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Showing posts with label Old Town. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old Town. Show all posts

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Dead Morning

 A quiet morning in Old Town as preparations were being completed for the final day of Day of the Dead celebrations.




The Nash Metropolitan is an American automobile assembled in England and marketed from 1953 until 1962.


Everything to be known about the little Metropolitan is in the Wikipedia page.

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Trouble in Old Town

 Several shops in Old Town have been seriously vandalized.  

Security cameras have been installed and the APD has promised to step up patrols in the area.  That will likely cut down on some of the vandalism and burglaries.  Mostly, though, those measures along with locking up a few more miscreants will just move the problem to some other neighborhood.


The old car guys who display their creations on Friday mornings are unfazed by the crime wave.  Their assets are on wheels and they are taken home at noon.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Albuquerque Color

 I am mostly happy with the picture quality from my little yard-sale 10 mega pixel Panasonic Lumix.

Not so much, though, on bright, sunny days -- when the sun hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's (not) amore.

One way around the screen blanking reflections is to use a magnifying viewfinder that also shades the screen.  I just need to do a little work on the mounting system.

During Balloon Fiesta week I have been carrying around my Nikon FE mounted with a long zoom for shooting balloons.  The little Panasonic rides along in a pocket and lets me get color images during the noontime events in the tree-shaded Plaza Vieja.



Saturday, June 10, 2023

Meanwhile...

 Mostly Sunny.


The old car guys are back on their Summer schedule, showing up around the Plaza Vieja with their meticulously restored classics and customs.







Saturday, August 13, 2022

Old Town Color

 I spent Friday morning in Old Town with my friend, Bob.  We were both shooting black and white in our old plate cameras.  It didn't take me long to get through the eight frames available on a roll of 120 film, so while waiting for Bob to finish his shoot, I walked around the Plaza Vieja and made some pictures with my cell phone camera.



Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Curbside

These two fellows are regular visitors to the Plaza Vieja.  They park their restored classics in front of the church and sit across the street in the shade to admire them.  Both cars are faultless; they are mostly stock with a few embellishments.


The '57 convertible, with its red and white paint job and the dice hanging from the mirror, screams Rock 'n' Roll.


The coupe is nearer to The Jazz Age.  It rides closer to the pavement than it would have in 1938, and it is a lot shinier.






Saturday, November 5, 2016

The Morning Walk

Most of my mornings start off with a walk to the Plaza Vieja.


This is a good time of the year to be an Albuquerque photographer.  The sun nearly always sneaks under the clouds to brightly illuminate the Old Town buildings against the dark sky.


Three or four street-savvy cats can usually be found toward the north end of San Felipe St. where they can count on a meal from a friendly shopkeeper.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Excursion

I took a quick trip on my motorcycle through Albuquerque's Old Town to test my new video setup.  The camera is not vintage, but the Honda Shadow is twenty-five years old.


The frame for holding the camera is made from a couple pieces of  angle iron.  There is a camera strap that goes around my neck, and a leather shoelace loops around my back.  A small ball head allows me to properly adjust the camera's forward tilt.