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Week 47, November 23-29, 2025 – Car Art

November 29th, 2025

 

 

“A Cat’s Gills” – Week: Car Art

November 29th, 2025

“Sun-cracked Skin” – Week: Car Art

November 28th, 2025

“Window of Spectators” – Week: Car Art

November 27th, 2025

“Chrome Overbite” – Week: Car Art

November 26th, 2025

“The Buckle” – Week: Car Art

November 25th, 2025

“Sunshine Logo” – Week: Car Art

November 23rd, 2025

Week 39, September 2 – October 4, 2025 – British Car Festival

October 4th, 2025

 

 

“Hood Ornament” – British Car Festival

October 4th, 2025

“Speed Racer” – British Car Festival

October 3rd, 2025

“Classic Coupe” – British Car Festival

October 2nd, 2025

“Into the Wind” – British Car Festival

October 1st, 2025

Week 33, August 17-23, 2025 – Red Car Shows

August 23rd, 2025

 

 

“To the Sky”

August 18th, 2025

this just works

 

I tried this photo a week before with a tree in the background, and it just didn’t work.  I posted the photo simple because it was unique, but now that I have this image?  I like that other photo even less! LOL. I love the balance of color and detail and the overall saturation as well! 

Week 29, July 20-26, 2025 – Elgin History Museum Car Show

July 26th, 2025

 

 

“Studebaker”

July 24th, 2025

it’s not balanced

I’m not sure that I like this photo; one of my primary motivations for liking nearly any photo is that it feels balanced. And for some reason, this image does not feel balanced to me, but I’m not even sure that I could even define why I don’t feel that it’s balanced.

Week 27, July 6-12, 2025

July 12th, 2025

 

 

“Visible Tradition”

July 12th, 2025

“Monocle Fashion”

July 11th, 2025

“Corroded OLET”

July 10th, 2025

“Silver Highlights”

July 9th, 2025

“Automotive Perfection”

July 8th, 2025

36 apples

I have attended a half dozen or more Wauconda Cruise Nights over the years, and every time at the north-west end of Main Street, there are two Duesenbergs – gorgeous cars from years ago. Each time that I attend, I make sure to walk past them; and after this past Cruise Night, I thought “they’d be a fun ’36 Apple’ challenge”. So, next time that I attend, my goal is to take as many unique photos of the car that I can possibly imagine.

“Flying Away”

July 7th, 2025

winning an award

This Packard was the first car that I saw as I walked into Wauconda’s Cruise Night in June. Packard’s are uncommon but have a wonderful 1950’s style; it was an easy photograph, even with the crowd that had gathered around it. It went on to win the award for the car show that evening too.

Week 23, June 8-14, 2025 – Car Shows

June 14th, 2025

 

 

“ERMAGRD”

June 14th, 2025

monochrome is old

Oh my goodness, this car’s plate made me laugh out loud at the show. And I think what made it funnier is the juxtaposition of the meme-worthy license plate and the 1930’s classic Ford Coupe. But, even without the plate, this car deserved to be captured as a monochrome.

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“Skyward Symbol”

June 8th, 2025

an abstracted car…

 

an abstracted car…
During a chat with some friends, our conversation wandered past the topic of “how do you know that you have captured a great photo?”
When it comes to photos from car shows, I love to capture a new view, a new angle, a new interpretation. Only sometimes does it lead to a “great” photo, but it is a continual challenge to my skills as a creative photographer … to create an image that I haven’t seen before of a car that I’ve seen hundreds of times.
~ 1956 Chevrolet Belair coupe

 

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Week 12, March 23-29, 2025 – Car Shows, week 2

March 29th, 2025

 

 

“Flying Away”

March 29th, 2025

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“Looks Like a Helmet”

March 28th, 2025

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“Duesenberg Weather Vane”

March 24th, 2025

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Week 10, March 9-15, 2025 – Car Shows

March 15th, 2025

 

 

“Amber & Chrome”

March 15th, 2025

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“Into the Wind”

March 9th, 2025

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Week 45, November 10-16, 2024 – Monochrome Auto Shows

November 16th, 2024

 

 

“Everything Glistens”

November 16th, 2024

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“The Guilded Way”

November 15th, 2024

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“Chrome Wrap”

November 14th, 2024

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“Flying With Style”

September 20th, 2024

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“Sun Catcher”

September 18th, 2024

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“The Bat Symbol?”

