if anyone is not normal, that'd be me, but in this case, i'm referring to this truck. not one i'd normally bother with, but the owner seemed really hopeful that i'd take a shot of his baby.
only one i took. kind of wishing for a slightly different and higher angle to show more of that engine.
better half accused me of being like a squirrel, hoarding up nuts for winter. because i have been prepping a bunch of pictures to post, but only posting them up one at a time.
so? i can.
sometimes i'm holding them until i have something to say. other times, i'll put up a couple, and have nothing worth mentioning for the day. does it really matter?
this one is going up because i'm out of town, and away from my puter.
saw an awesomely old rusty chevy nomad in an overcast field today. drove past it twice, but couldn't really park on the side of the road to shoot it. but it was really cool.
also missed a trunk n treat in town, because i decided to get a late lunch, and then had to wait for a ferry boat. that's ok. probably would have been a bunch of packards anyway.
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this owner was the reason i had to stop and shoot several more cars, after i had decided to head home. he really liked the picture i shot of his car at another show, so he talked me up to his buddies, and they all wanted me to shoot their cars.
i like this shot, maybe better than the previous picture i took. the other had some funky clouds above, but this just seems like a cleaner shot.
didn't sleep well last night. no reason. just made me not want to wake up and go to pomona, knowing i wouldn't want to pull my bag around the miles of cars there. and of course, any time i decide to skip it, it turns out it would have been a perfect day.
stayed overcast in whittier for most of the early morning, so i can only make assumptions about pomona. well, i've got a few pictures saved for upcoming rainy days.
spending the day working on a few pictures i promised from recent shows, kicking back with the better half, and whining about having to go to work tomorrow.
just as well. doctor told me to keep taking it easy, since my cracked rib is still not completely healed.
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another one that goes with yesterday's story, one of the last group of cars i shot last week.
nice car, liked the location. would have otherwise skipped it at the end of the day, because there were too many people passing by. but since the owner asked, i shot it as best i could. just takes patience, shooting in between people passing by.
quick post, since i didn't realize it was sooo late, and our intention is to go to pomona first thing in the morning. totally should be asleep now, but i've been away from my pictures for so many days, i was having fun.
from last week. i was almost totally done with the show, physically—i was overheated and tired...not physically—i hadn't gotten a good look at all the cars...so many showed up. i had just took a long look down the street, and decided not to walk to the end. i had just enough energy to head back to shoot the buick over by rocky cola, when a guy, whose car i'd shot out in walnut earlier in the year recognized me, and called me over.
he was telling his friends about the picture i'd done of his car, and they both wanted me to shoot their cars. happy to oblige. took a few shots of each.
this one started out like this. then one of his friends said he should drop it. so i shot it again.
then, because i think impalas are really plain in the front, i went around to the back, and took one more.
clean car. i think i like it down better.
so, i've been out of town most of the week. still am, but i had this photo here waiting to post. actually, i have a few ready, just waiting for time, and something to blather on about, neither of which i have lately.
another from last weekend's dia de los muertos show. i have several more i have promised to post, so they'll be up this weekend, when i get back home.
i've seen several other pictures of this same car, by different photographers. they all look pretty much the same. so, here's my shot for consideration. ya, the hood is open, but the show was supposedly less about the car, and more about the celebration, so i made an exception.
a lot of cars had their memorials in the trunk, but many more elaborate ones, were placed out front, or beside the cars. meanings were all personal to the owners, and however they chose to honor their much missed loved ones.
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since mostly nobody reads this, and just quickly flip through the pictures, let me just jot this down, mainly to my better half:
getting old sucks. not sure when it happened, so gradually, and while i wasn't paying attention. now i look in the mirror and see my mom looking back at me. my mind feels young, but this body must belong to someone else. always tired. i put on weight just looking at a hamburger, and if i'm interested in taking some meds to help with hot flashes, the side effects include even more weight gain. if only kids knew, they'd spend less time wishing they were grown up, and spend more time being a kid.
i spent the last day and a half starved, in preparation for a colonoscopy. yup. gross, but i've reached that age, where it's recommended.
had a coworker die a few years ago of colon cancer, because he didn't get one done, being a guy, until it was too late, and only after he was feeling really bad. if he had, they would have found it early and been able to do something before it took over and killed him. he was only in his fifties, and left behind a wife and a handful of kids, including a special needs kid. so that sucks.
my better half hasn't got his done yet, and probably won't. what is it about guys and doctors anyway? good thing they don't have to pop out kids, right?
seriously, the worst thing about the procedure, after the "cleansing" or more like "butt tsunami," is the iv. i hate needles. and then they wanted to stick it in my hand, which gives me the heebeejeebees. never have let any nurse do one there before, but for whatever reason, they had to. this nurse was excellent, and used a baby needle. i didn't look, and it was done quickly. not as bad as i imagined, but nothing i want again, when i have the choice.
