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“I believe every client deserves to have beautiful, authentic images that capture what their message and intention really is.
My approach to automotive photography for the past three decades has been to research and simplify my approach, anticipate the light and location, listen to my intuition and trust that the finished product will meet or exceed everyone’s expectations.
– Randy Wells
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GETTY IMAGES GOES TO THE DARK SIDE
The NY Stock Exchange has removed Getty Images from public trading after the once lucrative photo agency declared bankruptcy this week.
I feel fortunate to have traveled the world photographing during the rise of stock photography in the ’80s and ’90s. It started when I joined the Seattle stock photo agency named AllStock in 1984, which later merged with Tony Stone and then was sold to Getty in the mid-’90s. I also joined Sharpshooters, a boutique commercial stock photo house out of Florida, around the same time.
Sharpshooters was the best partner I ever had, at least until they sold to Corbis in 1999. Unfortunately, what followed was the influx of easy-to-use digital cameras and royalty free images. I stopped contributing travel and nature images to stock photo agencies soon after because the industry was becoming a shadow of the income generating source I once knew.
This is the final chapter in what I saw coming back then. In the late ’90s I switched to freelance automotive stills, writing and filmmaking. Today I feel lucky to have clients who value the work I do and compensate me accordingly. Many other stock photographers I know were not so fortunate in finding an income stream to replace stock photo royalties. Now they have to wait for Getty to restructure, and then hopefully be paid the royalties they are owed.
LATEST COVER SHOT
Ipanema Blue Metallic 911 Turbo in Lake Placid, NY photographed for Porsche Club of America and its national magazine Panorama. Thank you PCA and Pano for the opportunity to complete assignments at Parade 2026 for you!
ANOTHER AUDIOPHILE VINYL REVIEW – JONI MITCHELL’S BLUE
Joni Mitchell has been a favorite musical artist of mine for most of my life. It was an honor to recently write a music review of a brand new LP reissue of Mitchell’s legendary 1971 album Blue.
The assignment for Tracking Angle was to compare the new vinyl from Warner Brothers/Rhino Hi Fidelity to original pressings and other well-regarded subsequent remasterings. Fortunately, I had the creative freedom to include the back story on how this archetype of confessional singer/songwriters was made. Check it out!
(Photo: Joel Bernstein circa 1970)
OUT OF THIS WORLD
That’s what an increasing number of unbelievably amazing looking new images you see today are. They are made up, not of this world. They never existed on earth. I’d call them photographs, but they’re not, since there is no actual light being used to create them (photo = light).
1972 Porsche 911T/ST
Award Winning and Published 911ST Tribute Developed by Porsche writer, photographer and filmmaker Randy Wells
It is my honor to offer my 1972 Porsche 911T/ST for sale to the right caretaker. It has been with me for almost 30 years and is completely sorted and repainted in its original factory Light Ivory color.
BELIEVING IS SEEING
Just back from a relaxing week on the water. A time for reflection and gratitude.
Thanks to all my friends and clients for your support. The assignments have been amazing and my personal projects have kept me busy when I’m not on the road. After some introspection I’m now open to work that includes being a personal photographer for large car collections and travel events.
HONORED TO HAVE MY PHOTOS IN OCTANE MAGAZINE
In issue 280 of Octane magazine is a feature on Jon Shirley, the guiding light of Microsoft, noted art and car collector and double Pebble Beach concours winner. Being local to and a colleague of Jon’s, I was fortunate to have been selected for photographing him and his car collection as part of an interview in this prestigious UK publication.
It’s not the 1950s anymore. Today, over 17% of the world’s population suffers from social media addiction. They are 2-3 times more likely to think about suicide. Gen Z is most at risk, those born between 1997 and 2002. Please be aware.
JAY MAISEL R.I.P.
It’s been announced that the remaining original giant of color photography, Jay Maisel, has passed away at 95. His sense of light, gesture, and color were a goal for many of us who started shooting seriously in the mid ’70s. He joined fellow pioneers Ernst Haas and Pete Turner in what many consider to be the holy trinity of early color photographers. Jay was a very influential and an inspirational legend. RIP
In addition to his corporate, editorial and fine art work, check out all the jazz covers Jay shot, including the seminal Kind Of Blue Mile Davis portrait.
(Photo of Jay by his and my friend Arthur Meyerson)
WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY
World Photography Day is celebrated every year on August 19. It marks the date in 1839 when the French government bought the patent for the daguerreotype process—the first practical way to take permanent photos—and gave it free to the world.
Photo: “Found scene” made while on a car assignment recently. Never stop shooting for your self.
CELEBRATING ROUTE 66 WITH HAGERTY MAGAZINE
Celebrating Route 66: Photo Tips for Capturing “The Mother Road” on Its Centennial Anniversary is the latest article I’ve created with my text and photos.
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LIFE’S TOO SHORT
There are two things one should never waste time on: things that don’t matter and people who think that you don’t matter.
Work’s for me.
(P.S. Trompe l’œil (pronounced tromp loy) is a French art technique that means “deceive the eye”, similar idea to another name.)
THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS
Forty years after this song was first released by Bruce Hornsby, it’s still the way it is.
LATEST COVER
Thanks to Vicarious Magazine for choosing my image of Porsches on the “Tail of the Dragon” in Tennessee for the cover of their current issue. See my travel destination story with more photos inside!
A CAUTIONARY TALE
A cautionary tale is a narrative designed to warn readers of a danger or moral consequence. It typically has three parts: it states a danger, shows those disregarding the warning, and ends with the violators facing an unpleasant fate to drive the moral lesson home. Continue reading “”
CHOICES, CHOICES
Chinese Insta360 company founder JK Liu recently explained his long-term ambitions by saying this, “One day everyone will forget cameras even exist.”
Not a good long term business plan if you ask me. Think I’ll stick with GoPro or DJI for a 360 “camera”.