Earlier this year I jumped through a bunch of hoops to gain night access to the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation, one of the largest private collections of military vehicles in the world. Located in the hills […]
High Tension Rendezvous
At the late-model junkyard I shot earlier in November. I wish it was an Aztek . . . Natural LED flashlight and blue-gelled strobes inside. Warm white balance to tie the sky into the car’s gold tones.
Streamlined Survivor
Shot during the stormy “Farewell to Pearsonville” workshop in March 2011. The trailer was saved from the crusher, the tow truck, not so lucky . . . Purple and red-gelled strobes and snooted LED flashlights on the logos. Composite of 2 exposures.
The Rainbows of Your Mind
’58 Buick, shot at The Big M last July. Every Central Valley salvage yard uses raggedy old patio umbrellas to give their workers some shade in the 105° summer heat. Soon as I saw this one I knew I had to take advantage of it’s colors. I placed it in this spot to put the […]
The Emerald Floorboard
Paul’s Junkyard, September 2011. I happened upon one of the workshop students, Tor, while he was in the rendering pit shooting this 4-door Oldsmobile Cutlass in the process of being recycled. He was working blind (unable to use the viewfinder or preview screen), at extremely low angles from inside the car. When he was done […]
E-Class Scarface
1990s Mercedes sedan in the pile awaiting the crusher at Paul’s. Undoubtedly, this was wrecked in a movie or TV show like almost everything else at Paul’s. Shot in September 2011, this car has already gone to that big junkyard in the sky. Purple, green and red-gelled flashlights during a 2-minute exposure. I relied on […]
Tag the Sky
In the Pit at Paul’s Junkyard. That’s a ’90s Cadillac limo, tagged up as a movie prop. This car is undoubtedly gone now. After shooting that semi cab in the previous post I trotted over here to catch one more shot of the sunset’s dregs. Again, there was very little color in the sky visible […]
Cabover Pete
After sunset at Paul’s. The sky didn’t really look like this, it was much darker and less colorful, but the 1 minute exposure allowed the sky to really burn in and saturate. It also gave me just enough time to get a bunch of low power strobe pops off. Lime from the rear, a couple […]
The Lost America site Relaunch!
Hey looky here! I’ve completely redone the lostamerica.com site using WordPress. This blog is now seamlessly integrated into the new site . . . which is loaded with larger images, and more of them–many of which you’ve never seen before. Every word has been rethought and rewritten, including excerpts from both my books. Note also […]
Fly Eye Banshee
The design on these Firebirds–the last Firebird–was really extreme. Very long, low and pointy, yet organic and curvy at the same time. This yard had a bunch of them, most were pretty chewed up. Lit with red and lime-gelled LED flashlight. The thick layer of dirt helped to pick up the light well.
