Yesterday, I saw Gary and he showed me a Facebook picture of his Honda Civic that his wife/girlfriend crashed in Vancouver the other day:
Before we go any further, you should know that Gary’s girlfriend and his 3-year-old son are bumped & shaken up a bit, but reportedly basically okay.
Today, Tim — father of Gary and original owner of the Honda — sends me this further detail.
And on a totally unrelated note, during a shopping sprint this morning, as Kim drove down the street, I saw something that I knew my VW-enthusiast-friends (especially Jim) would find interesting, and quickly pointed a camera in the general direction, without viewing or focusing while on the fly. In a stroke of luck, it turned out to be a one-shot usable image.
Following a tip received earlier in the day, Ivi drives us out to find a sunflower field on the road to Union. Finding that another photographer is shooting a model there, plus not having driven an appropriate off-road vehicle, we content ourselves with some sunset views using the time-honored tradition of Windshield Photography.
Came upon the negatives from a roll of film shot on a cold, windy day in the winter of 1974. I think this was the San Pedro jetty and Cabrio Beach, south of Los Angeles. Typical of a day of shooting with my photographer friends. My old photography partner, Bill, appears in several of the photos.
Shopping and errands, dropping in to see old co-workers. A day like many others …
Today I came upon previously undeveloped negatives of my beloved 1963 RHD (right-hand-drive) Series 109 Landrover. Taken in 1974 in the Santa Monica Mountains above Los Angeles, scanned today.
Kim finds a driver’s license while walking the C-Dog, so she turns it in at the local police station. And some of the usual automotive silliness today.
Smoky haze continues. Couldn’t even see Mt. Emily from Foothill Road during a morning drive. But did see animal life. Later on, we make the shopping rounds, starting with the enjoyable shoe repair guy (who turns out to be a classmate or thereabouts to Kim and her siblings), then on to the usual grocery suppliers, and finally to Farmers’ Market.
Riding with Ivi:
Typical backdrop (unedited fragment devoid of context) for the peach harvest run Saturday morning …
One of the difficulties (not to mention the obvious concerns of constantly changing camera angles, movement, etc.) involved in the practice of Windshield Photography is the effect of glass — tinted, reflective, dirty, whatever — interposed between subject and camera lens. Color consistency and fidelity becomes almost impossible to achieve. But conversion to black & white is one possible response, as shown at top and below:
And while we are at it …
Today, life at random …
