The Digital Age!

I grew up in the eighties. The days before the internet and cell phones. The proverbial good ole days. And before you ask, yes, I still think that they were. We knew how to get out and do things. What we didn’t know, we figured out. There was no you tube to watch. No Googling your problem to find a solution. We knew how to talk to people and to make friends. We knew how to handle ourselves. Times were different. Times were simpler. Do I think that the progress that has been made is bad? No, not entirely. Some of the progress has been great. Cell phones are a lifesaver in many situations and the internet is purely amazing. Whoever thought that there could be so much information available to the average person! Wow! Just Wow! I love the convenience of things now days, but life sometimes goes to fast. That is one of the reasons that I love photography. I can take a moment in time and freeze it. A speck of time frozen forever.

Digital photography has come a long way in a relatively short time. My first camera was only 6 megapixels, The camera I shoot with now has over 20. The quality of the images has improved dramatically. The convenience is nothing short of amazing. Everyone has a phone now and the cameras on the phones are light years beyond what was available in the first digital cameras. Nothing short of impressive to me. If I were to guess, and that is exactly what I’m doing. I’d say that the phone have really opened up photography to the masses. Like I said, everyone has a phone, and everyone takes pictures now and that has resulted in a lot of good and not so good photographs.

My goal in this adventure that I am undertaking is to take what would normally just be another image on your phone and bring it to life. I want people to look at my work and be able to feel like they are right there, to get excited and to be proud. One of the biggest expenses that most people I know is a house followed very closely by their cars and trucks. In fact, the majority of the people that I know have lived in the same place for several years, but they change vehicles as often as most normal people change their underwear. Well, hopefully not quite that often but we all know that one friend who is always in something different every time you see him (or her). We are just car people. We can’t help it but we love all things automotive. Some people may call us obsessed but to us it’s just plain old fun! Nothing better than the thrill of the drive. Will she run? Will she handle? What’s your best time in a 1/4? An 1/8? So many questions to answer. So many changes to make. So many options. So many decisions to be made. Stock? modified? New wheels? Chrome? Aluminum? Painted? If so, what color? How wide you want your tires? Will they fit under it? Do I need to tub the rearend? Well, you get the idea. There are as many variations as there are cars so If you are like me and you love your cars, be they new or old, classic or stock, sitting in the driveway or sitting on your mind for hours then drop me a line. Tell me what you drive. Tell me why you drive it and why it’s special to you. Maybe, just maybe, we are on the same page. Till next time, remember Chrome may not get you home but you’ll dang sure look good wherever you are. K