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#1 · (Edited)
This Sunday we had a little half day photoshoot where we had a few hours to get some pics done of Chas & myself's cars. (time goes fast, when there's so much to set up)

Unfortunately Ian (the photographer) had to head home early because of a bad injury that was playing up.... and i felt bad keeping him back so long just to get photos done. Luckily he'd done the hard work setting up the lighting, so it was easier for me to get stuck in and shoot my car, and he'd already done Chas's car so it'll come up looking perfect.

I'm a photo-n00b, never done any studio work, and forgot my wide angle lens at home, so had to make do with slightly less pimping angles than i'd normally go for.
nonetheless... here's some of my better pics from Sunday.



















did some interior shots too, but i didn't really get enough time to get it all set up with lighting but the result isnt too bad.













@Chas, i'll be getting Ian's photos of you're car soon, so i'll send them to you to get them posted up :D
(lol, at least you'll get the professional looking ones :thumbsup:)
 
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#8 · (Edited)
Cheers mate :D Much appreciated!

See, I think it looks great in that side on picture, but the one I posted.... ouch!
really??
i didn't post that pic since i though the wing looked a bit odd compared to the other side one shots i've taken in the past.

lol... i should swap that pic for one of the other rear 3/4 i took then :p
 
#9 ·
This Sunday we had a little half day photoshoot where we had a few hours to get some pics done of Chas & myself's cars. (time goes fast, when there's so much to set up)

Unfortunately Ian (the photographer) had to head home early because of a bad injury that was playing up.... and i felt bad keeping him back so long just to get photos done. Luckily he'd done the hard work setting up the lighting, so it was easier for me to get stuck in and shoot my car, and he'd already done Chas's car so it'll come up looking perfect.

I'm a photo-n00b, never done any studio work, and forgot my wide angle lens at home, so had to make do with slightly less pimping angles than i'd normally go for.
nonetheless... here's some of my better pics from Sunday.




















@Chas, i'll be getting the Ian's photos of you're car soon, so i'll send them to you to get them posted up :D (lol, at least you'll get the professional looking ones :thumbsup:)
Great Photo's :clap::clap::clap:

come on ! post LARGE versions please in the wallpaper section......

Nigel :thumbsup:
 
#13 ·
If ever i saw a stunning 32...this would be it. Absolutely awesome car and great photos. I'd be happy to have them on my wall let alone yours.
Nice job...well done!!!!:thumbsup:
 
#14 ·
Thanks alot guys, i really do appreciate it :D

I've spent years drooling over the other peoples mega builds, pics and awesome cars, that it's nice to get good feedback for my own car :thumbsup:

lol, at the very least it means all the dodging in and out of rain over the weeknd, polishing and cleaning was worth it, :chairshot:

Really I do need to thank Ian who set up all the lighting on Chas's car and giving me a crash course on what i needed to do to take some decent pics, the studio is a pretty cool environment but somewhat daunting when you've only ever taken pics using ambient light or outdoors, and of course Charlie himself for sticking around to help me manouver the oil tanker around the studio LOL.
 
#25 ·
Thanks alot guys, i really do appreciate it :D

I've spent years drooling over the other peoples mega builds, pics and awesome cars, that it's nice to get good feedback for my own car

Really I do need to thank Ian who set up all the lighting on Chas's car and giving me a crash course on what i needed to do to take some decent pics, the studio is a pretty cool environment but somewhat daunting when you've only ever taken pics using ambient light or outdoors, and of course Charlie himself for sticking around to help me manouver the oil tanker around the studio LOL.
Mate your car looks awesome, it's tasteful and just looks right :thumbsup: excellent photos.
It was no problem waiting around and moving the oil tanker (thought it was a liner?) ;)
I had no idea how much work went into setting up a photoshoot, watching you guys move around the cameras and the way you control the light was an education.
Looking at the photos of mine even just on camera I can't wait to see them, they looked amazing. Just post them up when you get them, no need to check first and I'll PM you my email so you can send them on too.

Cheers for a great day buddy.

Charlie.
 
#16 ·
It's abvious you have photoshopped a lot of the backround and cut and paste the car onto a cleaner background but even so i think it shows the cars awesome stance and profile to a really high standard.
Pic number 3 does it for me :)
 
#17 · (Edited)
I noticed that myself, the scrappy brush strokes werent that evident on the monitor at work, but its really noticeable on my phone over 3g since o2 compresses images and theres all sorts of artifacts on the pictures. Easily remedied though, ill just mask the car properly and do a cleaner fill on the background, fortunately ive got the psd's saved for each so i dont need to redo them all :D

Lesson of the day, dont skip proofing the pics since what looks white isnt necessarily white


*edit... quick tweak on the uploaded pics before work, so the backgrounds are now cleaner (or at least they appear when the page is loaded on the phone :D
 
#20 ·
cheers,

I swapped them out for LED's... though they're a little too blue in my eyes still even though i keep swapping them for "whiter" ones when i can find them

i added which bulbs you need / can change on the dashboard to the "what bulb guide".
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/1441754-post33.html

on that note, i still need to work out how to remove the map reading bulbs
 
#31 ·
Cheers mate,
we'll we were talking at the end of the shoot of seeing about doing a whole day now that we've got the basic lighting/ layout etc sorted.
Charlie was talking about getting some lads down with their MK Escorts who were keen to get a shoot done, and one of the guys i know wouldnt mind getting some studio shots of his 996TT

So definately something to run again as a full day rather than just a few hours, and hopefully you'll be on the road and we can get a few other folk from here down for pics.

:D can't wait to see you're car once its finished!
 
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