Last weekend, three of us photogs (Keara, Greg, and I) donated our time in Santa Maria, CA,  to photograph Cruzin’ For Life. What a blast … smokin’ cars and a suntan, all in one big shoot!

It was the 6th annual Cruzin’ For Life, which benefits the Marian Cancer Center in Santa Maria and the American Cancer Society. They really make sure that the donations stay local to help Santa Maria cancer patients and research as much as possible.

The best-lookin’ events for the camera are the car show, the cruise, and the burnout competition. The cars made laps up and down Broadway in Santa Maria during the cruise, and I got to hop a ride for a few awesome photos!

Now, the burnout competition … if you’ve never seen one of these, you’re really missing out. Basically, the cars tear up the asphalt and their tires by spinning them, all to create the loudest noise and biggest plume of smoke that their cars can muster. Greg and Keara shot some awesomeness from the ground, and I was able to score a fantastic view from a scissor lift.

One of the car’ tires actually smoked red when it peeled out. Sometimes, we in the lift ate smoke, but that was part of the fun!

Of course, the Photobooth got to come out at the dinner, so I’ve put in some highlights from that too …

Thank you to the Cruzin’ For Life board, who showed us a very good time! We hope to do it again!