so i attended the monthly trabuco canyon show, by the "friends" grill. guessing because it was mother's day, not as many cars showed up.
this one was pretty cherry. it is a 1939 plymouth truck. the owner was nice enough to close the hood for me; i had to help by pushing it closed while he pulled the release in the cab. he's got it buffed to a fine finish, and it reflected the overcast, cloudy sky wonderfully. love those cloudy skies...adds more drama to a picture, don't you think?
so we were walking around in uptown whittier on saturday, and came across the whittier founder's day celebration going on at a local park. <yawn> but hey my eyes spotted an old car driving by and realized they had one of the streets along the park blocked off and maybe about 20 old cars just sitting there. i think the oldest was a 1916 buick, a few chevys, a pair of terraplanes, and some other interesting cars. also a good selection from the whittier model a club...or was it model t?
anyway this beauty of a 1936 packard was sitting in the shade, the owner and friends sitting in lawn chairs in front of it. i can't recall the exact model, but maybe the owner or his friends will let me know. i let them look at my book of proofs while i took pictures of this one and a couple of other cars down the line. they seemed really impressed, so yay for me. :) i must be doing something right.
he closed the hood for me to get several good shots from various angles. i like this one best, though i have another from a lower angle that hides the apartments behind it and shows off the hood ornament pretty good. maybe i'll post that another day.
ok, so now that our tired, burned out router has been replaced, i can post again! yay! busy weekend.
here's one i was trying to post the other day. i think its a 1963 impala. i seem to like these cars from the back end more than the front. maybe they're just more distinctive from this point of view. this model wasn't rockin' the over the top fins of earlier models, but i don't think i had seen this year in my collection yet. owners were nice enough to wait for me to finish before they left. thanks, you guys!
cinco de mayo at the broiler. i got there late. guess i missed some mtv crapola in the back lot or something. didn't mind that much—lots of cars showed up for that, i suppose. so, score for me.
damn fine car, this one, just sitting there, enjoying all the attention. parked just enough over the line no one could park next to it. that was driving the manager nuts, as the owner was no where to be found, and there were so many cars waiting for a spot.
i saw this car sail away into the sunset while i was putting my stuff in my little car. i don't think mine will ever be considered a classic. i'll stop taking these pictures when/if that happens. have a hard enough time considering anything newer than 1970 a classic as it is. maybe i just have a biased opinion for the older ones.
skipping the ruby's show in whitter tonight...first one of the season...i have such an awful headache.
i was about ready to pack it up the other day at fuddrucker's el toro, when this incredible 1947 lincoln continental pulls in. wow. stretched body, clean. i have never seen one before...i'm always on the lookout for models i haven't shot yet, and here was the prize for this day.
i have images of the back end too. had to wait patiently for a little girl to get out of the frame. she kept flitting about with her cell phone, keyboard out, but pointing it at cars (maybe it had a camera, maybe she was just dancing with herself, oh oh ah ahhhhh) while her parents talked to the owner of the next car over.
choice of politely waiting or losing the light, as the sun was setting...sometimes it's difficult to bite my tongue. i try not to be too intrusive, but really...how difficult is it to not notice a camera on a tripod and someone staring at you?
this caddy was sitting in the darker part of the side lots of the garden grove main street show. i bet reine would know what year this puppy is. (hint hint)
so unfortunate, since it was a nice car, with the prerequisite fins i love so much; fortunate that more cars were driving in while i took my exposures, to add a bit of light, pop and flares. its a little scruffier finish than i like to do, but when they hide in the dark, they make a lot of noise.
another from pal joey's dream car revue. this was the last shot of the day, while they were doing the awards and raffle.
happily, the owner finally closed the hood and i got the shot i wanted. the colors were so creamy and juicy, i had a craving for orange sherbet after this. i don't think it won anything though.
i found this in my old ’hood, at the TGIFridays in rancho santa margarita. i guess they used to do a car show. this was when i was really just starting this stuff last year. only went a couple of times; both times not much there, and then it dropped off the radar.
anyway, i don't know what the heck it is, yeah, it's custom all right. look at me, look at me. so, does it go twice as fast? is it a spare? why not do three? is he compensating? wonder where he drives it. at least it didn't have those rubber or metal boy bolts hanging off the back underneath. those are just stupid. lol.
just made me laugh. otherwise, i guess it would be a cool car.
this packard one-twenty (i think the owner said this was a 1936), at the santa ana elk's pal joey dream car revue, had been in a family for three generations. this owner recently acquired it from the grandson of the original owner, not sure if it was financial necessity, or just that the guy was just more interested in restoring old model t's. anyway, he said it was all original parts, and hadn't been restored yet...he's only had it a few months.
and while shooting this one, finally met the famous dave lindsay, of http://www.socalcarculture.com who introduced himself. nice guy. talked camera tech talk with my husband for a long time.
oh my this ’37 plymouth was practically fluorescent. a real bitch to try and get the color the way i remembered it here. it might actually be a smidge more orange or maybe yellow...i'll have to hold up a print next to the real thing...if i see it again. the color is out of gamut, for those photo/graphic techno geeks out there.
real clean machine though. damn. i think my eyes are burning. lol.