Florida is a winter wonderland!

[CleanAzzE30z]

I like those rims more and more as I see them. They fit your car very well.


mariano

[e30rida]

WOW mad skillz man,
never though I would like a 4 door e36 as much as I like this one. How in heel did you fit those wheels in the back?

[E30SPDFRK]

Hell no! I love the torque of the M52. It's not worth the loss on the bottom end for the gain on the top end to me.

Actually, Eurotuner just did a tech article about the m50 manifold swap kit from Eurosport and the gained a little low end torque and quite a but more hp.

Your car looks beautiful as always. I love that first shot.

[egk2]

Ever think about swapping out that steering wheel? One of the things I hated about my e36.

[e30e]

as a fellow e36 owner i have never understood why poeple get clear tails and keep the "amber" AKA ORANGE front turn signals???? What gives? Other than that I love your wheels and stance the car has.

[rwh11385]

Teej stretchin' tires...



what's the world comin' to?

[Sean]

Shit TJ....those pictures are sweet! I just am amazed and how awesome they look.

Not to mention...I love that color!

[steinbachphoto]

I didn't want to lower the shutter speed as it would have brought up the ambient exposure. I was aiming for the dark backgrounds in the rest of the parking garage (without faking it in Photoshop). Bringing up the ambient would have made the shots a lot less dramatic. The ISO was already at 100. I don't think the flash blew out the car in any shots (sure they are some crazy highlights on the body), just the rims, but if I cared more I could have fixed that in Photoshop easily. Thanks for the input though.

I think in essence what you really meant to say is I need to broaden my light sources with larger umbrellas, etc. The light looks "harsh" and there are bad highlights on the car body because the size of the light source is so small relative to the car. I can also work on my family of angles to make it so the highlight doesn't appear so promanate on the body panels, but again, that's what I was out there for, to practice. When car studios shoot cars, the use soft boxes that are 20' long. I was using one flash into a 43" umbrella, and one flash bare. It's a big challenge to create broad light on such a large, shiny object with that setup. I need another umbrella at least.



You've got it all wrong. When you stop down the aperture you have to turn UP the flashes to compensate. In general, the shutter speed effects the ambient exposure, and the aperture effects both. By stopping down the aperture I would allow less light from the flashes into the camera, and I would have to turn them up.

How bright the flash is is a combination of your ISO, aperture, and the power set on the flash. If you don't think so, try setting your flash on manual power and pop off a shot at f/5.6 and then again at f/2.8. Yes, the 'flash exposure' will be 2 stops different. You could have achieved the same thing by starting the flash at 1/4 power and bumping it back up to 1/1 power while keeping the aperture at f/5.6, thus giving you some room to play with the aperture in the camera instead of being maxed out at f/2.8. Of course you always want to stay at ISO 100 unless it's a special situation.

I've been using flashes for years so I am not new to the concept of "two different exposures." I am just new to off-camera flash so I am still getting a hang of it, though I know the concepts well.

I appreciate the discussion though, this is good!

Anyways, thanks for all the comments guys. I am learning slowly. I hope Billy paints his car soon so I can shoot an E30 again (Erick lives to far away to do impromtu photoshoots, I usually just get his drift action). Orlando I'd love to shoot your car sometime too many, it's dead sexy. You just need that door trim!

my bad, my excuse is that i posted that at 1 in the morning and was half asleep!

[surebimmer]

I love those wheels with the caps off!

M50 manifold coming soon?

[dom]

muffler looks kinda crooked.

other than that, looks great.

[Firestorm]

What do you have in store for it next?

m20 swap.

[T3rd Ferguson]

It's looking better and better dude, i love your car. Remind me again, what is it sitting on? the rear sits fucking PERFECTLY.

[Wiechu]

WOW!!!!:o Awesome pics, AZEV A without caps looks much better ;)

Great car8)

[Vedubin01]

I like pretty pictures!:)

[Erick]

Kewl thanks Tj. I got the trim and Hopefully Erick will have my E46pcs for the interior this Friday (cough cough). I can't wait. Maybe we can do a shoot at the next meet if they are both ready in time and I can get my brother to drive the ugly ducking do I can bring them both.

Trust me, I have been bugging BMW about this. :p

I got two e30s too... I just need enough tires to mount nice wheels on two cars lol

With a big shoot, I would be in attendance with the boosted car and the cabrio. :D