On the Road With an Automotive Spy Photographer

by Tim Healey

Published: September 13th, 2024

on the road with an automotive spy photographer

Hello and happy podcast day!

Here's what it's like chasing down the cars the automakers don't want you to see just yet. We pick the brain of automotive spy photographer Brian Williams on how that side of the business works and how he gets the shots that eventually end up in car magazines or sites like this one. We also chat with Matthew Guy about air compressors and a wild first weekend of the NASCAR Cup playoffs.

We thank Brian and Matthew for their time, and we thank Matt Posky for editing. Most of all, we thank you for listening.

You can find us wherever you get your podcasts -- or just click here. Thanks again for listening!

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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ToolGuy 5 days ago
I have a camera. It uses batteries.

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ToolGuy 5 days ago
Guest was fairly interesting; conclusions slightly depressing.

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