My son Max Alexander and I had a common love of classic automobiles and have made a point to take in a car show when possible. Our first ones were the events that took place in Santa Rosa Park in San Luis Obispo. We had stumbled in after a hockey game at the same park. We had our hockey sticks, but no camera. The first car show images I had captured were at the Old Town Car Show in Fort Collins California back in the summer of ’06 (View on flickr). I took a more traditional approach. My father Frank Alexander lives in La Jolla, California and loves a special photo-op from time to time. He alerted me to an event in his backyard, purchased tickets whereupon the two of us made the scene, cameras in tow.
I take a different approach these days, as can be seen in this small gallery of images. I actually take more enjoyment in the post processing via Photomatix, Photoshop and Lightroom.
1934 Packard Polaroid
Make: Packard
Model: 4 Door Convertible Sedan
Year: 1934
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS10
Post Processing: Photoshop, Topaz Clean, Color eFex Pro
1963 Cadillac Coupe de Ville
Make: Cadillac
Model: 62 Coupe de Ville
Year: 1963
Owner: Brian and Pamela Hermansader
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS10
1934 Packard Twelve Convetible Sedan by Doug Skeen
Frank with Tom O'Hara's 1934 Packard - Tone Mapped
Ron Wakefield's 1956 Studebaker Sky Hawk Tone Mapped
Studebaker
Thunderbird Tail Light
Into the Light
1941 Cadillac
La Jolla Concours deElegance
April 1, 2012
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS10
1934 Packard HDR Watercolor
Make: Packard
Model: 4 Door Convertible Sedan
Year: 1934
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS10
Post Processing: Photomatix & Photoshop
Judges Decision Making
La Jolla Concours deElegance
La Jolla Concours deElegance
La Jolla Elegance de Palm Reflections
1948 Fleetline Aerosedan
Owner: Juan Montano
2013 La Jolla Concours D'Elegance
NIKON D5000
Lens: AF-S Nikkor 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Camera Settings: 44mm, f/5.6, 1.41m
Post Processing
Photoshop CS5
Topaz Clean (gently)
Lens Correction (Nikon Profile)
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