There's a guy near here who has a '67 Barracuda with a 10-foot paint job (it looks great from 10 feet away or more) that I finally stopped to shoot pictures of. It was parked in such a way that good shots were hard to get, but I did my best for you, esteemed readers.
Posted July 11, 2008 5:01 PM | link to this entry | filed under photography
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Yeah, setting is always key. I can't count the amount of cars I've seen in less-than-picturesque settings, and I have to drive right by.
I always understood a ten foot paint job to be one where it reflected at least ten feet in its surface. ( you can see every detail of the ice cream parlor you pulled up to in the paint's reflection).
Many of the eBay and other auctions I read will use this phrase to describe a less-than-perfect paint job, so I just assumed that was the proper usage. Maybe you're right, Molly.
Am waiting for a good shooting situation with a bananna yellow el camino that's always parked in the lot at a nearby walgreens. closely parked SUV's and background dumpster not ideal...well the dumpster i could work with but i can't abide SUV's.