Not particularly artful, and my Fiat was pretty dirty. But I did snap this picture of my car next to a well preserved first gen at the YMCA. Pretty rare up here in GM country.
- Sean
Photography by David S. Wallens
We’d love to tell you that this photo of our Garage Rescue Miata–well, mainly just its OG Volk TE37s wrapped with Falken tires–came together via a carefully constructed plan that would perfectly illuminate the tire’s sidewall with the sun’s setting glow.
Really, we just got lucky.
Like, shooting from the knees lucky.
We were talking with a friend, happened to be by the car, and stopped for a few seconds to make some pictures.
But you create your own luck when preparation meets opportunity.
So, the preparation: The car was clean, and we had our camera in hand.
The opportunity: Sunset at May’s Orlando Roadster’s meet at Ace Cafe Orlando.
The gear: Fujifilm X100V with some (artsy) grain and film simulation.
And the insurance: We snapped several photos within a few seconds, tweaking the composition ever so slightly by moving the camera a bit each time. We figured that would increase the odds of landing something okay.
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Scroll down for a few more photos from that evening–always the last Monday evening of the month–and if you have a cool photo of your car, even part of it, let’s see it.
Not particularly artful, and my Fiat was pretty dirty. But I did snap this picture of my car next to a well preserved first gen at the YMCA. Pretty rare up here in GM country.
- Sean
This is one of my favorites.
I wasn't there for it to tell the backstory behind the shot, it entailed something about a Buick Riviera from what I'm told.
This one was taken from a tower over the old rallycross course in Orange, VA. The position with relation to the pointer cone makes me proud.
It's cool to me.
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