I just got back from taking Mary’s 2018 Subaru Crosstrek in to Parker Imports for its 48,000 mile oil change. Since I waited for the service I sat outside looking at the cars on their parking lot and sitting there was a worse-for-wear Jaguar XK8, which got me thinking about the XK8 I almost bought (and should have) and about Jaguars in general…

This photograph of my (former) 1953 Packard Clipper Club Sedan was made in Brighton, Colorado on a railroad siding that was used for a location in the Bill Murray film Larger than Life. Not necessarily a great film but one I liked with a star turn by then then unknown Mathew McConaughe

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I’m a fan of the now-unfashionable Pictorialist school of photography, particularly the eccentric work of William Mortensen. You can read a review of the modern reprint of Mortensen’s landmark 1937 book The Command to Look on my former blog. It’s another one of my favorite photography books.

“If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we are going.”—Professor Irwin Corey

Today's Post by Joe Farace “If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.” ― Mario Andretti When shooting motorsports under racing conditions, obtaining proper exposure can sometimes be tricky with white then black then red cars blasting past you....