{"id":29243,"date":"2025-09-25T07:13:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=29243"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:15:58","slug":"29243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=29243","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29244\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Columbia-River-Gorge-near-Hood-River-Oregon-Pacific-Northwest-image-photo-photography-randy-wells-3final2partpS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Columbia-River-Gorge-near-Hood-River-Oregon-Pacific-Northwest-image-photo-photography-randy-wells-3final2partpS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"382\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Columbia-River-Gorge-near-Hood-River-Oregon-Pacific-Northwest-image-photo-photography-randy-wells-3final2partpS.jpg 580w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Columbia-River-Gorge-near-Hood-River-Oregon-Pacific-Northwest-image-photo-photography-randy-wells-3final2partpS-330x217.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Columbia-River-Gorge-near-Hood-River-Oregon-Pacific-Northwest-image-photo-photography-randy-wells-3final2partpS-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 85vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Randy Wells, Seattle, Santa Barbara, Car, Photographer, Automotive, Photography, Image of the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, Pacific Northwest by Randy Wells<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;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&#8217;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! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=29243\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29243"}],"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=29243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29247,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29243\/revisions\/29247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}