Car show pictures that actually turned out sort of OK

I was recently reading an article about the legendary Peterson Publishing photographer Eric Rickman in an issue of Hot Rod Deluxe. It talked about how he had to be somewhat selective when he clicked the shutter, because it was obviously not as easy or cheap to take as many photos as you wanted back in the days before digital cameras.

Of course now, when I go to a car show, I can take 1,000 pictures at a time if I want with no penalty whatsoever. And that’s a good thing, because admittedly, I am not a very good photographer. Virtually every picture I take on here was captured by my little, red Sony Cyber-Shot point-and shoot. None of them are going to win any contests. Some of them are just flat-out blurry.

But on occasion, probably once every 2,500 pictures, something shows up in the slideshows that is actually sort of OK. That’s what’s nice about taking a lot of pictures—sometimes one of them will accidentally be good.

The instances where the lighting is nice, the subject matter is interesting, I don’t wobble the camera all over the place, someone doesn’t walk into the shot, and my goofy reflection isn’t visible, all at the same time, are few-and-far between. So when something actually looks decent, I think it’s worth taking a look.

Now I’ll bet that some real photophiles are going to look at these pictures and say things like, “that’s not a good composition; it’s over-exposed; the lighting is off,” etc. And you know, they’re probably right. I’m in no position to argue with an expert opinion. But these pictures looked nice to me. Plus, I usually had to squat down or get real close to something, so I should get some points for that.

Anyway, this slideshow has pictures that I took at various car events around town, and for whatever reason, I thought they were nice enough to separate out of the pack. Digging around for them actually gave me a chance to look back on some of the great car events this past year, and long for the days when the word “snow” wasn’t creeping into the forecast.