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Cruise Night at Oakland Beach

Cruise Night

August 27, 2016 by A. Cemal Ekin
Cruise Night at Oakland Beach

Oakland Beach is a nearby neighborhood on the water, with a beach no less! There are several restaurants and a small Warwick City Park. Every Tuesday evening a large number of old and new cars drive to Oakland Beach. They take their positions in the middle of the small park for everyone to enjoy the vehicles, the beach, listen to old music, and have a grand time.

Our friends Noreen and Mike had been there before. They suggested that we took a ride to Oakland Beach to enjoy the show, then have dinner at one of the area establishments, Iggy’s Boardwalk. The weather was remarkably good with moderate temperature and comfortable humidity, ideal for strolling outside. We spent about an hour, maybe a little more, wandering around the old and new cars in excellent shape. The flamboyant sizes of the old cars and their highly styled fins, grills, headlights, etc. all fit the mood. The white Cadillac you see in a couple of photographs was 19.5 feet long, almost 6 meters! The music was mostly 1950s with a little from the 1960s thrown in. Other than the owners of the cars sitting proudly next to their cars, there were many families with children, and many dogs to pet! After making the round and seeing all the cars, we ended up at Iggy’s for good food and chat!

I understand that Greater Warwick Lions Club organizes this and other similar events and the proceeds go to humanitarian projects. A worthy cause.

Jan and I are sharing some of the photographs we took there. You will see hers first until you get to a picture of her that I took, then my group starts. As in the previous post, I would like to encourage you to look at the photographs rather than the cars that made them possible. The objects are mostly cars but the photographs are more about color, texture, shape, tone, line, etc. with their formal elements.

Red Glasses
Stingray
Corvette
Corvette
Handles
Halogen
Thunderbird
Impala
V8
Jan shooting
Cadillac
Cadillac
Corvette
Corvette
Corvette
Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Corvette
Corvette
Corvette
Corvette
Corvette
Firebird
Chevrolet
Ford
Ford
Austin Healey
There were many dogs to pet

Category: Neighborhood, PhotographyTag: Neighborhood, Photography, Rhode Island

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  1. Haluk Atamal

    August 27, 2016 at 12:47 pm

    I had to browse through thrice to arrive at “my” final conclusion that:
    “Jan is more focussed on feelings”
    even though both batches are superb mind and heart samplings.
    We will never be able to beat the fair sex on anything, Cemal!
    (except perhaps parking a car :) )
    Very pleasant sharing, Thanks!

  2. RAMAZAN KAMARI

    August 29, 2016 at 9:06 am

    Really very nice cars and inspiring photos. I love this contamplative abstractions with bold colors.

    • A. Cemal Ekin

      August 29, 2016 at 9:08 am

      Thank you Ramazan, I refrained from showing the full spread to bring the attention to more what is contained in the photographs. Jan seems to have followed the same line of thinking. Good to hear from you.

      Cemal

  3. Mike Di Stefano

    August 29, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    Howdy Cemal
    Wonderful images and the way both you & Jan, Noreen & I saw the same cars in different ways. Noreen and I had a fun evening photographing and having dinner together with you and Jan. Thanks

    • A. Cemal Ekin

      August 29, 2016 at 9:36 pm

      That’s how photography supposed to be, see with your eyes and brains rather than replicating what others have seen. It was a fun evening, we’ll do it again.

      Cemal

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