Thom Zehrfeld Photography : antique classic cars

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Sunday, May 6, 2012

1928-1929-1932 Fords

Here are three more Ford that were featured at the 8th Annual Cruise to Mt. Pleasant School, sponsored by Trick'n Racy Cars.

1928 Ford

1929 Ford

1932 Ford

Saturday, May 5, 2012

1930 Model A Ford

One of the highlights of the 8th Annual Cruise to Mt. Pleasant School, sponsored by Trick'n Racy Cars, was this 1930 Model A Ford. What a beautiful paint job!

1930 Model A Ford

Monday, April 30, 2012

1936 Mercedes 540k Special Roadster

At the Mt Pleasant Cruise Car Show in Oregon City, Oregon, and parked next to the 1937 Cord that I featured in another post, was a 1936 Mercedes Benz 540k Special Roadster.

What's cool is the husband owns the Cord and his wife owns the Mercedes. Both cars are pristine and have to be seen to appreciate. And, that's an understatement...both are very cool cars!

As with the Cord, I converted the exposures to High Dynamic Range Photography (HDR) using Photomatix Software and then finalizing them in Photoshop Elements. Enjoy!

1936 Mercedes 540k Special Roadster

Sunday, April 29, 2012

1937 Cord

Attended the Car Show-8th Annual Cruise to Mt. Pleasant School in Oregon City, Oregon. It is sponsored / hosted by Trick'n Racy Cars.

What's cool about the event, other than the neat cars, is that all proceeds go to benefit the students at Mt. Pleasant School.

So, here we go with a series of posts. I'll start it off with the best...a 1937 White Cord. For me one of the most beautiful cars ever produced...too bad it was made during the Depression and they just couldn't sell enough of them to keep them going.

We talked to the kindly gentleman that is the proud owner of the Cord and let me inside to photograph the dash. In order to do it right you have to sit in the rear seat...that was a little hard to do and really didn't want to mess up my welcome.

I told him that the photos should show up on Google...I hope they do and I hope that I gave his car just a tad bit of justice...what a beautiful car!

1937 Cord

The final photos you see here are High Dynamic Range Photography (HDR). "Tis not easy because I couldn't take automatic bracketed shots with people around. I shot one exposure at a time in Raw...made three different exposures in PSE and then converted then in Photomatix and then back to PSE for finalization.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Classic Cars

Last summer, my wife and I went to Carlton, Oregon for their "Walk In The Park" festival. They featured some cool classic cars and I was fortunate to photography a few.

If you have never been to Carlton you are missing a major wine tasting place in Oregon's Wine Country. It's a quaint little town that you can easily spend the day in and have a ball.

All I had was my Nikon Point and Shoot but you'll get the idea. Please enjoy!

Classic Cars

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Old Cars In HDR | Well Trucks Too!

One of the most popular things about High Dynamic Photography (HDR) is photographing old cars and trucks. So here we go!

All the cars and trucks here were shot in a wrecking yard in Molalla, Oregon. When I say “shot” I mean shot. Leaners and more leaners.

The best part is the 1949 Ford photographed here had a price tag of $3400, plus change. OK!

I guess they are waiting for the poor guy that needs parts badly. Good luck!

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Forest Grove Concours d’ Elegance

This last summer 2010, my wife and I attended the 38^th Annual “Concours d’ Elegance” in Forest Grove, Oregon. For those that don’t know, Forest Grove is a quaint little place, a bunch west of Portland toward the Coast.

It’s held at Pacific University (not the California one). It is a very cool campus and has an ideal setting for the event. (Ok, please be nice! Don't even think about copying these photos without my permission...it's bad Karma!)

1954 Jaguar

This is the first time that I had seriously used my new Pentax Kx. I tried not to use a flash. My shots are mostly parts of autos because there were so many folks there that you couldn’t really get a shot of a whole car without getting extraneous stuff in the shot. There is one exception....I had to get a whole shot of an Auburn Boat Tail Speedster.

1907 Peugott

1909 Pope Hartford

1913 Case

1926 Model T Ford

1929 Graham

1930 Pontiac

Forest Grove Concours d’ Elegance

1931 Cadillac

1932 Desoto

1937 Cord

1935 Auburn Speedster

Forest Grove Concours d’ Elegance

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Thom Zehrfeld is an artist and photographer based in Newport, Oregon, specializing in coastal wall art, nautical scenes, lighthouses, commercial fishing boats, vintage automobiles, and nostalgic Americana. His work blends photography, digital painting, texture, color, and imagination to create artwork with a strong sense of place and character. Inspired by the Oregon Coast, historic harbors, classic cars, old service stations, and seaside communities, Thom creates art that feels both familiar and timeless. His collections include Oregon Coast landscapes, retro car art, fishing boat scenes, lighthouse wall art, surreal coastal fantasy, and vintage-inspired decor. Thom’s artwork is available as fine art prints, canvas prints, metal prints, acrylic prints, and home decor through his online galleries.

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