Hot August Nights

It's that time of year again. The hot rods and classic cars will be rolling into town by the hundreds. I noticed last year there was 3 to 1 of 57 Chevy to any other ride. I love the 57 and there is a lot of really nice 57's out there but - what about the other classics? There must be hundreds of T-Birds out there, somewhere hiding from us.

Another ride we see a lot of is the Mustang, sure the Mustang is a great ride, what about the Corvair? That was way ahead of it's time. Just because the battery caused a lot of engine fires it doesn't mean anything.

Well I'm off this year with lots of pixels in my camera and my tripod. Possibly I'll have a model that will really bring the cars alive. Should I bring a flash and some reflectors?

Beans for Lunch?

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I found this guy in the streets of Sparks Nevada, I asked if I could photograph him with his bike and he agreed.  This is the results of that pose, he then contacted me wanting to see the image.  I sent him a copy of the image (very small copy) and he offered to purchase it.  I wanted $150 but he only offered me $50.  So I sold it to him.  Well - recently I was offered money for a one time use of this image.

It was for a billboard in the SF bay area.  I was excited to have an image of mine on a billboard, so I agreed to sell it for one time rights only.  I then notified this person in the photo so he would know about it, but it wasn't a done deal as of yet and I was waiting for a final answer from the purchaser.  This person in the photo went nuts - he insisted that he owned all the rights and that I cannot resell the image for any reason, to delete it.  Then he starts to threaten me.

If you have any idea of what "Photography and the Law" is you may want to pick up another version written recently.  The laws are clear and there is no question who owns the rights to the image.  It's sad that people act out without knowing what the real truth.