Rixsta Photography

02/04/2024

Some Rapanats Burnout Competition coverage for all you Trend Setters and Tax Dodgers! Check out the next issue of NZV8 Magazine for a full eight page spread!

17/09/2023

Forged Development Ltd houses some truly remarkable machines, each a testament to the pursuit of automotive excellence. My mission? To capture both the essence of these high-performance marvels and the inner workings of their workshop.


Check out the write up and imagery in NZ Performance Car issue 304

03/09/2023

Rob Claridge's XW Ford Falcon GT Replica is easy on the eyes, and acquiring it was a piece of cake for NZV8 issue 217, which is now on sale. Powered by a 396ci Clevo engine, backed by a 4-speed Top Loader and a Ford 9-inch diff with 31 Spline axles, a Truetrac L*D, and a 3.5:1 ratio, it has all the goods to boogie. The choice in wheels perfectly complements this Aussie classic. In my opinion, the Simmons V51 wheels sit just right.

Full Gallery — https://www.rixstaphotography.com/69fordfalcon

02/04/2023

Also in the latest issue of NZV8 Magazine is Dean Rennie tough as nails '73 XA Falcon Hardtop Coupe — check it out its badass!

Big Guns
Statistically, if you grow up in West Auckland you are more likely to own a V8 than anywhere else in the country (excluding Whanganui ,of course). Dean Rennie has kept up that tradition in the form of a blown XA Falcon Coupe

30/03/2023

NZV8 Magazine Issue 215 is out now, featuring my recent photoshoot of Simon Macleod's '82 DX Corolla.

Appetite for Destruction
Simon’s latest car sits on the cuff with its JDM chassis, GM’s bulletproof Gen III LS and a Harrop huffer. This track-day weapon is one hell of a car, built with tyre destruction in mind!

14/01/2023

04/01/2023

Hey Team!
You can now find my Dragstalgia 2023 album on my website, along with a bunch of other albums from over the years.
Click here 👇
https://www.rixstaphotography.com/dragstalgia_2023

Buying prints from photographers enables us to cover costs such as travel, equipment maintenance, new equipment, website costs, and other expenses, much like drag racers need sponsors. Even though I recognise that taking these photos and preserving these memories is my hobby and something I chose to do, a few bucks here and there would go a long way towards enabling me to continue doing this for years to come.

My website platform is super simple to use and is an all-in-one printing service that uses the highest quality printing products.
Safe, secure, and the best quality—or your money back!

03/01/2023

No personal bests and they weren't even the fastest they'd ever been, but watching these two brawlers race head-to-head at over 200 mph was racing at its finest.

👉Part two of my Dragstalgia album will be live in 30 mins

Masterton Motorplex International Dragstrip
NZV8 Magazine

02/01/2023

First event for 2023
Part one of DRAGSTALGIA Drag Racing event held at Masterton Motorplex featuring the Wild Bunch Wars.

NZV8 Magazine WILD BUNCH New Zealand Masterton Motorplex International Dragstrip

28/12/2022

👻Long time no see...

To the loyal supporters of my work, I do apologise for the lack of updates to my photography page, but in case you missed the news, I took over as Editor of NZV8 Magazine and had to shelve my page while I got a handle on the workings of the magazine. While producing a magazine each month and also working on the Repco Beach Hop Annual has been hectic lately (get a copy if you haven't — it's wild!), now that the magazine publishes on a bimonthly basis, I have a little more time to devote to making frequent postings on this page. I wanted to kick off by sharing some of the NZV8 featured photography I've done over the past six months — a collection of the coolest cars I've had a chance to throw a lens at.

Enjoy — I'm back