2024 Cadillac Escalade ESV

In today’s post, enjoy this 2024 Cadillac Escalade ESV photographed in the Winter in preparation for sale at auction.  With only 11,000mi on the clock, this is a very low milage Escalade.

The 2024 Cadillac Escalade ESV is a full-size luxury SUV defined by its extended length, commanding presence, and focus on comfort and technology.  Powered by a 6.2-liter V8 producing around 420 horsepower and paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission, it delivers smooth, confident performance with available four-wheel drive and substantial towing capability.  The ESV variant emphasizes space, offering three rows of seating for up to seven or eight passengers along with significantly increased cargo capacity compared to the standard Escalade.  Inside, it features a highly digital cabin anchored by a large curved display, premium materials, and an available AKG sound system, along with advanced driver assistance technologies such as adaptive cruise control and Cadillac’s hands-free Super Cruise system.  Known as Cadillac’s flagship SUV, the Escalade ESV combines size, power, and luxury in a format designed for buyers prioritizing interior space and high-end amenities.

When photographing vehicles for auction or sale, I capture a comprehensive photoset from all angles and capturing many more angles and details of the vehicle than highlighted here, to comply with many auctionhouses’ requirements.

J. David Buerk - Photography is not the vehicle’s seller - do not contact for vehicle purchase inquiries.

2026 Washington Auto Show

In 2025 we got to see Buick’s Wildcat EV, and this year brought the new concept car’s roots to the show in the form of the original 1985 futuristic testbed (and legendary Hot Wheels).

First unveiled in 1985, the Buick Wildcat concept was a sleek, forward-looking statement of where General Motors imagined American luxury performance could go: low, wide, unapologetically futuristic, and packed with then-cutting-edge digital instrumentation.  Seeing the original Wildcat on the auto show floor this year made for a striking time-warp moment, especially when viewed through the lens of last year’s Wildcat EV debut.  While the 1985 concept leaned into Bézier curves, aviation influence, and analog futurism, the modern EV reinterpretation carries that same experimental spirit forward with smooth surfaces, bold proportions, and an all-electric ethos.  Nearly four decades apart, both Wildcats serve the same purpose: less about production reality, and more about Buick staking a claim on what its version of the future looks like.

The Washington Auto Show sadly seems to shrink every year these days, and this year felt especially small, with fewer attendees due to the snowstorm still impacting the region, and large swaths of missing attendance - I remember the days when German manufacturers were on display, and luxury marquees such as Lexus, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Lincoln, Cadillac, and Jaguar were all highlights; this year, not even Nissan was included in the Japanese offerings - very disappointing annual downsizing.  Based on this, I was shocked Alfa Romeo and Land Rover both had small displays.
Exotics are always present in some capacity, but these are halo cars for the average attendee; I’m speaking about the missing makes attendees previously would have been able to experience the product.

After the show, a cool scene of chilly, ice covered DC:

Rubin, Madonna, & Abby - Fall Portraits for a Growing Family

It’s been a year since we’ve seen Abby, Donna, and Rubin; Abby is now two, and surprise, she’s soon to be a big sister!

At the peak of this year’s Fall colors, the three gathered at one of their favorite parks and playgrounds to bask in the sunset of 2025’s warm weather.  Abby learned she is is an expert climber, repeatedly traversing the monkey bar archway designed for kids much older than her, and took flight with Rubin tossing her skyward.

Here’s to seeing this family grow in 2026!

Joel & Danie: Engaged December 25th, 2023

This Fall, just before the leaves were being blown from their branches, Joel and Danie took in the colors along the Potomac River together to commemorate their engagement.  Although they have been engaged for just shy of two years now, like so many people in the pandemic era, establishing wedding plans is now trickier and necessitates planning further out; a lasting effect in our new post-pandemic normal — Joel and Danie will be wed this coming Spring!

While planning their engagement session, the two poked fun at each other if they would wear their respective uniforms for the shoot - both are “airport people,” like myself, and paused several times during our shoot to see which flight was overhead.  Once again, aviation has a way of bringing people together.  The afternoon wrapped up with a leaf fight - no leaf piles were on hand to jump into.

Stay tuned this Spring for Joel and Danie’s wedding, after the snow melts and the flowers begin to emerge in Arlington!

Guinness Open Gate Baltimore: St. Patrick's Day + Radio Hero

It’s only once or twice a year I really get to celebrate the Irish half of my heritage, and last year after briefly meeting up with a friend catching a flight, I decided to treat myself and finally go check out the Guinness Open Gate Baltimore brewery which I was nearby.  I’m not a huge beer person, but when I do go for one, Guinness is typically my first choice, or other stouts - not surprising as a daily coffee drinker.

My main goal was to get lunch and relax a little while I was out near Baltimore since I’m not out that way very often, but I saw online that the brewery had St. Patrick’s Day celebrations scheduled all weekend even though this was a few days before the actual holiday.  Going in blind and not knowing what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised that not only was there a live band playing, but there were multiple spots and a vendor fair indoors and (tented) outdoors to check out and choose from.

Since I was mainly there to eat something, I didn’t even see if any brewery tours were available the day I was there - I suspect not, and would prefer seeing that as more of it’s own dedicated day.  Outside, with my fish and chips and my first selection of Guinness — a brew I had never even heard of them making before — I enjoyed the band playing a selection of Top 40 covers from the last couple decades; lots of millennial hits.  The band was fittingly titled Radio Hero.