Capturing Timeless Moments

We shoot on film

Step back in time with our car portrait sessions that embrace the allure of traditional film photography. Using a high-quality medium format film camera, we aim to bring out the vibrant, rustic essence of your beloved vehicle. Our environmental approach adds depth to the narrative by incorporating the landscapes that frame your daily life, be it urban, rural, or coastal. Whether it's a solo portrait or a family portrait with your cherished pets, our sessions endeavor to narrate the story of your life and the integral role of your car within it.

Crafting Unique Experiences

Our interactive process involves discussing meaningful locations, ideal shoot times, and options for displaying the photos at the end of the shoot. We personalize each session to ensure that your vision is captured authentically and artistically.

Pricing and Optional Add-ons

The cost of our car portrait shoot is $370, covering the shoot time, film development, and low res. color-corrected digital photos. High-resolution scans and framed/unframed prints are available as add-ons upon request. Additionally, we offer engaging video packages starting at $650, featuring an afternoon shoot and expertly edited video footage with audio. For those seeking a combined package, we offer a compelling photo and video combo priced at $850.
Immerse yourself in the artistry of a bygone era and let us preserve the essence of your car in timeless portraits that reverberate with character and charm.

The Gift

  • My names Angus and this is out 1973 Original Westfalia Kamper Automatic. I bought it off Ebay for Andrea as a surprise Christmas present 5 years ago. I did it because Andrea is a kaftan-wearing hippy at heart and she told me that she loved them and had always dreamed of owning one! We have had a few very memorable camping trips in it. Including a couple of breakdowns (which is normal for these). It is SLOW, but remarkably comfortable and eminently practical as a camper - sets up in about 15 minutes. What is nice is the sense of community - you always wave at other Kombi drivers and they wave at you. And of course strangers always stop to chat and take photos! The appeal is even greater because of Douglas (the dog in the photo). He just adds to the idyllic charm of the whole idea, traveling around in a VW camper with a fabulous "beach dog" for company. It doesn't really have a name, or a gender. We just couldn't decide... so it just gets called 'The Kombi'.”

Cougar

  • I was on the look out for a new car and always dreamed of having a pink one. I would often giggle and say, my family would look so much better in pink. About a year ago, by pure luck, I got a glimpse of my dream pink car. I was sitting in the Dome Cafe looking out the window, and there is was, flying past in its magnificence. It was like seeing a hot chick walk past and I instantly felt a connection. Some time later, by chance again, I stumbled across the very same car on Facebook Marketplace and I new I had to have her. I call her “Cougar” … she’s older than me. I love that she is so noticeable and that helps feel me safe out on the roads. She has a few few dents but it only adds to her character. My life has always been been about just having fun and going along for the ride! So naturally, she fits right in.

The Truck

  • This is my Ford F100. I work in Fremantle as a tattooer and I have done for the last 13 years. I don't like to think of my life not having a ute ... not just because its formed part of my identity, but its part of the way I function as a human now, its so incredibly useful.

The Twins

  • We call him WALLY after our granddad as we bought it out of his inheritance. We love to surf preferably long boarding its our passion. The laid back lifestyle of long-boarding is perfect in combination with Wally as he is relaxed and chilled out. Wally originally came from the UK, traveled across Europe (still has Amsterdam sticker on window) and through Africa, before arriving in Darwin. It used to be a rusty orange. The fuel gauge does not work so it always keeps us on our toes when contemplating whether to fuel him up or leave it another day or so! Another quirk is that you can never go anywhere fast and it sways in the wind which is a bit of fun... we love driving along the coast on the weekends with as many longboards and shortboards stacked inside!! Our Labrador Buddy is always the first one inside and loves going to the dog beach and drives along the coast, its the perfect surf wagon! The pop top includes hammocks to sleep in that fold down and a double bed on the bottom perfect for camping! We have a sink, and used to have a fridge but it was stolen before we bought it. Our favourite drive is anywhere where there is surf, and Barbra Streisand ~ by ducksauce ~ it’s the only CD or Kombi Came with and is our favourite And our lifestyle would not as be chilled out or relaxed without him ~ Wally teaches us to be patient, slow down and enjoy the ride.

