{"id":21449,"date":"2010-11-16T19:31:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T03:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=21449"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:52:25","slug":"randy-wells-automotive-car-photographer-nature-landscape-lifestyle-writer-filmmaker-seattle-santa-ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=21449","title":{"rendered":"Randy Wells of Wells Imagery is a premier visual story-teller and automotive media brand. His authentic, award-winning car photography and films have been voted among the top 5 best in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/786130534?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"SAMPLE REEL - HOT ROD FILMS\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wellsimagery.photoshelter.com\/\"><strong>PORTFOLIO<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I believe every car builder and owner deserves to have beautiful, authentic images that capture what their message and intention really is. <\/p>\n<p>My approach to automotive photography is to simplify my approach, anticipate the light and location, listen to my intuition and trust that the outcome will meet or exceed everyone&#8217;s expectations. <\/p>\n<p>Because I have something to say that AI cannot generate on its own, I only deploy AI as a workflow layer in post. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Randy Wells<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Known for his integrity and talented vision, Randy Wells has the good fortune to photograph, film, and write about cars and transportation for the best manufacturers, advertising agencies, collectors, auction houses, and magazines full-time. <\/p>\n<p>Always pushing the envelope, he has won numerous awards and been voted one of the best automotive photographers in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle, and beyond. His award-winning work has appeared more than 20,000 times worldwide, including double page spreads in magazines like <em>National Geographic<\/em>. See the link above for more of his images available for prints and licensing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wellsimagery.photoshelter.com\/contact\"><strong>BOOK NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29723\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silver-1951-Porsche-356-Gmund-coupe-Mulholland-Drive-Hollywood-California-America-west-coast-image-picture-photo-auto-car-sports-cars-photography-randy-wells-fianl-scriptPs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silver-1951-Porsche-356-Gmund-coupe-Mulholland-Drive-Hollywood-California-America-west-coast-image-picture-photo-auto-car-sports-cars-photography-randy-wells-fianl-scriptPs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"441\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silver-1951-Porsche-356-Gmund-coupe-Mulholland-Drive-Hollywood-California-America-west-coast-image-picture-photo-auto-car-sports-cars-photography-randy-wells-fianl-scriptPs.jpg 580w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silver-1951-Porsche-356-Gmund-coupe-Mulholland-Drive-Hollywood-California-America-west-coast-image-picture-photo-auto-car-sports-cars-photography-randy-wells-fianl-scriptPs-330x251.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Silver-1951-Porsche-356-Gmund-coupe-Mulholland-Drive-Hollywood-California-America-west-coast-image-picture-photo-auto-car-sports-cars-photography-randy-wells-fianl-scriptPs-150x114.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 85vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of the silver 1951 Porsche Gmund 356 SL 063 coupe which won its class at the 1951 Le Mans in France, on Mulholland Drive in Hollywood, California, America west coast. The Gmund was restored to its original look as it had finished Le Mans by Rod Emory and his team at Emory Motorsports in North Hollywood, California by Randy Wells<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Unless otherwise noted, all images, posts, and reviews are Copyright 2010-2026 Randy Wells, registered with U.S. Copyright Office. All Rights Reserved. Porsche, Ford, Fiat, Ferrari, Leica and Canon are registered trademarks. This site is not affiliated with Porsche AG, PCNA, Leica or Canon. Brand names are used for reference purposes only. All trademarks\/copyrights are property of their respective owners. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORTFOLIO &#8220;I believe every car builder and owner deserves to have beautiful, authentic images that capture what their message and intention really is. My approach to automotive photography is to simplify my approach, anticipate the light and location, listen to my intuition and trust that the outcome will meet or exceed everyone&#8217;s expectations. Because I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=21449\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Randy Wells of Wells Imagery is a premier visual story-teller and automotive media brand. His authentic, award-winning car photography and films have been voted among the top 5 best in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, USA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21449"}],"version-history":[{"count":286,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29930,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21449\/revisions\/29930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}