I managed to get a couple nice shots at the meet. Albeit I'm VERY new at car photography. Let me know what you think. I'll post them as I process them.
This is Brettski's Imola
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I managed to get a couple nice shots at the meet. Albeit I'm VERY new at car photography. Let me know what you think. I'll post them as I process them.
This is Brettski's Imola
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Massive gorgeousness with a dab of angled acceleration in a colorful display of beauty.
Two thumbs up! and you're new at this?
Man, that's a very cool picture !
I wonder if my son could be upset if I replace his pic with this one on my screen saver.
That's a great shot, would be perfect as desktop wallpaper.
I would photoshop out the transponder below the rear view mirror and the sticker in the left rear window.
Also, I'm not wild about the flair but that's just personal opinion. I also think it would look cleaner with the license plate photoshopped out but it does identify it as HIS car so I don't know.
New at this my butt! Looks amazing!
Charlie and Stuart's ride outside Belissimo's
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The picture of Brettski's car is amazing. Love it honey.
I meant to say this before, but the picture almost captures how clean Brettski's car is. Looks like he just drove it off the lot, inside and out.
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Jeff's Imola
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Awesome shots Kyle, just wow! :drool
I'm new to all aspects of this but you my friend have shooting experience shooting wildlife, and it seems you have a knack for cars also.
I have no idea about processing, but you definitely have skillz there too.
Did you happen to get a shot of mine?
Thanks for the compliments John. And no I don't have any shots of your car. I really regret not getting the chance to take you out for photos on maintenance day like we talked about. I was elbows deep in Cam's rotor removal after I shot Brett's car and when I looked up it was time to go.
Get that sucker shined up for next year (or maybe Bimmerfest East if we can make it) and I'll def shoot it then. By that time I'll even have more practice at this car photography thing and should be able to give you something better than what we missed out on this weekend.
So Bimmerfest it is then :biggrin
Kyle, great shots! Next year, let's think about doing official rolling shots again.
I have to be honest, I think a "photo ops" time is a great idea. For rolling shots, time for the true pro's to work on stuff. I honestly didn't take ANY photos of cars because I don't have the skills or the gear, and I know there are so many amazing photographers in the Mafia. I was hoping to see a few pro quality shots of my car too, but no worries. I like how my car photobombed the pic of Charlie & Stu's cars... :biggrin
Looking great kyle! Keep them coming.
Kyle, the photo looks awesome on a larger screen! Blurred background, glossy paint, and Xenon headlight flare really make the car pop.
A huge THANK YOU to both you and Ryan for volunteering to get some beautiful photos during the meet.
Personally, I prefer the photo in it's natural form, with EZ-Pass, front plate, and family reunion sticker showing. It will always remind me of when the photo was taken, and who the camera man and chase-car driver were - two very special Bimmer enthusiasts and extraordinary folks down in western NC!
I am looking forward to the night shots at Belissimo's pizza after the rain!
Yeah, I meant "professional" as anyone with skills and a nice camera... Tony, Chris, Kyle, etc etc... All these guys are light years ahead of my skill! I would be willing to pay some for a real professional though, but hopefully by next year I'll be fairly crafty with our new T5i.
I'm sure you will! BTW, Matt took GREAT shots last year. We haven't yet seen his from this meet.
Just to let you all know, it takes a lot of work to shoot photos. If someone took the time to shoot everyone's cars it would take all day no problem.
For instance. I took 40+ shots of Brett's car and the photo above was the only one that everything came together on. Some of your photos will not be in the best focus, the car won't be in the right spot, or there will be something in the background that detracts from the photo. You'll even get the photo that looks great but is too dark or light in places and can't be saved in photoshop.
So there is a day taking photos.....then there is processing. It took me about a hour a photo to process these three. So there's even more time to look at for the photographer. It also took me about a hour to look through my shots and see what was worth messing with and what didn't turn out how I wanted. I took about 75 shots all together at the meet. To have three shots that I'm happy with is very good. Not everything works out as well as you'd think, even if you know what you're doing.
I'm sure that Marc and Casey will attest that they take thousands more photos than we'll ever see or hear about.
Agree to a point.
I think Mark is very good at getting the shot he wants.
It wouldn't surprise me at all, if he went to the Grand Canyon, 1000 miles away, to take 2 clicks. One sunset, one sunrise.....and have both be winners.
Wow! That lead-off shot is great! :like
I've heard of 'Rolling Thunder', but that one could aptly be titled 'Rolling Lightening'.
Somehow even if it hadn't been mentioned as Brett's ride I would have guessed it anyway. :)
these are great nice work
Wow awesome. May I photoshop my car in one of your car lots? Since I live so far away. HAHA
And just so no one takes my comment the wrong way, I do agree, that photography is a hell of a lot of work, and the photo's you took at the meet are greatly appreciated.:)
You find a "process" that you can rely on 99% of the time for the most part. When it's your job or serious hobby, it's like being comfortable working with any kind of tool: a, wrench a computer program, a chef's knife, a rifle... I'm sure you all get what I mean.
The issue I see far too often is that the DSLR has become so easily available to all consumers that they most of the time believe they can pick one up and not learn how to properly use it and be Ansel Adams.
Kyle's pretty good at getting the shot he wants too. It just takes more than one stutter opening.
Great shots Kyle... I think you have an advantage as you have Ryan and her sweet car to use as a subject to practice your skillz.... keep it up buddy!!!
Mark showed me some pics on his iPad and believe me, they are freaking gorgeous... im not into photography, but the Boss Emeritus and I agreed that its not just the camera that makes a good pic, the photographer also needs to have the 'eye' to see things differently and capture it... and obviously, he has both...
Those shots look good, great work Kyle.
I agree with all... Having a good camera doesn't even come close to doing the trick. You need a lot of practice and skill for sure. I have neither. In addition, you need to have the right editing software and again, tons more practice and skill...
Photography is NOT easy, that's for sure...
Props and thanks to all of you that do it so well.
For me it's more of what I'm used to honestly. I don't shoot cars that often, it's not what I'm into. I think that including this meet I've shot cars a total of 7 days. I will admit that I had a good time shooting cars at the meet but it's not something I'd wake up for in the morning and do on my own. I enjoy shooting cars for the people that are in them I guess. That's what I've found to be the case thus far at least.
Ryan will attest that I will however wake up before dawn and hit the woods for the photography that I love to do. That mostly consists of wildflowers, birds, waterfalls, etc. I'm just getting into landscape photography a little more but it doesn't really do it for me either, not yet.
I'm trying to branch out on what I photograph...get out of my comfort zone....and I'm really glad that you guys like the photos. I appreciate it a bunch.
Here is the best I got with my d5100 and phone editing app
http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...DSC_0975_1.jpg