Jamies Island

  • My name us Jamie and this is my Ford Capri SA30 My dad owned one originally that he passed down to me when I got my license. I bought this one after the rego expired on my original one while I was traveling. It was cheaper than repairing and putting the old one over the pits. I knew that I’d need to find another one to replace my old one and was was lucky enough to find this one on gumtree for just over a $1000. I really enjoy driving with the roof down and refused to buy a car I couldn't do it in. “Out of all of my friends I own the cheapest car but get the most compliments on it.” The tarp roof has a couple rips in it which make it almost impossible to drive with the roof up. It's pretty much just a summer car to cruise around or go to the beach in. I don't use it much in winter. I prefer skating or public transport anyway. I really love the Freo lifestyle and atmosphere and I'm glad to drive around in something that I think fits that well.

Victor & Veronica

  • My name is Victor and. this my baby Veronica ...... yes she has a name. I’m a mariner (and now artist and musician) and spent most of my life at sea.

    I was born in Singapore, and my father was a well known artist. My siblings followed in his footsteps as artists, but I was the ‘black sheep’ in the family and went off to work at sea. I always new I had to go away.

    But after a life at sea I found myself settling in Australia and beautiful Fremantle, and its now come time I am wanting to explore the creative side that’s inside me. I like the wandering, crossing oceans, crossing land, it doesn’t matter, just travel. It opens your mind and experience. I turn 60 next year and I have no regrets.

Esme

  • I first saw this car about 5 years ago in my friends workshop, I fell in love with it straight away because of the colour and because it had a 308 V8 fitted to it legally with all the paperwork. The car would be ideal for my missus to drive. The car’s name was ‘Esme’ and that’s what the number plates read. I figure that name came from Esme Watson from the eighties TV show Prisoner, she was the gossip monger.

    I rang the owner and asked if he wanted sell he said no unless you had 60 grand because it was his wife’s car.

    About 3 years later his friend got in contact with me and said he’s buying a house and needs to sell the car. I rang him and, asked how much and he said $40 grand. The rest is history. It’s a 1970 LC Torana 308 column shift automatic. Painted in metallic orchard. It’s just a beautiful “ Sleeper “ ( Looks slow but goes like stink ). Allyson and myself love cruising with Archie our dearly loved Cavoodle to the beach and then Fremantle for lunch.
    -- Phil Gardiner

Lisa & Elvis

  • My name is Lisa and this is my 1977 Automatic Kombi Van, the auto makes it a little rare. I bought it off a little Itlalian man and his wife Maria. He is a real character and is still sad that he no longer has it. He stuck Elvis and Skippy stickers all over it which were really hard to get off. I have now turned it into a seafood business called Kombination Seafood… its sort of onto his second life.

Georgia & Frida

  • She is a 1988 Toyota Corolla named Frida. The name of my first car, a Honda CR-V that just stuck and now I carry on as a legacy for many of my belongings. I attract anything and everything yellow into my life, so when I saw the banana coloured vehicle I had no care for checking the engine and if smoke came out the rear end... I had already fallen in love.

    Georgia

    So far I’ve had no legitimate issues with the car. Although as soon as I fix one window, another will jam or fall into the door. I have found that a towel shut in the door secures the car just as well! There are a few minor rust spots that I worry will slowly spread as I let the salt water run off of my board after a surf and encrust itself onto the paintwork! Yikes!

    I love the very manual nature of Frida from her old display board and the “click-clack” of the indicator, to the non-power steering which gives my arms a great workout. The hands on nature and understanding you must cultivate to operate and care for a older car is something I find lacks in these new streamline soccer mum cars! I like to think of my car as a Mary Poppins bag of fun ready for any occasion. In the glovebox you will find various musical instruments from the harmonica to the karimba (a half coconut with metal prongs, otherwise known as a “thumb piano”). Behind the drivers seat often holds treasures including my watercolour pencils for artsy occasions and my skateboard. Ideally it would be a wagon so I could chuck my board inside and comfortably stretch out on camping adventures. I had attempted sleeping diagonally in the back one time on top of a pile of wetsuits. It was fine to entertain for a night but I definitely won’t be taking it across the Nullarbor. It only had one previous owner, a lady whom could no longer drive it due to old age. She kept an impeccable service book for it and the original owners manual, which contains terrific diagrams including how to use the cigarette lighter and ashtray.. which was evidently needed from the many butt burns on the seating covers!

