South Elgin

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

August 23rd, 2025

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“Window Into the Past”

August 21st, 2025

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a new sight

It gets harder and harder to capture different or unique angles of cars at car shows. I have hundreds of photos of antique car details and thousands of photos of cars; so at each show that I attend now, I am looking for something different, a new sight – like photographing a classic through a hood.

“Classic Crimson Cruiser”

August 20th, 2025

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a cool car

I first saw this car at the Elgin History Museum Classic Car Show; it wasn’t in a great spot to capture a photo of the entire car, but I captured a very minimalist photo of the hood ornament (“Sleek Lines”, July 26, 2025). The owner was sitting directly behind the car at the South Elgin show and explained that the “hood ornament” is also the hood handle. This was such a cool car to photograph. 🙂

“Sunlit Gold & Chrome”

August 19th, 2025

the classic car

This is the “classic car” – the 55 to 57 Chevy Belair, a true work of art. Its very interesting to see the style and design change each year; a 1955 Belair shows what the new style will be, but the details are more reserved, and by the time the “57 Chevy” came out, “reserved” was not the word you would use for the car at all.

“To the Sky”

August 18th, 2025

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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!