It was a nice change of pace to be out at this event shooting for myself instead of covering the event for work. Although…I guess technically I was still technically working? You know what I mean. This year I went out to support a family member who was showing his recently restored vehicle, and have the kiddo take a few photos of some pretty awesome cars (gotta start’em young).

Also, funnel cakes.

It’s been awesome getting out to these early events every so often. Usually I’m a ghost, I’ll say Hi to the few people I recognize then get to walking around – capture a few images – all while thinking about what the heck I’m going to write. Ok, that last part is a lie, I don’t really know what I’ll be writing about till I’m actually here putting things together. BUT, lately I’ll stop at a car to really give it a good look over and I’ll usually strike up a conversation with the owner. After all, none of these cars that end up on here mean anything at all without some sort of story between them and the owner.

Time is an illusion, so let’s not dwell on the fact that it took me over 2 months to get these photos edited and this article written up. All jokes aside, this is the largest gallery I’ve ever put on the site and once I removed any duplicates, or shots that I didn’t feel really needed to be in there – this was everything that was left. There is just SO much going on at SEMA – it’s really hard to capture everything. I mean we missed an entire section (Toyo Tires tent), but that just means I gotta try harder this year!