they rolled the bed into another room. i remember that part. once the stuff in the iv drugs got flowing, that was it. i was out. they did what they do, and i woke up back where i started. i don't feel any effects of what they did to me. not even sore. even got some nice pictures from up in there for souvenirs. lol.
so, i guess, what i'm trying to say, mainly to my better half, and to anyone, just do it already. your ass isn't a sacred vessel, and you won't feel like you've been part of a prison movie, in a cell with a large inmate.
it doesn't hurt, so if you've gotten old, like me, just get it over with. they probably won't find anything, but if they do, you will have time to get it taken care of, and more time with me.
quick post. it's late, long ass day. i'll write something more later...meanwhile, beautiful car...
we walked uptown, to the dia de los muertos show this morning just after six. later than we planned, but didn't sleep well last night, and heard the alarm ten minutes late.
there was already a long line of cars waiting to be let in. seemed to be a bit of a disconnect or disorganization on the part of the people letting the cars in. letting them sit too long, cars started overheating, even very early in the day. it didn't stay cool very long. vendors seemed to be showing up relatively late for this type of show as well.
this show has really grown, when i look at pictures from the first year we went out, in 2011, only had maybe ten cars. each year, more. this year really blew the last couple out of the water. so many cars. why did it have to be such a hot day?
anyway, took lots of pictures. not as many as i would have liked. had to keep stopping for water breaks. better half had enough of the heat after breakfast, around nine. he followed me around for a little while, then he walked back home. on call for work again, so he needed to cool off, just in case. i probably sweated off my suntan lotion within the first couple of hours, so by the time i left around elevenish, i was a bit pink.
i looked more hideous than normal, but expected it to be hot, and decided to not give a rat's ass about how i looked. been so long since i worried about makeup and dressing to impress, i just couldn't imagine how the women dressed for the day of the dead kept the makeup from sliding off their faces. never was much for wearing makeup anyway.
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talked to several people, and i promised to post their cars, if i got a good shot. so if they happen to be looking for them. give me a few days—i'm out of town a lot, and away from my computer. not doing them in any particular order, so don't get your panties in a twist.
liked this buick, and would have shot it again before i headed home, after the sun really hit it, but there were too many people around by then.
i think the owner was inside the restaurant, and saw me shooting the car from the window. he came out to ask about prints. i do hope they knew he was coming right back, not doing a dine and dash.
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hmm. down to one more show on my list for the year. heard about one in canoga park early november, but didn't get the details.
thanks to the dead sleds for the flyer, already had the show on my list...sorry we missed your anniversary show.
today was our eighth anniversary. made it past the seven year itch. (just keep scratching it😜)
better half was on call for work, and i had to drive out to pick up my daughter at the airport, so we spent several hours apart.
was over a hundred degrees outside, so no point going anywhere not air conditioned in the middle of the day. we did manage to walk uptown in the evening for dinner. still nice to find stuff to talk about after this many years.
letting my daughter borrow my car for the weekend...i hope to see it again on monday.
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this truck was at the legends show at point fermin. nice spot near the lighthouse. not sure why there weren't as many cars parked there, aside from not being out where the majority of people will pass by. this is nice near the tree, and without all the electrical wires that show from other viewpoints of the house.
i can't decide which i like best--this show or chicano park--both get a crap ton of cars and are fun to make a weekend getaway. point fermin is literally on a cliffside by the ocean in san pedro, so some years it stays cool and overcast in the morning and through the day, gets a good breeze.
chicano park is good for a roadtrip or train ride weekend.
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getting up early for the dia de los muertos show down the street in uptown. it's grown quite a bit since the first year, with maybe ten cars and a short row of vendor booths. now it's an equal part full on car show and art show with some vendors in between, all decorated with skulls and shrines for the celebration.
out early and mostly done by ten, when it heats up, people start showing up and the show officially starts.
wishing i'd pulled out a different camera/different lens right about now. wide-angle distortion is interesting and aggravating at the same time.
early on, just club guys and vendors there. their show, their line up, my shot. thanks, guys!
pearlescent. adj. having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl or mother-of-pearl.
it does have a pearly white color. it's a bit more refined than glitter-filled metal flake.
either paint is hard to shoot, especially in the sunlight. gave it a shot anyway.
owner was very nice. said this paint was only a few months old, so it would explain why i didn't recognize the car. words pinstriped on the window say "heart and soul." i've seen that on other cars, but don't remember it on one of these.
anyway, he said was going to have the roof done in some other irridescent opal color as soon as he saves up the money to get it done. that will even more of a challenge to photograph. i'm looking forward to it.