Pro Photoshoot

[TwoJ's]

Is that first one on I-90 on Lake Washington? And the last one in the tunnel on Mercer Island?

Pics look great. Got to love that PNW scenery.

[WillisE30]

Is that first one on I-90 on Lake Washington? And the last one in the tunnel on Mercer Island?

Pics look great. Got to love that PNW scenery.

Yup.

[Tavern Gnome]

Really nice shots! See you around man.

[AlarmedBread]

Very nice shots make the car look fantastic

[z50_Jumper]

some really cool ones in there, nice car btw.

[mtechnik]

Yes yes yes !! The brightness , contrast etc is so perfect & expressive int he first shot posted.

But it's so ugly up close.

That's the magic of good photography. and possible editing.

[Ben Carufel]

He's a professional, you say?

[mtechnik]

He's a professional, you say?

I guess you mean the shots that seem to have compression issues or smth..

prolly just went wrong in the software that was used..

[Ben Carufel]

I guess you mean the shots that seem to have compression issues or smth..

prolly just went wrong in the software that was used..

I was referring to composition and lighting.

[WillisE30]

I was referring to composition and lighting.

Yeah, he does a lot of rally stuff. I forget what agency it is that whores him out, it doesn't matter. It's not like I was holding this up as some elite example of the best photos in the world.

[DarkWing6]

I've driven it and want to again. Next time when it's dry. :D



Lookin good Will!

[Airpoppoff]

He's a professional, you say?

I shoot motorsports pofessionally, I've done a specific car shoot less than 5 times. And Seattle sucks for lighting. I think they came out great for the conditions we were dealing with.

[Ben Carufel]

I shoot motorsports pofessionally, I've done a specific car shoot less than 5 times. And Seattle sucks for lighting. I think they came out great for the conditions we were dealing with.

I agree; dealing with lots of clouds while using nothing but natural light and no reflection or bounce isn't going to yield stellar results.

As someone in the photography industry (albeit as a lowly assistant), I wouldn't myself label images as "Pro" unless they were the best images I could create.

Personally, in this situation, I would have asked the owner of the car to just tell people a "friend" shot the images.

No offense intended, and you'll have to excuse me for being a bit jaded. Everyone and their brother with a digital camera is now a "professional photographer". I'm wary when I see people saying "Yeah, my friend is a professional photographer..."

Ben

[Airpoppoff]

I agree; dealing with lots of clouds while using nothing but natural light and no reflection or bounce isn't going to yield stellar results.

As someone in the photography industry (albeit as a lowly assistant), I wouldn't myself label images as "Pro" unless they were the best images I could create.

Personally, in this situation, I would have asked the owner of the car to just tell people a "friend" shot the images.

No offense intended, and you'll have to excuse me for being a bit jaded. Everyone and their brother with a digital camera is now a "professional photographer". I'm wary when I see people saying "Yeah, my friend is a professional photographer..."

Ben

I Get paid and flown to places to take motorsports pictures, thats when I started classifying myself as professional.

I understand your antics, I'm the same when I hear someone buy 5k in camera equipment. These are not the best images I could create for Will, but the best I can do for now for the rest of the season, unless it somehow clears up again :-?


If I did still car photography all the time, and did more magazine shots I'd have myself the decent lighting setup like more of the pro's do. I don't like making cars look better and more amazing than they actually are, Some of the new pro Photogs have gotten crazy out of hand with editing images and using lighting techinques, I understand their reason, but don't prefer it. To each is own :)

[Ben Carufel]

If I did still car photography all the time, and did more magazine shots I'd have myself the decent lighting setup like more of the pro's do. I don't like making cars look better and more amazing than they actually are, Some of the new pro Photogs have gotten crazy out of hand with editing images and using lighting techinques, I understand their reason, but don't prefer it. To each is own :)

I agree 100%. I don't personally have a problem with using lighting on location -- I mean, you're taking the effort and the time needed to make a gorgeous shot. However, it's the new breed of Photograshoppers (I just made that up...has a nice ring, doesn't it?) who instead of carrying lights and reflectors around, just shoot 8-10 frames and layer or HDR these things.

That's what aggravates me. Anyone skilled with a computer can make a decent shot look great in photoshop -- it takes true talent and a true commitment of time to make a shot look gorgeous straight out of the camera.