May your holidays be blessed with mindfulness and positive experiences.
Author: Randy Wells
BACK FROM LAS VEGAS F-1
Thank you to my client who asked me to be the embedded photographer and filmmaker for his 3-day penthouse party overlooking the course at the Las Vegas Grand Prix F-1 race. Here’s a shot I made during the rainy qualifying session under the lights. Congrats to Max Verstappen for his victory and staying in the hunt.
SEAT TIME
Seat time is the difference between proficiency and mastery.
Time and energy focused on one goal every day for decades will get you there. Natural talent will make it happen faster. Integrity will make it last for your entire life.
ROYALTY IS ON THE MENU!
For those who receive the Porsche Club of America’s national magazine, Panorama, a rare treat is coming your way. The November 2025 issue will feature my photos and story of the 1973 12 Hours of Sebring race winning Porsche 911 RSR.
This exclusive feature is one of the highest honors that I have received in my automotive photojournalism career. Hope you like it.
WINTER HOLIDAYS ARE IMPORTANT
Especially if you live in the northern United States.
Heading from Seattle to Las Vegas for an F-1 assignment next!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Trick or Treat? Imaginary or real?
Here’s an imperfect handcrafted composite, a quick photo-illustration, just for fun.
Find the beauty in imperfection without AI.
CINEMATIC WIDESCREEN
Framing has an amazing impact of how an image, stills or motion, is perceived.
It can be confusing when describing a stills style as cinematic widescreen. Here is a reference for different aspect ratios. Cinematic widescreen is the widest format at 21:9. Traditional full frame 35mm stills is 3:2, which is entirely different, unless you are shooting side by side panoramas.
NO DRAMA PLEASE
Yes, I collect vinyl. Going to record stores and flipping through LPs helps me relax from the jealousy, pettiness and drama that I can sometimes have to deal with in my line of work. Browsing the racks is a chance for me to unplug from digital distractions and feed my soul. When life’s not fair, I try to solve problems, not make them.
Here I am recently at my favorite store in Seattle, Easy Street Records. Fantastic selection. Great service. Pub food in house. Go upstairs for the collectible section. Jive Time is also recommended. Good Stuff!
(Photo: Andrea Wells)
MISSING DIANE KEATON
Quirky but irresistible. An actress and photographer, among other things, Diane was a funny, adorable iconoclast who earned my respect. She was an exemplary example for independent women everywhere with her bold ideas, leading fashion sense, and choice in films that she was a part of. She will be missed.
(Self portrait: Diane Keaton)
PCA PARADE ISSUE COVER!
My sincere thanks to the team at Porsche Club of America for all I was gifted with this month, including the cover of Panorama Magazine, two features of images, and the majority of the Parade photo coverage. David Mathews was the writer I teamed up with on many of these pieces, and he did a masterful job. Check out the October issue!
My best regards to the PCA Executive Council, Rob Sass, Richard Baron, Jeff Majeske, Margaret Kelly, and Emma Smith for their generous support!
THIS IS WHAT I LOOK LIKE ON A HARD ASSIGNMENT
People sometimes ask me, what’s it like being an in demand car photographer that’s always on deadline.
Well, it helps if you keep hydrated, eat a Mediterranean diet, exercise, and have an occupational therapy massage every two weeks. Continue reading “”
A BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR
In the life of an automotive photographer and writer, there is always something to do. Much of it has to do with running a business: contacting clients and car collectors, sending estimates, and planning for the next assignment. Yet, the best part of my job remains the creative side: making photographs and writing.
When I’m not on deadline, I have a chance to do the creative part for myself. Fall is always a great time of the year for that, even if I tend to be busy with tying up summer projects. This year, I plan on traveling from my base in Seattle to the Columbia River Gorge. That’s where I can be free to make landscape images that are both abstract and informative. Fall color will be peaking there soon. Check it out!
LOVE NOT HATE
There is love and there is fear. Fear spawns hate in those who choose it. Choose love instead.
Everything else is just opinion. So far, that’s still legal to voice in the USA, depending on who you talk to. I find it better to say nothing, because you never know who’s listening.
THIS JUST IN
THE PARADOX OF CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Creative individuals often possess an unusual amount physical energy, yet they also value stillness and quiet reflection. They can spend hours in quiet contemplation, waiting for the right moment for creativity to arrive.
2. They tend to be intellectually sharp while maintaining a sense of childlike wonder, seeing the world in a way most people don’t. Continue reading “”
THE INTENTIONAL ARTIST
This just in from Chris Davies.
The practice of the intentional artist.
So what does it look like to take small, intentional steps toward meaningful change in a world designed for instant gratification that never creates and sustains lasting transformation?
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GARY EMORY HAS PASSED
It is with a deep sense of loss that I report Gary Emory of Emory Motorsports, “The Original Porsche Outlaw”, has passed. No one came close to his influence on the hobby of hot rodding 356s and early 911s.