Hammered refers to a kustom that has been chopped (the roof lowered) and this baby sure did! One killer kustom Merc. Processed with LucisArt Thoughts welcomed and check out those nekkid lady spinner hubcaps! :) —-—-—-—-—-- / More of my work can be seen on my website at http://jdebordphoto.com / All artwork is © John De Bord, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent.
I love 58 Chevy’s…one of my favorite cars. An old shot that I was able to salvage because of my editing skills improving. Needless to say I am happy I was able to! Now generally as a rule of thumb, I would KO the powerlines, but this time I left them in intentionally. Why? Well I started to KO them then went back, after noticing that without them, the telephone pole is just kinda strange and they add a sense of perspective in this shot. Processed with Photoshop, LucisArts, Virtual Photographer, about 7 layers, and custom color retro actions using curves. —-—-—-—-—-- / More of my work can be seen on my website at http://jdebordphoto.com / All artwork is © John De Bord, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent.
5-0 Flamed Ford So hot ya can cook a pig on it! :)
Pickups and Thunderstorms I was really going for exposure and atmosphere here with this shot featuring a 60 Chevy Pickup. It just really had an air about it…...
Like waiting for judgement say, there they stood, in all their glory….40s era Fords, Oldsmobile’s, Pontiac’s, Chevy’s….awaiting the rodders touch to be sculptured in lead, and reincarnated into a new life as a hotrod. Sadly, as much as I love this place, it is now forever gone. I did many shoots at Classical Gas in Eaton, Colorado….and now it is just a memory….it is forever closed as the owner has recently passed away. I was lucky enough to have been here as often as I could…preserving it forever with my camera. And while it is an older shot, it seems just like yesterday I was standing there taking this….time stands still…...much as it did for the classic 40s Detroit iron….... Thoughts welcomed, print to come. Processed with PS, DCE HDR, and LucisArt. —-—-—-—-— See more on my website jdebordphoto.com
My second rendition of this shot…..I will miss this place as it has now closed down…sad….at least I was able to capture it while I could. HDR and LucisArt used in processing John
I ‘spose anyone who knows me or has watched my work for awhile knows that I am true and tried hotrod nutcase! lol I love photographing them, the old design, the style, and I usually try to have my postwork reflect the cars era. This one being a 1950 Oldsmobile. Thoughts welcomed! John
Not much longer now and Spring will be here and with it comes the late night cruises, the smell of racing fuel, the sound of 50s music, and the roar of good ol American Hotrod Horsepower! HDR Processed, thoughts welcomed!
Captured on an Indian Reservation in New Mexico, I have always loved 49-51 Ford Coupe’s…rare, they make one of the best Kustoms ever…and if I coulda found the owner and had a tow truck, I would have towed this all the way back home to Colorado with me! What a scene…...processed in HDR…thoughts welcomed!
And this is what it’s ALL about. Sure, show cars are nice, with their shiny paint, but are NEVER driven! Welcome to the wildside of the Kustom Kulture/Rockabilly/Greaser/RatRod lifestyle! Where they are driven year around in all kinda of weather, where blood, sweat, and guts are spent many a late night in garages all over America, downing cans of PBR, welding and hammering, making it all fit. Homegrown hot rodding at it’s finest! Made to go, and made to run your show cars ass off the road! It’s a Model A with a vintage 50s Hemi, bullet holes are real, from when th ebody sat in a field for some 50 odd years. Beer Keg in the back works as the gas tank, and straight pipes make this thing louder than Hell’s Chariot! If Satan had a Hotrod, then this would be it!!!! Processed with my won Kodachrome PS script for vintage slide coloring Thoughts welcomed!
Take one 1960 Hotrod Chevy Pickup at a car show in the rain, close focus and crop in camera, and then shove it thru custom settings in LucisArt and use the channel mixer for B&W, and you get something that looks like the textures will just eat you alive! I really like how this one came out…there is just so much to see in this….. / Thoughts welcomed! / —-John
When Mercury made some of the badest cars around, when the lines were designed and Chrome reflected it’s wonderful colors. When Rock & Roll was just being born, and tailfins were the norm. Welcome to the Montclair Timewarp! HDR processed, selective vignetting, custom retro color curves, selective dodging and burning. All I can say is that I am ordering a 24×36 print for my wall! I love how this one came out! Thoughts welcomed!
A 1950’s greaser slides into Las Vegas with Two tattooed beauties.
Hotrods & Kustoms are a specialty of mine, so get ready to see a whole LOT more! I L O V E 60’s Cadillac’s, I love em even more when they are 1960-1966, this one being a ‘64. Even more when they are lowered with painted wheels, have Lake Pipes, and wide whitewalls! Welcome to the West Side Sinners Kar Klub, hailing from Denver, Colorado, and bring you more hair grease than a can of 40 weight motor oil! I saw this in front of their shop with a few of their other rides and had to stop, it was mandatory. No one around at all, I started shooting away…was kinda nice not having to worry about a ton of people at a car show for once. The building in the background which you will see in upcoming shots, provided a nice authentic backdrop as well. Processed from RAW in Lightroom, then onwards to PS and LucisArt. —-John
Pam took Jonathan and I too this awesome diner today in Longmont. When we were leaving this car was parked outside, I fell in love with the car. This is so my style! Now all I need is this car, a photographer and lets do some pin up shots!!!! YA BABY!!! / 3 shot HDR processed in Photomatix and then enhanced in LR / Mr Nikon D60 DSLR / View large and in the left hand corner of the chrome bumper you can see something white, thats me /
Todays piece is brought to you by the letter A!
Rock Out With This One Of A Kind / Rockabilly Cafe Design…
Rock Out Ladies / With This One Of A Kind Bad Girl Design…
Rockabilly Rebel Design…
Coming soon, watch this space!
Here come the Greasers….. keep watching, they’re coming
Retro Photography is my other passion besides Nature Photography, and when I happened upon this little scene I just had to go wild with the camera for awhile. I wanted something that REALLY looked truly like film, that looked like it was shot back in the day, and this is the end result here. / Hope you all like it! / John
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