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Sure, if you go to a classic car show, the mid-50’s Chevy BelAirs are almost as popular as the late 60’s Mustangs, but it’s for a reason. The BelAirs are simply rolling works of art … absolutely stunning, eye catching, and head turning.

Another wonderful photo from the Elgin History Museum’s annual Classic Car Show. Everyone knows what a 1957 Chevy Belair looks like, so it’s always challenging to find a unique take on this incredibly classic of the classic cars. But, if there’s a late 60’s muscle car with awesome rims next to it? Well, now that’s kinda unique.

I’m excited to interview Doug Hanson about his photography. Doug specializes in antique photography methods, and his enthusiasm and friendliness has helped many others learn about the history and techniques of analogue photography. Doug has presented his art at exhibitions throughout the Chicago area and around the world.

…someday I will learn to take a photo of the entire car, or at least of the tag with the car’s information at car shows, but the day that I photographed this car was not that day…

Earlier in the morning, before the Elgin History Museum’s Classic Car Show technically started, there were a few showers that rolled through. While most of the cars arrived after the rain or their owners cleaned the cars off, this dripping wet Thunderbird lent itself to some unique photos.

Lauri’s Abstract Architecture photos have captured my imagination since I first saw them. Her images of “Art in Cars” continue to challenge my interest in photographing cars. Lauri teaches others about seeing the world around them in its true beauty & capturing the world in a unique way. I’m honored to talk with Lauri about how she “Sees” the world with her own unique style.

I love photographing these little hoverflies; they’re so tiny and true to their name, tend to hover from location to location. This little one seemed to be waiting for the sun to reappear.

This was the perfect sunset sky interrupted by the perfect little sliver of the moon, so of course, I pulled over and took a few photos.

I’m thrilled to interview Ira Marcus as my next Photo Friend. Ira brings a passion and artistic taste to his work, no matter if it’s capturing a beautiful still life scene, pursuing nature photography, or using his photo skills to help a local nonprofit.

The day of the most recent solar eclipse was very sunny in southern Indiana, and this little hoverfly was taking full advantage of the sun and the spring flowers.

Last year, we began completely recreating our south-facing yard as a prairie with native plants. I have always loved the look of these and their gorgeous stringy mop of a hairdo!

Watching the ants crawl across the peonies is a special kinda of therapy; my goal when attempting to capture this photo was to get an ant in the photo. The ants, however, we’re very cooperative, so instead I captured a bit more abstract of an image.

I’m thrilled to interview an incredibly talented artist, Nick Mataragas about his various artistic pursuits including his street photography.