to my personal blog. Here I post examples of my photography and writing. I specialize in making unique and highly detailed photographs. Notice I said making and not taking. Yes I take photos but a lot of time and work is involved in pushing and punishing the pixels in my images to achieve the look I like.
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Can't we all just get along?
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 6:04AM | in California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Whittier I didn't catch the make or model of this car but I don't think this is the original paint! Often car owners remove all manufacturer logos and model name plates. This makes it tough for uninformed people like me. I think this is very cool whatever it is.
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 11:59PM | in Caddy, California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Whittier I was walking around the Ruby's car show and had 2 people tell me that there was a wicked red, slammed caddy off by itself and not crowded on either side by other cars. This is highly desirable when taking photos with a wide angle lens. By the time I found the car, the sun was going down and the sky was pretty spectacular. When I am faced with a scene like this, where the sky is super bright and I am essentially shooting right into the sun, I am so glad I shoot using the high dynamic range method of photography. Only HDR can pull off a shot like this!
Post a Comment | tagged Caddy, Cadiillac, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Whittier | Share Article Permalink Email Article Friday, July 9, 2010 at 6:58AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, Caddy, Cadillac, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR, Lensbaby Another pretty sunset at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler in Downey. With the weather gettting warmer, the Wednesday night car show is getting busier. Parking was very hard to come by but the selection of cars to shoot was great. This night I forgot my tripod mounting plate so I was limited to using my monopod and just shooting 3 shot HDR's while the light held out. I did boost my ISO as it got darker but that introduces a lot of noise into my images.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 6:08AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR Kathy, Manny and I all met up at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler for the weekly Wednesday night car show. La Bandida was there too.
Monday, July 5, 2010 at 8:52PM | in California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Whittier Another image of this amazing 1957 Chevy Nomad.
Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:23PM | in California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Ruby's Car Show This 1957 Chevy Nomad was my absolute favorite car from the Uptown Whittier Car Show for 2 years in a row. I had never been fortunate enough to meet the owner but I did drop my business card in the car which features an image of the car itself. I had to work late on Friday so I ended up meeting Kathy and my nephew Santino at the Rubys Car Show a little late. After sneaking up behind me and kicking me in the butt, Kathy told me that the Nomad I liked so much was at the show. After having a quick bite to eat we walked over and met the owner who was very cool. I got a few more shots and this one of them. I'm sure I'll be posting more soon.
1 Comment | tagged 1957, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Nomad, Ruby's Car Show | Share Article Permalink Email Article Friday, June 25, 2010 at 7:52AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR, Lensbaby Ok so I've noticed when my wife Kathy and I go to car shows together, she gets her camera setup, mounts it on her tripod, attaches her off camera shutter release, gets her expodisc looped around her neck and has finished photographing her first car before I even start opening my backpack. Now, I'm not implying she rushes around taking snapshots. Far from it. Her images are amazing. See for yourself. I just think she's way more efficient than I am when making images. Realizing this, I decided to challenge myself a bit. I took my Lensbaby Composer with me to this car show. It requires that I manually set the focus and exposure before taking the HDR sequence. I think this helped me concentrate a bit more and I ended up shooting more cars than I usually do. Unfortunately due to that concentration I met fewer people which is a bummer. I'll have to learn to strike a balance!
Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 6:53AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, HDR Another Wednesday evening at the drive-in. The sun was going down fast by the time I got a chance to make an image of this amazing car. The owner walked up and asked if I was "filming" his car. I said no since I was making images. He jumped in and left almost immediately afterward.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 5:55AM | in California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Hooters Ok I like making images of classic cars but I don't really want one... Well I didn't until I saw this cool red coupe. Now if money wasn't an object, and if my wife didn't object... I might not either. Hmmmm. Look at me, look at me!
1 Comment | tagged California, Car, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Hooters | Share Article Permalink Email Article This big classic car had a really interesting grill. I'll bet it weighs 500 lbs.
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