When it comes to classic car guys, the Chevy (wagon) versus Ford (truck) debate leads to some serious vehicle comparisons in the evening California sun.
Car Guys: Chevy vs. Ford
Road into the Desert
I-10 runs across the dry ancient lakebed that is now Coachella Valley and but the absence of easy bridges over the stark divider has produced some odd impacts on the resulting sprawl.
Shelby Cobra (Real, Or Close Enough)
A real Shelby Cobra is a multi-million dollar machine, so it’s no surprise that it’s one of the most kit-car-copied vehicles in existence—so much so that my default assumption upon seeing a Cobra-shaped vehicle is to assume it’s a replica. In this case, I’m not so sure—could this be the real deal?
Red Earth in Northern Arizona
While my past approach to photography through aircraft windows was focused on avoiding distracting reflections, the realness of the Artemis II photos—specifically those with astronauts’ hands and faces reflected in spacecraft windows—made me appreciate how the nature of our relationship with Earth though technology can be conveyed. The drama of the American West is more impressive when it’s clear what altitude allowed us to visualize it.
Barcelona Masts
The quantity and density of masts past a threshold where individual shapes transitioned into a single texture.
The Glowing Flask
Though science-themed photography isn’t my primary focus, moments of entrancing light emission from novel molecules are going to make the cut.
Hartford Skyline After Rain
Rain at sunset leaves behind a Hartford looking exactly like I always hoped my city-home would. The smaller buildings in the foreground and the taller structures in the distance have a perfect coincidence to make layer after layer of space vanishing into the golden sky.
Grocery Store/Cathedral
Everyday life continues, even amidst the drama and history of cities like Palma.
Summoning Above Hartford
That light in the sky is some strange and eerie scattering during a storm over the city that brought to mind nothing more than the sorts of occult summonings found in films like “Ghostbusters” or “To Cast a Deadly Spell.” Perhaps I’ve been playing too much Deadlock lately.
Town Hall and Hartford Beyond
Beyond Hartford’s Town Hall in the foreground are city landmarks like the State capitol, Bushnell Tower, and Travelers Tower. The sunset is not an official Hartford landmark but it should be a skymark.
Rainbows Within Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma
Stained glass spreads an array of colors over visitors to the eighth largest church nave in the world.
Sunset Reflected in the Windows of Bushnell Tower
I.M. Pei’s Bushnell Tower is a palette for late-spring sunsets and clear skies in downtown Hartford.
Deck at Departure – Sun
Sun and optimism on deck for the departure of the Wind Star.
Arrayed Before Northam
A mixture of wide-angle lens distortion and “impossible” aerial drone viewpoint make for brain-twisting images of already strange and transient phenomena, like the chairs and stage of Trinity College’s Commencement Ceremony arrayed on the quad.
El Far Verd with Afternoon Traffic
The Green Lighthouse is “El Far Verd” in Spanish—”It does what it says on the tin.” Speaking of “tin,” the general aesthetic of the lighthouse really shouts for a certain twentieth-century adventure from the likes of Tintin.
Decaseconds 