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FINE ART DISCOUNT
For the next month I’m offering 15% off any photo purchases from my e-commerce website/store including images from my Automotive Fine Art Gallery. This includes prints, posters, canvas murals, and all sorts of fun stuff like screensavers, puzzles and t-shirts. Continue reading “”
FINDING TRUE VALUE IN A GT SPEEDSTER
I feel very fortunate to be a contributor for several automotive magazines. One benefit is working with great editors and car owners. Pete Stout and Greg Young are two who fit that descrption. I’ve come to know them, and they have enhanced my writing, photography and life. Congrats, guys, on your latest achievements.
CARRERA PANAMERICANA IN A PORSCHE 911
Excellence magazine has done it again in issue #213. They’ve profiled a Porsche owner who is a true enthusiast and racer. He is Walt Sikes, a competitor who chose the early 911 as his weapon of choice. Check out his pair of 1965 build 911s.
Here’s an excerpt from my article (Thanks Greg Brown and John Kirikos!): Continue reading “”
FERRARI
Along with Porsches, I am often given the opportunity to photograph other marques on assignment. Recently these have included Ferrari, Lamborghini and BMW.
Ferrari for me symbolizes Italian design combined with speed and excitement. From the engine note to the sculpted lines of the car, there is something unique about the best examples. Continue reading “”
MORE PHOTOGRAPHY REMINISCING
Photography is learning to see life with your own eyes.
The key to developing as a photographer is being in the moment as much as possible. That requires you to be in touch with who you are, your viewpoint, and what you have to say – your inner voice. Then you need to get out of the way as much as possible.
Replace ego with empathy. Avoid forcing yourself on the subject, slow down and play in the moment. Make photography a walking meditation based on joy, not judging and labeling. Let the photograph come to you. Fall in love with the world and the idea of it letting the moment discover you, not the other way around. Continue reading “”
CONGRATS TO “JP” PHILLIPS
The current issue of PCA North America’s Panorama magazine (July 2013) includes my article and photos featuring J.P. Phillips’ very unusual Porsche. It started life as one of five 1998 Cabriolet 993s, the only one painted Arena Red Metallic, and ended up as a special build that UK’s Ninemeister calls a ‘9m93 Speedster S’.
159 MPH SHOPPING CART
Congrats to Nick Stenn on his Excellence magazine feature in the latest issue #212. Driving, photographing, and telling the story of his Slant Nose 930 was a blast. He took his highly modified turbocharged Porsche to Bonneville, made it into the 150 MPH club, and now uses it for hauling groceries! Continue reading “”
MENTORSHIP
A forum thread got me thinking about mentorship. Much of what I’ve learned in my career has to do with my being lucky enough to have two amazing photographers/teachers as mentors. I am deeply indebted to them for helping to guide me on my journey: Ernst Haas, whom I studied with in Japan in 1984, and Sam Abell, whose Santa Fe Photographic Workshops I attended in 1992 and 1993.
WHERE TO GO IN JULY/AUGUST?
If you happen to live in a climate that gets a bit too hot in the summer months, perhaps Europe is a destination for you. Weather is ideal for vacationing and photography, and if you like automobile racing the Formula 1 calendar is just getting started over there. The Great Britain Grand Prix is this weekend, followed by Germany, Hungary, Belgium, and Italy. Ciao! Continue reading “”
SUMMER’S HERE!
There are two things that car photographers love about summer in the PNW: track days and car shows. I was fortunate enough to be at each of these this past weekend. During a break in my assignment schedule, I taught at a PCA drivers education event and photographed a local classic hot rod display. Think I’ll try to make it to the Redmond meet to see more Ferraris and maybe find another Buick “Godess” hood ornament. Continue reading “”
TLG AUTO
It’s good to be home after a busy May. A California road trip in my 1972 911 with friends was a great adventure. The early 911 Porsche club, R Gruppe, held a fantastic gathering near the central coast where some of the best driving is. Marco and Tony Gerace of TLG Auto in North Hollywood were there to help me get to a track day at Willow Springs when my car developed a small transmission leak. Those guys are the best. Look for my feature on Tony and his car soon in Excellence Magazine! Continue reading “”
THE LATEST DEVALUATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The Chicago Sun-Times fired all 28 of its photographers on Thursday. Yup, 500 years of experience, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, were expunged from the newspaper in one day. The corporation is now reportedly offering lessons in basic iPhone photography to its reporters.
This is the latest blow to the arts in this country and another sign of the continued cheapening and dumbing down of photography. Like many, I’ve learned to accept cataclysmic change in my profession, to become comfortable with being uncomfortable, and to try and grow from it. Continue reading “”
THE RUBBER BUMPER 911 BOUNCES BACK
Congrats to Nathan Cocozza and his 1974 U.S. Carrera for their feature in this months Panorama Porsche magazine. It was fun to write about and photograph this rubber bumpered “mid-year†911. (Yes, it’s Olive colored in the original photos).
Despite long held beliefs to the contrary, the 1974 Carrera can almost be seen as a separate model. It’s a unique transition between the ‘73 and ‘75 types and is no longer underappreciated. Today it’s considered not only desirable to own but also a lot of fun to drive. Continue reading “”
PHOTOGRAPHY – A LOOK BACK
I posted these tips on a forum recently. Hope they help:
I started shooting with a Kodak Brownie camera as a kid, won an award from Kodak when I was 12, hitchhiked around SF in the summer of ’68 for two weeks as a teenager with a Canonet, then put away the camera for eight years during pre-med and graduate school.
Eventually I bought a Canon AE-1 in 1976. After learning B&W, I graduated to Kodachrome 25 and a Canon F-1, which was used religiously for the next five years. Then moved to Leica and Leicaflex, Hasselblad, and Pentax 6×7 for another fifteen years. Now I primarily use a three Canon digital SLRs and various lenses from 14mm to 500mm for assignments and a Leica M9 rangefinder for personal work. Continue reading “”
OUT OF AFRICA
100 years ago Karen Blixen asked her lover’s brother to marry her and travel from Denmark to Kenya to start a farm. Seventy years later Sydney Pollack made a film about the story starring Robert Redford (who played Denys George Finch Hatton) and Merryl Streep (who played Baroness Karen Blixen).
Critic Roger Ebert described the resulting 1985 Acadamy award-winning film this way, “Out of Africa is a great movie to look at, breathtakingly filmed on location. It is a movie with the courage to be about complex, sweeping emotions, and to use the star power of its actors without apology.†I agree. Continue reading “”
