my portfolio

azianmopar05 · Post by **azianmopar05** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:40 pm

well im really into photograhpy and trying to make it as a free lance photographer for automotive world .. here is my link to my personl portfolio

cars i have currently shot
06 lambo
95-97 s14 nissan 240sx
(2)04 ford mustang gt
05 neon sxt (mine)
3rd gen camaro
93 nissan 240 sx (sr20 swap)

next high end car i have next up is a 05 ashton martin DB9, im excited about that one
well enjoy and feed back and opions are welcome

http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r67/jbautis/

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:55 pm

They are really nice but they just dont "pop" for me. They dont stand out from most pics I see

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:10 pm

Not bad...but not amazing either. Lighting could be better in 95% of the pictures...shadow's pretty much ownd alot of those pics. Yeah, every once in a while you want a picture that has a shadowy look...but there were ALOT of shots in there that would have looked sweet with even lighting and a better backround. Which leads to the second biggest thing I noticed...the setting/backround. The backround is pretty much as important as the object you're shooting. And I wasn't impressed with any of the backrounds, except for a maybe a couple on the Lambo and the butt end shot of the Camaro with the city in front of it. For example...the very last shot of the Lambo on the driveway would have been 10x better if it would have been taken about 3 minutes after the sun was below the horizen, and it was framed a bit better...cause those trees were beautiful...but the lighting made the whole shot look amateur.

Definately keep working at it though, I have alot of respect for professional photographers...I wanted to be one myself for a while. It takes alot of shots and alot of practice to be be able to take pictures that really capture the essence of the moment.

azianmopar05 · Post by **azianmopar05** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:16 pm

i try to natural lighting as my lighting trying to catch the real beauty of cars in there natural enviorment. also having a better camra would help alot . right now im using a kodak easy share 730zx good camra but not great trying to save up for a nikon slr or dlr which ever one i cant member. that's the reason why i take so many shots so i know i can dig threw all the shots and find that one perfect one

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:16 pm

the new camera will def. help here's one i took with the nikon D200;
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/k ... ock072.jpg
my dad took this one
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/k ... k194-1.jpg

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:33 pm

No offense dude but there was nothing special. They all looked like quick snapshots in someones driveway.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:57 pm

i have to agree with the guys...

there was only a couple of them that i liked. hope were not too hard on you, just keep working on it man

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:56 pm

yeah... im gonna hafta agree with the majority of the previous statements. not bad, but could be better. im no photographer or anythign though, so who am i to judge?

03blackrt · Post by **03blackrt** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:47 pm

Like everyone else said, they're not the best, but not the worst. A better camera will do wonders. A good set of lenses and filters will do wonders too.

SX_2.0_Monkey · Post by **SX_2.0_Monkey** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:55 pm

A few suggestions

a new camera would be nice, and since you want to go into photography it will help, but you can make really great shots with lighting, backround and framing. Instead of taking the pictures in a lane way line them up on a rolling hill in the country.

background is huge.

http://photos-771.ak.facebook.com/ip002 ... 1_4570.jpg

compared to something with a busy background

http://photos-774.ak.facebook.com/ip002 ... 4_5480.jpg

(these were taken with a Kodak C875 btw)

sure its nice but it doesn't pop as previously mentioned. I'm not the best photographer either. Look at car magazines and instead of looking at the car, look how the photographer did what he did to make it look good

azianmopar05 · Post by **azianmopar05** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:24 pm

ill take any judgement due to the fact it will show me what i need to improve on my skills still a newb but trying to perfect it the art. as in "pop" out to you what do you all mean? thanks for the feed back. i've got the same feed back from othe people on others site about my photography . i just dont want to be like every other photographer and be set by a standerd of having a car pic look a certain way and i want to break out of that. thus the shots with shawdows . low lighting and such but trying to improve every photo shoot. thanks again!

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:21 am

This is what "pop" is, regardless of background, your subject, should be the only thing in your pictures that are distracting.

I am no pro photographer, these were taken by me, just hanging out at a friends house one day, and took some pics, only thing I used as an aid is a tripod, but that doesn't do anything to the picture except make it clear. You have to be able to manually adjust your cameras settings to make a clear and make your subjucts "pop".......good luck, and before you start charging people for pictures, get yourself a really good camera, and by really good, I just mean a good point and shoot that can be adjusted. If you want to actually make a living at it, you need a great camera, Nikon D80, or any good DSLR, and a veriety of lenses and filters.

These were shot with a Sony Cybershot P200 7.2MP. No photoshop, no lense changes, no filters. Tripod was used. Notice how the subject remains your center of attention rather than reflections or backgrounds.

Are these perfect? Nope, but this is what an amature can do with a good camera, you just have to spend some time practicing, it's free to practice!! And a little fun! LOL

Have fun, good luck with your venture.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:25 am

wow... some cool pics there... and some cool cars....

refect · Post by **refect** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:20 am

im not hating or trying to bring you down on doing your thing, but your pics could be a lot better. like everyone esle was saying a better cammera will help a lot along with some lenses and filters. better cammeras are real expensive so for the meantime photoshop and a tripod can help make the pics look better. you need to get better angles and backgrounds too. check out the statics on http://www.jtuned.com and browse their forums. it will give you a tons of ideas, tips, and ways to shoot cars to make the pics look better. here is a few nice shots i seen them do except for the first one. did i mention photoshop works wonders? just keep practicing at it, and you will start to get better. no one is pro first time.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:54 am

refect wrote:

i freaking LOVE that pic... oh my...

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:01 pm

SPAM!!!!!

Just kidding.

nice pics, but yeah, keep working on it, you need to start somewhere, right?!

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:57 pm

refect wrote:im not hating or trying to bring you down on doing your thing, but your pics could be a lot better. like everyone esle was saying a better cammera will help a lot along with some lenses and filters. better cammeras are real expensive so for the meantime photoshop and a tripod can help make the pics look better. you need to get better angles and backgrounds too. check out the statics on http://www.jtuned.com and browse their forums. it will give you a tons of ideas, tips, and ways to shoot cars to make the pics look better. here is a few nice shots i seen them do except for the first one. did i mention photoshop works wonders? just keep practicing at it, and you will start to get better. no one is pro first time.

Nailed it.

If you notice in all 3 of those posted pics, EVERYTHING you can see in the pictures is worth looking at. There's not a single item, pebble, letter, fence stake, etc....that isn't worth looking at. And B-Rad takes some pretty mean pictures himself...sheck out his www....