anniversary gift

i've seen this car a couple of times now. first time was last month. 

ernie, from the latin gents, tells me his wife had found a car that she wanted him to have a look at. they drive over and check it out, all is good.

turns out it was for sale. his wife hands over the cash, which she just happens to have had with her, and hands ernie the keys, saying "happy anniversary!" 

now that's a wonderful wife, and she really, really loves you, ernie.

we should all be so lucky. i know i am, even if my better half doesn't ever buy me a car like this one. :) i'd be more of a fleetline girl anyway.

"cast iron wonder"

so i'm still sick. had a last minute invite to take a picture of a club's cars at a memorial service today, but had to turn them down. can't drive on this medicine. hope someone else was able to help them.

probably also won't go to san fernando tomorrow. i could skip the medicine, but my over-protective better half wouldn't be very happy. he'll say it's too soon, and that i should stay down the whole weekend. already missed three days of work.

he had expected i'd get up and go out to do the photo today, and i'm sure he fully expects i'll get up before the sun tomorrow to be in san fernando. and i totally would. the things we do for love...so phooey, will have to wait another year.

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ok, the lady of the couple that owns this car, saw me shooting another car, and came over to ask me to take pictures of her car. fine. if they managed to get computer access, there's another view of it over here.

mostly stock parts, and recently completed, if i remember correctly, it also features air bags. guess that's important, because other people mentioned it to me as well.

several websites mentioned nicknames for this model year, including "baby cadillac" and "cast iron wonder."

big mike's chevy

so i've been home being sick for last couple of days. binged on game of thrones the first day, since it was so warm i couldn't sleep, and then worked from home today, to spare my coworkers from my cooties.

got a few more pictures i promised to post up here from the viejitos show. just be patient.

i was walking past this one, and this big guy comes over and asks if i'd taken pictures of his car yet. nope, working my way around the show, but hadn't shot it yet. says his name is big mike, and points to this car. sure, i'll shoot it and handed him my card. buy a print here, if you like it.

planning to go to san fernando on sunday, before it gets too hot outside. only if i'm feeling better, of course. better half is hoping to go this year, too.

they've let me in pretty early the last couple of years, so i'm keeping my fingers crossed. promise to stay out of the way. really.

hey, photographer

hey, photographer! that's what i vaguely heard after i'd walked past a pop-up tent with a bunch of guys lounging in the shade. took a couple of times, before i realized they were calling to me. i don't really think about being one, so i almost had it tuned out as background noise.

turning around, got the question i'd been asked several times yesterday: you with a magazine or what do you do with your pictures? never quite sure what to say. i do post them here. one. at. a. time. or maybe some of them, never. to the few people who really seem interested, i'll post their car here, if i think the shot was decent. if it isn't, hope to see it again, in another location, with more interesting light maybe.

anyway, fun bunch of guys. viejitos from somewhere else, i think. one guy asked me to take a picture of his car. took a couple, liked this one best. if you like it, you can buy a print here.

kinda missed the focus point on the hood ornament, but i like it anyway:

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most of the time i forget my camera will take video. shot this quick video before i left. not nearly as clean and steady as what my better half gets when he slaps his camera on his rolling tripod, so sorry. just did the say anything move, and held the camera up over my head.

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if you know i took a shot of your car, and want to see a frame straight out of the camera, without the tlc or polish, you can go peek over here. shoot me an email, if you're interested in seeing it cleaned up, and maybe buy a print. some of them i'll get around to eventually on my own. squeaky wheel gets the grease, ya know. i have a hard enough time deciding on what to post now anyway.

topless

i've been binge watching game of thrones. never saw it before, except for bits and pieces online. stayed up late on friday before i remembered i was going to the viejitos show early in the morning. up to the second season now...

was already running on a few hours sleep; went to the fair on thursday. yup, won an honorable mention yet again. always a bridesmaid...i'll post links to the pictures i entered at the bottom of this post. if i remember...

