With regards to photography, I tend to find myself using those skills in ways I had never imagined.
I’ve done photo shoots for different magazines, video game references, events, private usage, and even a wedding! Well the wedding was technically videography work but still!
However this time I found myself traveling across Japan to a shop to inspect a car for a client. The car in question you ask?
A Top Secret MKIV Toyota Supra. No – it’s not the military or government kind of top secret, but from the legendary Top Secret work shop. Smoky Nagata.
It wasn’t the Supra, but it still was a heavily modified one inside out from the shop and donned most of the Top Secret catalog- and thus had an eye watering price tag.
So understandably the client wanted a professional inspection before making quite a large purchase.
If you have ever looked at buying a car online in Japan or from the auctions, you would quickly notice that the information is very limited and the picture quality (or lack of) makes it challenging to gauge what kind of condition the car is actually in.
After spending roughly seven hours riding the extensive shinkansen (bullet train) network that Japan is famous for, I found myself face to face with the subject. I broke out my notes, camera equipment, and spent the following two hours combing through the Supra, and documenting everything for the client.
Although this was the first time doing an in depth inspection like this, the client was thrilled by the results and purchased the Top Secret Supra.
Perhaps I’ll get to do a proper shoot with the Supra later this year. Stay tuned for that!
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