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Photographic Artist may not be a new phrase, but it's the first time I've really heard it used and aptly so! After I used a Douglas Pittman photo (Redwing Mascot) as the cover image for a recent Friday Flickr Faves and decided to go have a look at his work I found some really great pieces. Immediate Featured Photog! Anyways as Douglas states he is a Photographic Artist and I cannot think of a better way to describe him.

Hi, I'm Doug Pittman. Let me start by saying thanks for the chance to share my story. I'm 55 and work as a Crew Chief for one of the major airlines in the Dallas Ft Worth area. Photography has been a hobby for the better part of my life, but I never pursued it with any seriousness until the last few years. After the purchase of the camera I own now, I found myself looking for events that might offer interesting subject matter and happened upon a car show one weekend. I can't say I came away with any keepers that day, but found I could easily get lost in the moment trying to capture the style and beauty on display there. I was hooked.

Living in a major metropolitan area, there are car shows almost every weekend. One of my favorites is the monthly Cars and Coffee gathering. I have eclectic taste when it comes to cars and having a show that attracts everything from hotrods to exotics makes for a target rich environment.

If you've ever taken a camera to a car show,...

For this months photo-of-the-month we selected this awesome detail shot of a beautiful classic Chevrolet by Douglas Pittman who submitted this photo to our Flickr group.

http://www.chasingasphalt.com/photo-of-the-month/photo-of-the-month-february-4/