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Our Melbourne based ZEN contributor Curt is in town and Nick put him straight to work in the studio.
Meet him (he’s lovely!) at our next meet this coming Saturday 22nd at 183 Victoria Rd, Marrickville from 12-4PM.
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Our Melbourne based ZEN contributor Curt is in town and Nick put him straight to work in the studio.
Meet him (he’s lovely!) at our next meet this coming Saturday 22nd at 183 Victoria Rd, Marrickville from 12-4PM.
For our second Find your ZEN Feature (where we feature extraordinary people who have found their ZEN) we shine the spotlight on Sydney based motorcyclist David Song.
Full Feature: https://www.zengarage.com.au/find-your-zen-david-song/
MAAP have just done an unlikely (but fucking awesome!) collab with Bleach Design Werks to celebrate their new BlackHeart Allroad AL bike. MAAP Ambassador Jennifer Kay got her hands on the limited edition chromed-out in pink gear early so we spent the afternoon with her taking some rolling shots (both stills and video!). Enjoy these behind the scenes shots and look out for the full feature soon!
We had a HUGE day shooting 2 VERY rare motorcycles yesterday at UNO Studios in Alexandria. Jordan of UNO Studios is a bike guy and let us know that there was a 1 of 6 (in the country) KTM Brabus 1300 R Masterpiece Edition’s that he could get his hands on if we wanted to shoot it.
Fuck yeah we want to shoot it!
What’s even more nuts is that he also suggested that we shoot a fresh out of a crate MV Agusta Brutale 1000 RR Assen too, suggesting that both bikes have most likely never been in the same room together, ever.
BTS Feature now on ZEN Blog: https://www.zengarage.com.au/bts-shooting-a-brabus-1300-r-edition-23-mv-agusta-brutale-1000-rr-assen-at-uno-studios/
A few weeks ago I was at CCACHE, my local bike shop, and I spent the whole Saturday there with Sam the mechanic and a young guy who was having his bike serviced.
It turns out the guy knows about ZEN Garage and was surprised to find out I was the guy who owned and ran it. He said he was 15 when he visited ZEN in Leichhardt, and it brought back good memories for him.
Anyways, fast forward to a week or so ago, one of his videos RANDOMLY rocks up on my YouTube feed! Turns out he’s an aspiring racer now in the cycling scene (he makes great videos!). I subscribed, and left a comment to which he replied:
hahaha how small a world is it! Glad one popped up for you mate. Great meeting you at CCACHE the other week! Thanks for subbing. P.S. you are taking me back to my youth with the ZenGarage account, 15 year old Max would be stoked 😂😂
And get this, literally a few days ago I was watching my fave Australian cycling related podcast The Nero Show and gues who’s on the show as a guest? Max Mann!
Super happy for him, that’s massive exposure. Way to go Mann!
ANYWAYS. There’s more. Just a few minutes ago Nick messages me;
“I heard you ran into one of the models I shoot with at CCACHE”.
I’m like hmmmm. I don’t think I’ve met any models at CCACHE at all…
Then it hits me. BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In March 2023 Nick invited me to be BTS shooter for an INSPORT shoot and guess who the male model was?
What a fucking small world, right?!
Follow Max on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ItsMaxMann
Earlier today we spent a few hours at UNO Studios in Alexandria to hang and shoot with MAAP Ambassador Jennifer Kay‘s new Specialized S-Works SL8.
Nick Turner was the photographer for the day, Mark Pakula our videographer. Look out for an upcoming ZEN feature soon!
In the meantime, follow:
@jenniferlouisek
@uno.studios_
@therealnickturner
@mpakula
I love Kurt, forever, but this is the photo I really wanted to take home.
Monster Children and Blender Gallery put on a show tonight featuring Pearl Jam by Lance Mercer and Nirvana by Kirk Weddle. I want every single one of them. I’m emotional!
Took the new Ricoh GR III HDF out yesterday, but really didn’t shoot much. Love the form factor, definitely small enough to keep in a pocket, it turns on damn fast too which is a good thing, but as I expected, it’s not magical by any means (despite seeing magical photos being taken with it online, but I assume they’ve been heavily edited vs straight out raws).
Whenever I was in any of my previous cars and a performance car would pull up next to me at the lights I’d always wish I was in my GT-R instead. Same goes for this camera I think, in that if there ever was a shot to take I’d wish I had my A7 IV with trust 35mm 1.4 instead.
To be fair I’ve yet to set up personal program modes on it though, but even as is, it does the job of a small camera I can take out at all times.
I’ve been wanting to buy a small camera I can fit into the back pocket of my jersey for taking out whilst cycling. For months I’ve been on the waiting list for a Ricoh GR IIIx. I spotted one on eBay but as I clicked on buy now the listing literally disappeared! I kinda gave up after a while but a couple of days ago I thought I’d go on the hunt again and I found this Ricoh GR III HDF on eBay being sold by a local seller, but shipped from Hong Kong. It cost me more than the RRP, but considering there are none in stock in any of the local camera shops I decided to pull the trigger on it.
Not expecting much from it, but have seen people on the Ricoh GR subreddit produce amazing shots. Looking forward to shooting with it this weekend!