Codys Mazda

  • My name is Cody and this is my1977 Mazda B1600. The car came from Alice Springs where it was used as a farm ute, it even has a little pencil notebook of all the maintainance they conducted on her over the years. Its pretty agricultural and simplistic, am radio is stuck on full volume and you need a paper clip to hold the choke on for a while on cold mornings, but it runs perfect. I love throwing a board in the back, jumping in it and blasting down to Cottesloe Beach for a wave.

Jules Mbz

  • My name is Jules and this is my 1968 Mercedes Benz280-SE, im the third owner, I work away in Africa and she is kept in storage while Im away. I brought it when i was 18 which is a dream come true as Ive always been such a fan of old mercs. Its been a wedding car a couple of times down in Margaret River. Its amazing tha you can cruise down south on the fwy in a 50 year old Mercedes.Cottesloe Beach is my favourite drive by"

The Truck

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Old Blue

  • My name is Steve, and this is Old Blue, my 1959 FC Holden. I like to take to my wife and 2 daughters out for a drive in her on Friday nights, we often get Fish and Chips in Cottesloe. Growing up, we had names for all our cars. My youngest daughter MIA named this one ‘Baby Blue’.
    Prior to me, Baby Blue has had three female owners, and fittingly the car was originally designed for women because of high seating visibility and other factors. Personally it means a lot to me because it was the first car my parents owned when they arrived in Australia from England in 1966. So I have lots of great memories from it when I was an 8 yr old boy.

Teri & Maffy

  • On Thursday mornings, Teri Conway picks up her good friend Geri Hansen in her beautiful red 1964 Triumph Herald Coupe for a spin around Freo. Teri and Geri love the old streets and shops in the west end of Fremantle. Teri calls her ‘Maffy’, short for middle aged folly, as she purchased it in 1983 when she had just turned 40. She purchased it from a friend who had given to his teenage son, who had painted it half blue and half green, and then mentioned that he was going to put fattie tyres on and turn it into a beach buggy…at which point his father removed it from him and gave it to Teri for $600! It had four good tyres and two decent seats in the front and not much else…but she loved it and was determined to have it. Her husband agreed on the understanding he would not ever have to drive it anywhere!

    “ I love having the roof down and driving with the wind in my hair, it adds so much joy to my days…all sorts of people stop and talk to me and tell me stories about Triumphs or other interesting old cars…stop me in the street offering to buy it, or toot and wave…as somebody called across recently when I was stopped at the lights…Like your style lady!…Yes! The whole car is just one big quirk!!..I like the whole bonnet lifting and coming forward…and because it’s close to the ground, you feel like you’re going much faster than you are, which is handy as the odometer and speedometer haven’t worked in years…but it’s got a cool sounding horn. There’s no air-conditioning, and with a black roof it gets seriously hot in the summer and seriously cold in the winter…also the roof leaks around the edges in the rain…it has no seat belts in the back..and sometimes can be temperamental starting up…I have to double declutch when changing down gears….despite all that she love her still.”

Lewis & Anna

  • My name is Lewis and this is my 1959 Chevrolet parkwood. I’ve wanted a 59 Chevy since I was a kid (ha ha still am to be honest) I used to love Ramone from the cartoon movie “cars”. As I grew older I started getting a love for station wagons. So why not combine the two together. I stumbled across it in a hashtag section of instagram. “ #59parkwood”. a guy had posted it for sale over in Florida. He found it in a farm In Utah, and he was only the 2nd owner of it. He basically dragged it out of the paddock and then sold it on to me. I had the car shipped over from the USA and started the build back in December 2018. It was completed in June 2019. The car was named Anna after my nonna who sadly passed around the same time I finished the car off. Man those rear fins and tail lights just get me every damn time. An unreal car from factory. No mods needed to make it cool. To be honest, me and my old man built this car on my front driveway in a suburban area. It’s no show car but damn she’s been faithful to me. Clocked about 10,000kms in 6months. Even doing a trip to Kalgoorlie and back. Rough around the edges but all brand new underneath. All work done at home, by me and my dad. That’s one thing I’ll cherish for ever. I’m only 20 years old so I’ve got a lot of time ahead of me but I wanna do as much as I can while I’m young. This car is just another thing ticked of the list so far! I love just being able to get in an old car and drive somewhere on a ya Sunday morning. Wether it’s south or north. Just drive somewhere and chill in the back with my girlfriend or Friends. After all having the opportunity at my age to drive a car like this is so far beyond my expectations so every time I do drive it I don’t take it for granted. I have a huge passion for the mid century to the late 60’s era and I don’t think I’ll ever loose that. Something about these old cars brings me so much joy. It’s such a dying art these days too!

