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30 July 2008

Lowrider Love on a Sunday Afternoon

La fiesta Quinceañera

Here at Telstar Logistics, we do not consider ourselves to be masters of photographic technique.  To the extent that we take pretty pictures, it's all thanks to our Cardinal Rule of Elemental Photography: Photos always turn out much better when you have a camera on hand to take the picture.

No camera? No photo. It's as simple as that. Who knew?

Happily, the solution turns out to be equally simple: Carry a camera as often as possible. Having tried many different makes and models, we tend to favor Casio's Exilim line of ultra-thin, point-and-shoot cameras.  Telstar Logistics has owned several Exilims over the years, including the pocket-friendly Casio EX-S600 that's in service with us now.

This Sunday it did what it does best as we were running errands in the neighborhood around our global headquarters.  While passing through San Francisco's Mission District under the bright midday sun, we came across a long line of Chevy lowriders idling outside a local church:

Quinceañera Lowriders

The occasion?  It was a Quinceañera ceremony — the Latina version of a sweet sixteen or bat mitzvah — and the lowriders were on hand to let the ladies ride in style. The wee Casio was tucked away in our pocket, so we unholstered it, pressed the shutter button a few times, and let the innate awesomeness of the spectacle do the rest. These were the results:

La fiesta Quinceañera

Impala de la fiesta Quinceañera

La fiesta Quinceañera

La fiesta Quinceañera

We submit that these photos came out much better than they would have had we not had a camera with us during our trip through the neighborhood. And not just a little better; significantly better, in fact!

IMAGES: All photos by Telstar Logistics

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Comments

Some really beautiful old Chevies. Roll On amigos!

That is in my old 'hood. Cezar Chavez and... Howard?

Very cool. Coincidentally, I rolled past those same (excellent) cars on Sunday. Everyone was really well dressed so I figured it was a wedding. Mystery solved!

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