September 16th, 2024

yellow hints

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If you take a beginners’ photography class, your instructor is likely to bring up leading lines, rule of thirds, and removing items that aren’t needed as some of the keys to a great photo. I’d like to think that those are the reasons that I love this photo, but it’s probably only because I love the color red combined with the yellow hints in the center-line trim work.

Week 33, August 18-24, 2024 – Engines

August 24th, 2024

 

 

Under the Hood, 3 of 7

August 20th, 2024

red details

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I love the fact that this car’s owner has chosen red accents for his engine but left the dipstick blue. It’s perfect.

Week 30, July 28 – August 3, 2024 – Classic Car Show

August 3rd, 2024

 

 

“Is That a VW?”

August 2nd, 2024

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“Rims Within Rims”

August 1st, 2024

that red

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Another wonderful photo from the Elgin History Museum’s annual Classic Car Show. Everyone knows what a 1957 Chevy Belair looks like, so it’s always challenging to find a unique take on this incredibly classic of the classic cars. But, if there’s a late 60’s muscle car with awesome rims next to it? Well, now that’s kinda unique.

“Chrome Highlights”

July 31st, 2024

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“Windswept Droplet”

July 30th, 2024

unknown car

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…someday I will learn to take a photo of the entire car, or at least of the tag with the car’s information at car shows, but the day that I photographed this car was not that day…

“Muscle Car Blue”

July 29th, 2024

the perfect shade

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If you attend too many car shows, you may begin to get bored of all of the late 60’s Mustangs. Don’t get me wrong, their a beautiful car, but after you’ve seen the 400th, you may want to photograph literally anything else.
Unless you see the perfect shade of blue with perfect chrome accents… In that case, it may rekindle your joy in photographing Ford’s wonderful muscle car.

“Drip, Drip, Drop”

July 28th, 2024

water drops

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Earlier in the morning, before the Elgin History Museum’s Classic Car Show technically started, there were a few showers that rolled through. While most of the cars arrived after the rain or their owners cleaned the cars off, this dripping wet Thunderbird lent itself to some unique photos.

Week 53, December 31, 2023 – January 6, 2024 – End of the Year

January 6th, 2024

 

 

“Smooth Lines”

January 4th, 2024

hot rod at a car show

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What’s cooler than a fully tricked out hot rod?
Wauconda Cruise In always puts on a good show, and this year, I was able to attend in both July and August.

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September Cars – Week 4, September 24 – October 1, 2023

September 30th, 2023

 

 

September Cars – “Sunlit Hot Rod”

September 28th, 2023

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September Cars – Week 1, September 3-9, 2023

September 9th, 2023

 

 

September Cars – “Cautious Yellow”

September 7th, 2023

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Week 9, February 26 – March 4, 2023 – Chicago Auto Show

March 4th, 2023

“Flying Away”

February 28th, 2023

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Week 21, May 23-29, 2021

May 29th, 2021

“Classic Sleeper”

May 26th, 2021

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Week 48, November 29 – December 5, 2020

December 5th, 2020

“A Fixer-Upper”

November 30th, 2020

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Week 27, July 5-11, 2020

July 11th, 2020

“Geriatric Classic”

July 11th, 2020

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Week 3, January 20-26, 2019 – Car Shows

January 26th, 2019

1957 Chevy Sedan Delivery

January 23rd, 2019

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1965 Shelby Cobra

January 22nd, 2019

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