Sunday, April 28, 2013

Chrome and Color: Classic Cars in Rio Rancho







Every large city has its classic car aficionados, and the Albuquerque area is no exception.  Yesterday about 300 of them (and their cars) gathered at a public park in Rio Rancho (a suburb of ABQ) on a beautiful, cloudless New Mexico day, and my photo buddy, Barry Schwartz, and I couldn't resist the photo op.  (Yeah, I know, it's sort of a guy thing.)


There were Mustangs and Stingrays and GTOs . . .




















Caddies and Volkswagens . . .












                                                                       and a red, red Rolls . . .
























along with everything in between . . . 




                . . . even a DeLorean (sans Flux Capacitor) . . .




Because the cars were parked so closely together, and because there were so many people walking around them, it was difficult to get a clean shot of an entire car.  So for the most part we went for tight shots of detail.  And, oh, what cool detail there was . . .












 


 



















 And of course we had to work for those interesting angles . . .






















At some point I realized that many of these cars, which I longed for when I was a teenager, are now 50 years old and, by definition, antiques.  But we're all still going strong!




For more (and larger) images, you can visit my photography website, Todos Juntos Photography, by clicking here.

Enjoy!