The local vintage show
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A few months ago, I went to a different shopping centre than my usual. Knowing that I’m going just for my weekly shopping, I didn’t bring the camera with me. Nothing unusual. But it just happened that in the car park was the stop of a vintage car tour. As I said in a previous post, I’m well capable to use what I have in my hand and on that day it happened to be the phone. So I took a few shots with the phone.
About 2 weeks ago, I’ve seen an ad about a local vintage show in my town. I said to myself that will be a great opportunity to bring the camera and probably made it up for the episode with the phone.
I knew it’s going to be a challenge as usually at those shows it’s full of people and everybody wants to be close to a vintage car. So last weekend I was ready for action when something unpredictable happened: rain!
As a result, the show was moved in an underground car park, which is a nightmare for a photographer. In an underground car park it’s not only the people but also the cars are much closer one to another. And on top of everything there’s artificial light which not only changes the colours but also reflects in all directions from every single car body.
The good part is that while a band was playing and people had a good time, I managed to take a few shots. Well, not the best shots considering the environment but still.
And even better is the fact that I had a chat with a few owners. For example, from Tim, the owner of this beautiful 1961 Audi (still registered under Auto Union), I learned that the car has a two stroke, one litre engine and a total of 7 moving parts in the engine! That’s it, 7! And after 62 years, the car is working with no problems. Oh, yeah, he has to add lead into the petrol but that doesn’t bother him.
For me, the most beautiful car was the 1935 Austin Seven. The owner was a happy chap who let people sit inside the car while their companion took photos.
As an advice for whoever wants to photograph cars: be careful with the angle from where you’re taking the shot, that will have a huge impact on the final image. A low angle, will make the car look imposing.
As a final note: this post happened because of Roland Millward and his post on Notes.
Thank you. It’s great to see these lovely classic cars. Today, cars tend to lack the form that many of these older cars have and many are very similar to each other. There are reasons for that but a Morris Minor or an old Triumph has style!
Beautiful shots of beautiful cars. Particularly love the Mini GT and the Auto Union Audi