing their program.
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On this episode of BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST: FD Edition, Scott and Joey Redmond talk FDSTL and how it all went down! From adjustments to the new St. Louis course(Gateway Motorsport Parkway) to Reeder being better driver than most of the PRO drivers? FDSTL was definitely filled with amazing moments and jam-packed with awesome match-ups. Tune in and give us some feedback!
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On this special edition episode of BEHIND THE WHEEL PODCAST, Scott and Joey Redmond of Wrecked Magazine discuss what went down at Formula Drifts Seattle Round 5 in Evergreen Speedway and much more! Tune in and give us some feedback!
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Matt Vankirk joins us on Episode 5 of Behind the Wheel podcast! Currently the leading FD Pro Rookie of the year, Scott sits down with Matt and talk the ups and downs of jumping from PRO2 to PRO, having to work a full time job while being a FD driver and also, will driving simulators a part of the future for the sport? All this and much more in this awesome episode!
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