Missed opportunity
I know I missed a week on the blog, this past weekend we celebrated my daughters Quinceanera. Between the party and other obstacles I didn’t have the time to get to a blog this week. I know there will be (albeit rare) instances where life’s schedule will prevent me from getting the blog updated.
Last weekend (6/8-6/9) was crazy for me it started on Saturday morning when I shot photos for the quince. I skipped the CCP charity car show to get this important work done. I had multiple people reach out to me asking if I had gone or why I missed it. multiple conversations about missing out on seeing the 1 of 1 Mansory Bugatti and other incredible vehicles. My answer every time was, nothing is more important than my kids. I cant get this time back, time is the most valuable thing on earth and my girls only experience their 15 once. After I shot the photos I ended up going to other meets that day anyways.
After shooting the photos for my daughters, I went to the Carexpo car show in Elgin where I was a event photographer. The event was great it had really good sponsors, octoprint, Mundo Autos, CM3 car detailing, and No Manches resturants. The turnout was great, Mundoauto had some of their cars present for the event, No manches had their food truck out serving great food. CM3 and Octoprint hosted the event, Octoprint was making shirts for the event which was really cool. There was other vendors and a DJ present which kept the vibes up. The only thing holding back the event was rain luckily it didn’t rain till later into the event but it rained through the end of the event. Luckily the event hosts were able to pivot and bring the crowd inside the shop to present trophy’s, My good friend John winning best show car. Check out the photos below. with the rain lasting through the night I stayed home and opted to edit photos. check out the photos from the event below;
You can check out the event sponors at:
https://mundoautos.com/ also on IG at @mundo.autoss
http://octoprint.me/ also on IG at @8ctoprint
https://www.cm3detail.com/ also on IG at @cm3detailingstudio
https://www.nomanchesmexicangrill.com/ also on IG at @nomanchesmexicangrill
Sunday was a packed day I started my day at Crown customs, then went to Harper College for the Fully Drivn meet, After I went to a Midwest Bimmerfest meet, and finally me and some friends tested out a DJI Osmo pocket and shot some late rollers after dinner.
CACW x Crown customs meet was to be expected lots of mixed cars from Super cars, to muscle cars, to imports. The meet was packed which was to be expected. Every meet they host has a great turnout with lots of good variety in cars and quality builds. definitely my suggestion if your looking to attend a meet.
I linked up with my friends at the Crown customs meet and we headed to the Fully Drivn meet at Harper College. The Fully Drivn meets are another one I would suggest attending because they are always packed and a great time. Their meets are another one with alot of variety as well. Me and my friends came in pretty deep at around 30 cars total, so many cars in fact that they had to open a secondary lot to house us and more cars that came.
I was supposed to go to the Pull up to the Prison car show after the Fully Drivn event but I ended up staying too long and getting lunch as well and I missed the event altogether. another Missed opportunity, Lucky for me they will be doing one more show later in the season that I will make it out to.
After Leaving the Fully Drivn meet I went to Midwest Bimmer fest. This meet started off slow and they were the most picky when it came to which cars could park where which was a bummer, but understandable since it was a BMW centered meet. They held it at Social club bar they had a DJ and food available. The meet ended up growing a bit but it was definitely the lowest attendance meet I went to in the last few weeks, the vibe of the meet wasn’t there either, and I think part of the issue was the small lot space and layout, I mostly went to hang out with some friends. After we left we went to dinner and then shot a few rollers while testing out the new Osmo Pocket 3.
You can see more from crown customs on their website at: https://crowncustoms.net/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwvb-zBhCmARIsAAfUI2ua2sTHZ4cCqFOy5IRMqP2Xpk9xgoJ7q2af0hRRokOHUNDvPdMne_IaAr1oEALw_wcB or on their Instagram @crowncustomschicago
you can follow Fully Drivn on IG @fullydrivn for updates and meets.
for updates on Midwest Bimmerfest follow @midwestbimmerfest on IG as well.
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