surprised i was conscious early this morning, and actually got up at six. would have happily rolled over and slept a few more hours. but i got up and headed out to the show. my better half carried out the roll over plan and stayed home.

arrived there about sevenish. more empty than i had expected at that hour, but plenty there to start shooting. weather was perfect, cool and overcast. and mostly stayed that way during the whole time i was there.

took lots of pictures, actually talked to several people, which was nice. i think i stayed at least five hours and managed to burn through one battery on my camera, which i don't do very often.

viejitos everywhere...there were many chapters of viejitos clubs that showed up, which was great. i think the farthest i saw was from coachella. also, a few other clubs, more than i can remember, but off the top of my head: old memories, old style, groupe, bomb life, q-vo, solitos, old traditions, and a few more i don't remember.

many, many bombs, so i was happy. good show. not quite as many cars as last year, but enough for me.

i have several that i need to get up here for people who asked, and took time to chat. first one up, is this convertible. only shot i have of it. thought i had another, but i guess not. anyway, if the owner didn't lose my card, i've posted it here if he has any interest in buying a print. sorry, i do not remember which club it was with.

i think he was the guy telling me that his daughter had gotten into photography, and was amazed at how expensive it was...his daughter's equipment was several thousand dollars. yup. it is. so buying a print, is nothing to you, but to me, it goes toward that next piece of glass, or just getting what i have fixed.

i didn't forget. if you do get to the fair, these pics are hanging there until august 10: this, this, this, this, this (this one won), and this.

holy crap

i usually don't go so long between posts, especially when i'm not on vacation or otherwise out of town, away from the puter. but i'm just soooo tired after busy days at work and sitting in traffic going home.

actually, i did work on a picture on monday, but after finishing it, decided i didn't like it so much. i have a few other angles on that particular car, so i'll try one of those another day. sorry ernie.

this is one of the solitos' cars, out on the curb by foursquare church last month. i sort of like all their cars i caught out there, so i suppose i'll get around to posting them one by one, eventually. everything's eventual. just need to find enough time.

purp

i like the composition of this picture. not really many people. i like the three chevys from different decades.

the purple of this main car screams for attention, and is really a bit more vivid than this, at least in my mind.

hawg

got off my butt for a little while this past weekend, and headed over to the latin gents show. i was tired and it was somewhat hot, but i did it anyway. was heading to the oc to see my mom and pick up some mail, so why not?

lots of cars, though i arrived a couple hours after it started. talked to several people that i'm familiar with, and haven't seen in a while.

i know ernie and his wife will be looking for pics of his new ride...just haven't gotten around to it, and deciding which one is best.

after shooting a few viejitos cars that were there (their annual show coming up in a week and a half), i came back around and saw a few cycles sitting near the dj booth. this one looked familiar, and after checking out the plaque on the back, knew exactly where i'd seen it before...at last year's annual viejitos show.

as i was done and packing up, the owner came over and said hello. he remembered me from last year, and sheepishly admitted he'd lost my card. mmm hmmm. handed him another. he said he'd be at the show again this year, but first was going to the torres empire show. i've never been, and he said a little bit of everything shows up and i should really check it out. maybe, but i doubt i will. too many people.

got wood

been very busy, as usual. work tires me out. trying to plan at least a weekend away, just not ready to go on a full-blown vacation, no matter that i need one. gotta figure how to fit one in. and it's big car show season. speaking of, going to peel myself off the couch today and go to the latin gents show. starts in half an hour, so...

saw this car at the viejitos/pistoleros show last week. pretty stunning. had this airbrush work on the front bumper. not a big fan, but it's probably family...or fantasy.

also had this hydraulics thing in the trunk, so i guess i'll forgo my bitching about the trunk being open.

master patina

quick post. sorry. late. tired. long weekend, though i slept through most of it. remind me not to ever do a quick business trip without padding it with arrival the night before or staying the night after. no, i do not like fewer than six hours sleep a night.

first car from the viejitos/pistoleros show last weekend. a pistoleros car. love the rusty crustiness of it. the newer, chrome wheels don't quite match, but i'll ignore them.