CHRISTMAS IS HIGHER THAN THE WORLD
Merry Christmas!
I posted the following music video over a year ago. After talking with folks in the past month about what the’ve gone through since then, I think it’s an appropriate time to revisit it.
Category: Racing / Auto Blog
THERE ARE NO RULES #5
OK, here’s the last in my arbitrary list of 5 traditional photographic rules meant to broken on the 21st day of the 12th month of the 21st year of the 21st century:
“Don’t Place The Horizon In The Middle Of The Frame”.
Another version of this is, “Never put your subject in the middle of the frame”. That’s another compositional rule to break, unless you’re shooting for a full-bleed double page spread!
CHECK OUT OUR NEWEST VIDEO CLIP
If you have 22 seconds to spare, I think you’ll like it!
Lots of film work lately! More video to come…
PERSONAL WORK – 2021
Followers of my blog know that at the end of each year I post a series of three personal photographs from a non-assignment single location.
Here are some images I made at the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon this fall.
Happy Holidays!
THERE ARE NO RULES #4
The following photographic advice is often recommended: “Never shoot at noon on a sunny day.”
You actually can do this.
However, here’s a tip. It’s easier to do if it’s late fall, winter, or early spring. And you need to aim the camera up. Include that beautiful blue sky in your image.
THERE ARE NO RULES #3
This one’s pretty easy, right: “Never shoot a car in a parking lot.”
You actually can break this rule and get away with it – sometimes.
Until then, keep fake’n it ’till you make it, right? Not really.
To really make it, from my perspective, you need to think outside the box and create something new (without Photoshop). Don’t copy. Find your own voice.
(Photo: Shot with a Leica M and 90mm lens)
THANKS SPIEL!
The Porsche Club of America’s Pacific Northwest Region publishes a monthly magazine called The Spiel.
This month’s cover story features R Gruppe, a much smaller club that I have also been a member of since its beginnings in 2000. Thank you to editor Doug Andreassen and crew for the cover photograph and the chance to write a foreword for the article. And Happy Thanksgiving to all!
THERE ARE NO RULES #2
Once again, photography rules are meant to broken, again and again.
It can be a part of your practice. That’s how you get to Carnegie Hall…
This rule is a bit more commonly encountered in photography: “Never shoot with trees sticking out of your subject.”
However, in automotive photography, there’s a difference between just having a car look like a planter and having your rule-breaking photo published as an opening spread in a 100K reader magazine!
THERE ARE NO RULES #1
Once you learn all the rules for photography, you need to start breaking them.
The #1 rule I love to break is, “Never shoot into the sun.”
Have fun!
VIRTUAL TRACK RIDE – CIRCUIT OF THE NORTHWEST
This is the motorsports complex we’ve been waiting for in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s what the Hermann Tilke designed track will look like – now available to pre-visualize on You Tube.
It’s the perfect location near Bremerton, Washington and a perfect road course with complex corners and elevation changes, just a short commute from the Seattle & Tacoma area. There will be secure car storage facilities available along with a service shop for members. Motocross and karting areas are also being planned. More to follow on this blog.
BACK FROM DENVER
I’m fortunate to have been assigned to photograph three well-known Porsches for three different clients in Denver, Colorado last week.
A 911, a 356 and a 550 Spyder were my subjects. I was even able to film the 911 in a new and exciting way. Should make for a cool short video on Bring a Trailer.
THANK YOU PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
A cover using your photograph is always special. I’ve received many of them over the years, but this one really makes me smile.
Thanks to PCA, Panorama Magazine and their staff for this recognition in the October issue. Continue reading “”
CARRERA GT
Here’s another perfectly shaped car. The Porsche Carrera GT (Project Code 980) manufactured between 2004–2007.
I’ve actually driven one, along with the 1958 356 Carrera GT Speedster below, and a few other landmark Carreras, thanks to the insistence of the owners. I think I can go to heaven now.
RANDY VOTED ONE OF THE TOP FIVE CAR PHOTOGRAPHERS IN SEATTLE
A sincere thank you to the company and website Copilot for awarding me with this honor. I came across it recently and am thrilled to be included. Thank you Copilot!
Best automotive photographers in Seattle
MISSION R
Porsche’s beautifully shaped Mission R concept car could be the all-electric future of racing. This battery powered race car could also be the basis of an all-electric 718 Cayman for the street.
THANK YOU AGAIN PORSCHE 356 REGISTRY MAGAZINE
Thanks to editor Peter Bodensteiner and the team for including my work in their 356 magazine this month. My inside feature with Steve Terrien’s 1961 356 Sunroof Carrera GS tells the story of his ownership of the car for almost 40 years. Check it out.