Sweet, thanks.
One car related thing I did this summer was that for my photography class final project I shot cars, trying to get them in what I consider their natural environment. Or at least in try and capture some of the feelings or thoughts that I get from cars.
I started with a 1963 Porsche 356 that I was using to represent '50s cars. To me this is kind of the traditional sunny day on a country road car. Where I live, it was hard to find nice backdrop for the shot, but this is what I ended up with. This was also one of my first attempts to try and pan and blur. I did OK, but I really needed more practice at the technique.
The next shot was a 1966 Chevelle SS. Nasty 396 in this car. This shot and this angle was more or less to bring up the idea of street racing out in the country, or street racing back in the sixties. This is the basic image and angle that my mind calls up when Dad would talk about racing his 442.
For the '70s (yes I know it's an '80) era car I went back into my files- we were allowed to use one picture from our past collection in the series. Bonus points to anyone who knows where this is and can tell me what I photoshopped out. This photo was taken in anticipation of the days events, and that is how I presented it with the series- waiting for the race to start.
There are not a whole lot of '80s cars I want to take a picture of, but the owner of the chevelle had this beauty tucked away. The car is PERFECT. I don't have a real narrative for it, aside from the fact that as perfect as it is and it looks, we still couldn't trust it to be reliable for anything more than being pulled out in front of the garage.
My '90s car was a '98 Firebird Formula that a friend owned, but my memory card was corrupted before I could download the files.
The final car was this Bullitt. The soul-sucking toaster I drive every day has made me fantasize about having a Mustang or or a more fun car to go explore some of the twisty backroads and go find some of the scenic lakes and waterfalls around the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Not Escort related, but there are car people here, so I figured I wouldn't get any flak from showing some pictures of cool cars for relief from the '80s econoboxes that have dominated my thread.