Matt Kwok Photography Blog

Turn2 open track day at Pacific Raceway

rikaro — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:56:01 +0000

Went to Pacific Raceway in Kent 2 days ago and shot an open track day event for 2 of my friends. They’re both part of the APL motorsports crew. Both of the cars are at the extreme ends-597whp sti vs give or take 90-100whp miata. I also met a few guys there. There are a few Audi R8s, 911s, mustangs and vipers, but the one that caught my eye was a NSX with an amazing exhaust note. I also like the black BMW M3 E46 which is running a nice set of motons for suspension and RAC monolites wrapped in nt01s. It’s okay if you don’t understand one bit of what I just said because the pictures explain everything!

Arthur’s STI getting ready for track

Fighting for turn 9

Austin’s 1.6L Mazda Miata

IMO best looking E46 ever!

Straight pipe NSX

Haven’t forgot about my blog yet!

rikaro — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:45:56 +0000

It’s been quite a while since my last update. There’s a bit of changes for me lately and mostly it’s been my photography career. I’ve been shooting more engagement and weddings but I haven’t forgot about cars. It’s just a tad harder to make a living shooting cars in Vancouver. Over the last year, there’s a lot of planning involved regarding my career in Toronto and in the US. I am trying to find a balance to shoot full time but due to many other issues, leaving Vancouver is not exactly an option anymore. Weddings are one of my favorite things to shoot so I’m not missing out too much. Just different priorities :)

A picture of my “new” car. The place where I live in currently doesn’t allow me to work on my car anymore. It’s been a challenge trying to find the right place to work on it.

95 mazda miata

“The Winter Package” wallpaper series

rikaro — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:45:36 +0000

Wallpapers as promised :) The “winter package” idea came up when I was looking for photos. Shot a lot of white cars in 2011 haha.

1920×1200. Enjoy!

Leaving to Hong Kong!

rikaro — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:43:56 +0000

I’m going to be in Hong Kong till December 10th. Any questions or bookings for photoshoot can be requested via email matt-kwok@matt-kwok.com. I will not be replying any sms or text until I’m back.

I’m going to be at the WTCC races in Macau on the 20th! Let me know if any of you are heading there as well!

More Subby love

rikaro — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:59:08 +0000

Before I continue any further, R.I.P. Steve Jobs. A great innovator and visionary. He will be remembered as the tech legend.

Okay now onto the happier things. Through out the summer, I’ve done a few shoots here and there, and this is one of them I would love to share. A track prepped STI with nothing short of amazing. It’s not the most powerful out there, and certainly not the lowest, but the car stands out by itself because of how clean the car is with combination of unique parts. Not something we would normally see in Vancouver, B.C.

The setting of the shot was quite a coincidence. The weather was perfect, the time was plenty, and the subject was perfect. I know to most people, shooting a black car is hard, but for me, to make a white car stand out in photos are far more challenging than any other color.

Thanks Barry! It was real fun shooting the car! Canibeat feature right here!

It’s not the equipment.

rikaro — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:36:56 +0000

Sometimes I’m still amazed of just how much a little camera inside a phone can do. Excuse me with my coffee obsession ;)

Shot with Iphone 3Gs, processed with Instagram.

Vossen Wheels – G37

rikaro — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:11:58 +0000

This summer is just swarmed with shoots for weddings and cars for me. So busy I don’t even have time to update my blog. Since I’m on my break editing photos, here’s one set of photos I shot for Vossen Wheels. Owner was a great guy to work with. Thank you for Jav and staffs at Vossen Wheels for this opportunity! Loved how some of these shots came out!

Wheels are VVS082 – Black Machined – F: 20×9 / R: 20×10.5

Lexus LF-A – words cannot describe

rikaro — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:02:24 +0000

You guys wouldn’t know how excited I was when I received a message to shoot this car. It’s one of the cars that I’m really crazy about (and if you guys know me, I’m not always the biggest fan when it comes to exotics because I can’t afford them haha). Like the Toyota 2000 gt, the Lexus LF-A is an iconic piece of engineering masterpiece. Unfortunately I couldn’t get the sound in the pics. This car sounds amazing and nothing even comes close to it.

Teaser on what’s coming! Part 2

rikaro — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:39:39 +0000

owner requested another teaser haha. Enjoy! For everyone else, you should know what this car is by now!

Teaser on what’s coming!

rikaro — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:05:55 +0000

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