No wise words here.
I like car shows. I go to as many as I can. I take my cars to some. Today I took my French car (well I left it in the car park) to an All British car show. What a great show.
I reckon there were about 1500+ cars from loads of post war austerity packages to endless incredible Rolls Royce.
The one thing I find hard at car shows is taking a possibly interesting photograph thats not full of flags, picnic tables or the wives who often look bored at the event (yes there are woman who take their cars and in particular one group I met here last year who drove Morris products, what a fun bunch). I guess this is one part of why I go, the challenge of finding a "scene".
I do have a thing for base model British cars. They are always honest machines.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Trio
Monday, August 22, 2011
The owner stated it was hideous to drive!
No wise words here.
The 2011 Shannons Eastern Creek Day was another success with around 2000 classic cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles and more. I often walk around these shows enjoying the various car designs mainly for their looks both exterior and interior rather than the mechanical design. Owning Citroens has biased me on mechanical design, slightly!
This Ramble caugh my attention partly because a friend at schools dad had one but also for the "Salmon" roof colour which was also on the wheels. While looking the cars owner asked 'why are you looking at this piece of shit?", well the salmon roof caught my attention. "Oh" was part of the reply. Now the owner and I then had a great discussion about the car and it was great to hear he had several other Ramblers and he thought they were all rubbish. Bad suspension, slow, bad all wheel drum brakes and the list went on. It was refreshing to hear classic car enthusiast aknowledge many classics as beautiful as they look are only that, beautiful to look at and generally hideous to drive.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Ocean Baths
No wise words here.
I don't often travel north of Sydney. Something about the motorway fatigues me but I recently went north.
Friends had suggested a drive. A Citroen was selected and then the destination, Newcastle was chosen (Palm Beach was another option). Now I didn't get tired, the car ran like a dream and to my joy the roads weren't too busy apart from several clusters of Harley riders, those Sunday ones, not the proper bikers!
It had been quite a long time since I last went there. The last time was actually by vintage diesel loco there and Sydney Harbour Ferry boat home (but thats another story with lots of spew).
All I had remembered of Newcastle was some great architecture. Well I wasn't dissapointed with these ocean baths being one of Newcastles jewels. What a treasure they have.
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No wise words here.
Whats wrong with people? This is part of a building outside the Newington Armory. Its fibro, its a pretty green and I love that it is preserved. It is one of many great bits of preserved achitecture at the Armory site a place of great historical interest.
Now what I'm lost over was the fact that when I was there hundred of parents and their offspring were making picnic, cycling, screaming and being generally crazy outside the Armory. It was icy cold, madly windy and crowded BUT if they walked a very short distance and moved their picnics inside the Armory (yeah you are allowed) they could have soaked up some warm rays, been out of the awful wind and been surrounded by some nice things.
Not a one was in there apart from the tour group on Seguays who zoomed off over the hill (whats wrong with walking and stopping to look these days?).
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Big wheel
No wise words here.
So I am yet again impressed with ISO25 films and Steam Traction engines!
I can spend hours looking at Vintage photographs and was quite pleased with how this has a vintage photo look to it. It helps to have a 100 year old machine as the subject.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Window
No wise words here.
I've used some Rollei Pan 25 before in 35mm but what a treat it was to see the results using it in a TLR. On the same day I shot this I'd also shot a roll of Shanghai GP3 which I like alot but gosh. My now fave B&W film is going to be Pan 25. I was worried about what exposures and in the end worked with guesstimates. I'm happy with what my guess work got me!
Friday, April 29, 2011
CREAM
No wise words here.
The sun came out for a bit today. That kind of sun that makes you go go "oh I'll was some things and hang them on the line" but also the sort of sun you know you are an idiot for washing clothes!
It seems to have been raining, at times insanely heavily, for ages and I really am a bit over the glumness of it all.