I had the opportunity to attend the annual Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix this weekend. For those unfamiliar with the event, it is an outdoor car festival extraordinaire. We are talking acres of historic and rare cars as well as contemporary offerings. In addition, the vintage race cars actually compete on a course that winds through Schenley Park. It really is a fantastic event, even for someone like me, who is not a 'car person'.
It is said that one can learn a lot about their interests and 'style' by looking over their images as a whole. When I look over the shots I took this weekend I recognize that my focus at the show was not the races or even whole cars, but, rather, abstract images composed of the lines and shapes of the cars. I am not at all sure what that says about me, but it seems fairly consistent over the years I have attended this event.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of the weekend was watching my two youngest children set up their lemonade stand, as we live only a few blocks from the Grand Prix and there is a good deal of foot traffic leading to the event. Suffice it to say that no one could walk past our house without being urged by the kids to buy lemonade. The funniest part was when I returned to find the seven year old out manning the stand by herself. When I asked her where her older brother was she said sarcastically (while making little quote signs with the second and third fingers of each hand) "He said I should keep selling while he goes on 'TV break' ".
Here are some offerings from this years Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix:
Eyes
Stingray
Front Grill
Hood Painting
Body AbstractImages Copyright Howard Grill
7 comments:
Nice shots
Thanks John. Did you get a chance to stop by the show? Now that I think of it, it would have been a good chance to meet.
Great abstracts Howard. Although I rarely shoot non-nature, I need to keep this approach in mind if I ever do expand my horizons.
Thanks Mark, it is fun to change up a little bit!
I love these shots Howard - I love classic cars, but I have to say so many photographs leave me cold, while the elements that 'make' a classic car for me are the grills, the chrome, the lines and colours and overall glamour!
Tell me, did you plan these shots carefully or were you able to be a bit spontaneous?!
Adiemus...in past years (this was the 25th annual Grand Prix here) I have gone with tripod, backpack with multiple lenses etc and spent a lot of time on each shot. But this year I wanted to try something different so I just went with the camera and my 24-105 zoom and took everything handheld to be, as you say, more spontaneous.
I really like trying to pick out abstract shapes which is why I particularly like the very first and last shots.
Nice shots, Howard!
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