The Rocketman

  • My name is Paul, I am an Astronomer from Fremantle Western Australia and this is my 1963 Ford Thunderbird. The T-bird appealed to me because of its sleek styling and cockpit base in the era when space exploration was in the news everyday. It's a car from the Mad Men era and in the words of that show;

    "Happiness is the smell of a new car. It's freedom from fear. It's a billboard on the side of a road that screams with reassurance that whatever you're doing is OK. You are OK"

    Times have definitely changed since then but at least we can capture some memories of that simpler world.Prior to me, Baby Blue has had three female owners, and fittingly the car was originally designed for women because of high seating visibility and other factors. Personally it means a lot to me because it was the first car my parents owned when they arrived in Australia from England in 1966. So I have lots of great memories from it when I was an 8 yr old boy.

Peles Beetle

  • I bought this car when I was 17 with the intention to restore it as my first project. After looking at many pictures for inspiration I started to strip and pull the car apart in the garage at my dads house. The build took me 11 months but I never really finished as I was always tinkering with it and making it my own, adding bits like a Dixie horn for a bit of fun, and I also stuck an old school Coca Cola bottle opener to the side of the car which was cool and handy when you pull up at the beach with a full esky. I never really named it, I try to avoid naming them in case I ever go to sell them, there’s less of an attachment. My most regular drive is cutting a lap through Freo. Usually down south terrace then through the coffee strip, stopping off at Captain Munchies carpark then driving through Cottesloe on Marine Parade, up as far as Swanbourne then usually back to Freo. Sometimes with a bunch of other Vee dub guys or just alone. Either way driving in the bug was always like a mini holiday for me. They are just a fun car and I guess working on them and driving them is a bit meditative for me in a way. I love their simplicity and the character each one has.“ I love having the roof down and driving with the wind in my hair, it adds so much joy to my days…all sorts of people stop and talk to me and tell me stories about Triumphs or other interesting old cars…stop me in the street offering to buy it, or toot and wave…as somebody called across recently when I was stopped at the lights…Like your style lady!…Yes! The whole car is just one big quirk!!..I like the whole bonnet lifting and coming forward…and because it’s close to the ground, you feel like you’re going much faster than you are, which is handy as the odometer and speedometer haven’t worked in years…but it’s got a cool sounding horn. There’s no air-conditioning, and with a black roof it gets seriously hot in the summer and seriously cold in the winter…also the roof leaks around the edges in the rain…it has no seat belts in the back..and sometimes can be temperamental starting up…I have to double declutch when changing down gears….despite all that she love her still.”

Lewis & Anna

  • My name is Lewis and this is my 1959 Chevrolet parkwood. I’ve wanted a 59 Chevy since I was a kid (ha ha still am to be honest) I used to love Ramone from the cartoon movie “cars”. As I grew older I started getting a love for station wagons. So why not combine the two together. I stumbled across it in a hashtag section of instagram. “ #59parkwood”. a guy had posted it for sale over in Florida. He found it in a farm In Utah, and he was only the 2nd owner of it. He basically dragged it out of the paddock and then sold it on to me. I had the car shipped over from the USA and started the build back in December 2018. It was completed in June 2019. The car was named Anna after my nonna who sadly passed around the same time I finished the car off. Man those rear fins and tail lights just get me every damn time. An unreal car from factory. No mods needed to make it cool. To be honest, me and my old man built this car on my front driveway in a suburban area. It’s no show car but damn she’s been faithful to me. Clocked about 10,000kms in 6months. Even doing a trip to Kalgoorlie and back. Rough around the edges but all brand new underneath. All work done at home, by me and my dad. That’s one thing I’ll cherish for ever. I’m only 20 years old so I’ve got a lot of time ahead of me but I wanna do as much as I can while I’m young. This car is just another thing ticked of the list so far! I love just being able to get in an old car and drive somewhere on a ya Sunday morning. Wether it’s south or north. Just drive somewhere and chill in the back with my girlfriend or Friends. After all having the opportunity at my age to drive a car like this is so far beyond my expectations so every time I do drive it I don’t take it for granted. I have a huge passion for the mid century to the late 60’s era and I don’t think I’ll ever loose that. Something about these old cars brings me so much joy. It’s such a dying art these days too!