It’s been a busy week and I somehow didn’t make the time to finish up my story on my time in New Orleans last week! So Vistaphotography went on the road to New Orleans…
I’m sure most of you are well aware of how hard it is when you are traveling for business and trying to find time to explore for yourself. I was slapped in the face with this fact when I went down with my wife’s Company (FinCo Management) for the NADA convention in New Orleans. I had every intention of getting out of the convention center but I found myself wandering and taking pictures inside.

The 57 Chevy was as cherry as they come and struck a counter point to all the Dodge Challengers that were around the floor. I saw my first “Saleen”! And I struck up a conversation (as I like to do…) with the sales rep there. He must have thought I was someone important because I he gave me a promo CD with pictures of the car and press releases… I have to admit that I think most of my simple pics from right there on the floor were better than their photos from inside a garage. I would say these were done low budget and in a hurry since the lighting was minimal and I would say it was what was on hand so they could get the pics out onto CDs and into the hands of dealers. I was just using the glaring lights of the overhead spot lights that was there. This caused specular highlights for my shots (I didn’t have a flash on my camera), but I think mine really show off the car better.

Of course mine have people walking around and getting in the shot but with a car this good looking you don’t really notice them.
There weren’t too many dealers in attendance at this convention and the general feeling was that dealer attendance was down almost 50%. The day I left, I went by the registration booth where they had bags that dealers would get when they signed in. There where hundreds if not thousands of these bags stacked up waiting for the dealers to show up.
Dealers are also watching their $$ this year and the downturn in the economy is spreading out like ripples on a pond.
Our not buying cars affect the dealers and this in turn affects all the companies that sell their products to the dealers. So I guess we should all get out there and buy a new car!
Here are other pictures from the show.