OK I CANNOT LIE, I had been looking forward to this for a long time. Earlier in 2011 a friend of mine was teasing me about a purchase he had made recently that he knew I would like, and eventually spilled that he had obtained a Lamborghini Gallardo, for shits and giggles, as everyone does!
Knowing that we were visiting Australia late in the year for a friends wedding and Christmas, I immediately planted the seed with him that I wanted to photograph the vehicle.
Time slowly passed and the next thing I knew we were landing in Melbourne. We took the car out early one morning, a few locations already in mind. the first couple of spots didnt work out so we used a fall back, an underground car park that would be deserted at that hour of the morning. After some time shooting different angles and using various off-camera flash techniques we moved on to our final location.
We passed through a McDonalds drive through for breakfast, much to the surprise of the others in the line-up and the staff themselves! Then cruised out on the highway to Kryal Castle at Warrenheip. The place was deserted and was a perfect spot for some interesting wide shots of the car. A poorly timed busload of Asian tourists (Kryal castle does not operate any more, I guess it's just a photo op on the way from Melbourne) temporarily interrupted proceedings as they helped themselves to portraits with the vehicle while I stopped to change lenses.
Upon leaving the quiet road from the Castle back out to the highway, I was to finally witness first hand the raw power and brash acceleration I knew this beastly automobile was capable of. We pulled out in front of two semi-trailers that you would have waited for in any regular vehicle. We crawled out in first gear, as if to try and accentuate the closing gap between us and the trucks. As the accelerator was applied suddenly, the engine behind my head roared into life as I was squashed deeply back into the bucket seat, a quick shift of gears and we continued to blast at warp speed up the hway. It was a brief thrill, but wow was it a heart starter!
