Mike Maez Automotive Photography Blog

As we wrap up Arizona’s biggest automotive month on the worldwide automotive scene sans NASCAR, the Scottsdale auctions seemed to do reasonably well this year.  According to Autoweek & Hagerty Insurance, the 2012 totals soared north of $180 million dollars spread across 2,100 lots sold.  This represents a more than $23 million dollar increase over last year’s totals and is a strong indication that our current recession might not be so bad after all.  Nevertheless, if you happen to be an average Joe or automotive enthusiast without a fat pocketbook, chances are you may have seen a program called Chasing Classic Cars on either the Discovery Channel or Velocity.  The host of this popular show is none other than Wayne Carini, a genuine automotive aficionado with a wealth of knowledge and a knack for uncovering some rather historic barn finds.

I spent an afternoon with some of the fine folks at Hagerty Insurance at the Penske Racing Museum in North Scottsdale to produce some content for their quarterly magazine.  Wayne spent the afternoon co-hosting a symposium of auction heads as everyone discussed the state of the auction industry and afterwards we setup a mock studio adjacent to the upstairs cafeteria inside the museum.  Wayne proved to be very easy going and great to work with, and as we wrapped our quick portrait session we also snapped some environmental shots at Penske.  If you are an Arizona resident and a car enthusiast, you owe it to yourself to get down there at least once!  Enjoy!