{"id":6005,"date":"2014-09-24T11:53:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T19:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=6005"},"modified":"2020-08-10T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:49:00","slug":"randy-wells-automotive-writer-photographer-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=6005","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/randywells_S1A7686p2bp2s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/randywells_S1A7686p2bp2s.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"automotive-photographer-randy-wells-car-videographer-cinematographer-storyteller-writer-location-and-studio-specialist\" width=\"330\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/randywells_S1A7686p2bp2s.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/randywells_S1A7686p2bp2s-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/randywells_S1A7686p2bp2s-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AS SUMMER ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a great year. Unfortunately, Speed Week at Bonneville was cancelled (again). Weather is one thing you cannot control. Thankfully I was able to photograph the World of Speed event at the salt flats as well as the Pikes Peak Hill Climb earlier in 2014. Here are some non-assignment images I can share. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Somebody asked me recently if my photo skills have declined with age. I told him I&#8217;m a better photographer now than I&#8217;ve ever been. I believe this is due to my experiences and constantly improving my shooting and editing skills.<\/p>\n<p>I now know what makes an image special. After making a million photographs that can happen. I&#8217;m especially indebted to several photographers for their influence: Ernst Haas, Sam Abell, Arthur Meyerson, Alex Webb, David Alan Harvey, and William Albert Allard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/randywells-3955.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/randywells-3955.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"randywells-3955\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/randywells-3955.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/randywells-3955-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AS SUMMER ENDS It&#8217;s been a great year. Unfortunately, Speed Week at Bonneville was cancelled (again). Weather is one thing you cannot control. Thankfully I was able to photograph the World of Speed event at the salt flats as well as the Pikes Peak Hill Climb earlier in 2014. Here are some non-assignment images I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=6005\" 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":[4,3,7,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6005"}],"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=6005"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6009,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6005\/revisions\/6009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}