visual art Some of my photography

[Postty 32]

howdy everyone! i though i would post of some of the pictures ive taken recently. I usually just take picture of my own car but i had a few people ask me to do theirs so i figured i'd take this up as a hobby that pays a little bit lol feel free to off any critiques or criticisms im still pretty much a noob at this!

 

[Lightning Bolt 65]

I liked all of them but I thought the third one was kind of iffy. The light affect on the last one is pretty boss. Same for the first one plus the peeps in the backround make the picture feel more lively. Overall good job.

[Nightfall 3,950]

Really nice!

I especially like that they are all about cars. :3

 

 

I am a gearhead. :3

 

 

[Postty 32]

Really nice!

I especially like that they are all about cars. :3

 

 

I am a gearhead. :3

 

 

 

Thanks! always nice to see other gearheads around the fourm!

 

I liked all of them but I thought the third one was kind of iffy. The light affect on the last one is pretty boss. Same for the first one plus the peeps in the backround make the picture feel more lively. Overall good job.

 

I actually meant to post a different version of that third one oops! Im going to take some more at the spot where that lighting was it turned out alot better than i thought it was going to. Yeah these were at a car meet it was a pain people kept walking into my shots lol

[Mubbins 145]

I'll be honest, I saw a photography thread and thought, "This can't be good, just some kid with a 10 megapixel camera running around."

 

I am pleasantly surprised! You have quite an eye for lighting and angles. The first almost looks like the car is computer generated and I love the contrast in the third. The only thing that I can critique in the first one is the people in the background, but there's not much to do about that. Very good job!

[Postty 32]

I'll be honest, I saw a photography thread and thought, "This can't be good, just some kid with a 10 megapixel camera running around."

 

I am pleasantly surprised! You have quite an eye for lighting and angles. The first almost looks like the car is computer generated and I love the contrast in the third. The only thing that I can critique in the first one is the people in the background, but there's not much to do about that. Very good job!

 

Thank you kindly! heck one of my best pictures i took was with a crappy 8 meg camera and it still looks better than some ive taken with my dslr lol. yeah its really hard to shoot at a car club meet with everyone walking around ive got another one this week so i might post up a couple more at some point. oh and heres the picture i took with that little 8 meg still my favorite picture of my car!

[VladmireV.S.(Crank) 1,096]

Thank you kindly! heck one of my best pictures i took was with a crappy 8 meg camera and it still looks better than some ive taken with my dslr lol. yeah its really hard to shoot at a car club meet with everyone walking around ive got another one this week so i might post up a couple more at some point. oh and heres the picture i took with that little 8 meg still my favorite picture of my car!

 

thats wierd....thats exactly the same car i have, color and everything.....stalker 0.0

[FedoraMemes 582]

Thank you kindly! heck one of my best pictures i took was with a crappy 8 meg camera and it still looks better than some ive taken with my dslr lol. yeah its really hard to shoot at a car club meet with everyone walking around ive got another one this week so i might post up a couple more at some point. oh and heres the picture i took with that little 8 meg still my favorite picture of my car!

 

That's one of my favourites!

 

I love the angles on all of them (don't really like the third one) but I love the lighting effect on the last one!

[Klopp 2,050]

If you're looking for photography critiques, then you've come to the right Klopp! I just happen to be a photographer myself, and know the proper techniques to get a great photo (I hope you don't mind fairly lengthy posts and forgive me for my vehicular ignorance, as I am not a big fan of cars )

 

My individual critiques are in the spoilers, along with each photo. And way down there at the bottom is an all-inclusive conclusion.

 

 

I can highlight a few problem with this one, the first one being there is way too much clutter in the background. The billboard, the stopsign, the people (They are such a nuisance when taking photos, always so inconsiderate and such >.>) the fence, the tree, the black car in the back, the lamp post, and most of all that Verizon wireless sign... All of these are a major distraction from the car in the front, which is certainly the main subject. It seems like you were trying to get both of these 2 cars in the shot, correct? Well, in this case you should have just ditched that idea, and gone for one at a time, cause in their positions there's really no way to get a good pic of them both unless you're in a helikloppter. You should have just gone for a better angle to avoid the background clutter I mentioned, as well as keep the focus solely on the car itself. This particular angle would have been fine, if it were a bit more cropped in on the BMW, and everything in the background were obliterated... I realize that can be difficult at times, but there's almost always a way to get a great photo while avoiding all the silly distractions in the background, you just gotta look for them.

 

 

 

Not quite sure what's happened here, but this photo is extremely grainy an pixellated. It looks as if it were printed out on some very fine sandpaper. I'm gonna go ahead and jump to conclusions here saying that your ISO is probably too high. It should be at 400, or possibly even 200, from what I can tell from the photo. The lower the ISO, the less grainy photos will be, but go too low, and you're gonna lose a proper exposure, which is another criticism I've got for you on this one. The top bit of the car is invisible in the photo, just blending right into the sky. It just flat out doesn't look good. The last thing I'd have to say about this one is you could have moved in just a smidge to remove that wheel on the right there, but it's only a minor distraction. Otherwise the position is good, and it's all around not a bad photograph

 

 

 

Lovin' this one as it has a more artistic approach to it, and that's something I really like to see. It's pretty much flawless apart from two minor details. Instead of taking the photograph so that the car was level, you should have leveled out the building in the background. Looks as though the car is on a flat surface, while the building is leaning slightly to the left, which is clearly not the case... unless the building really is leaning, which is highly doubtful The second thing I'd suggest would be to back up a little. With the more artistic styles, it is okay to get more background than normal, and can sometimes work to make a photo look even better. Well done on this one.

 

 

 

 

Overexposure again, eh? I've seen this a TON lately with photographers who think it's quite fancy and pretty, but in all honesty, it just looks dreadful. Like your second photo, the top of this car is completely white, and blends into the background behind it. If your intent was to show the car off, this isn't how you go about doing it. You've got way too much wall in here, and the photo is completely unbalanced. There is just nothing on the left site, apart from the wall, and it makes the right side appear too heavy. All photo's should have a good sense of balance, and it can be obtained by imagining the photo resting on a point in the center. If you were to do that with this photo, the car would just take the whole thing down, no contest. The focus should remain on the subject, but here I am honestly more drawn to the wall, cause it's just so massive in comparison and also has a more uniform exposure. The car going from extremely dark to extremely bright just doesn't work well at all, sorry. Also, I'd have certainly gone in from the other side of the car, to avoid that missing bit of the building, and the garade door. I don't mean to sound rude, but this photo just isn't very good.

 

 

 

This one is great except for, again, exposure issues. The car should be either full on in the light, or completely in the shade. Having the car just barely in the shade, with the light reflecting off the top, just creates some pretty bad exposure problems, which is consistent with your previous photos as well. Should I say it again? Okay, I will, you've got the top of the car so overexposed that it's blending in with the background. Now, apart from overexposure, this picture is well done. No distractions, good position, and the black and white is a nice touch on this one. Just work on exposure's and you should be good.

 

 

 

 

So, it looks like you major problem is gonna be exposure. That can be hard to deal with, as exposure changes every times you take a photograph depending on the lighting situation. It never hurts to take multiple photos, experimenting with the exposure, until you get one that is just right. I do it frequently when I take photos (Doesn't happen often, unfortunately >.>) But I'll often have 2 or 3 different exposures, cause you really don't know how it's going to look til you get home and plug the camera in, and often all it needs is a little photoshopping tweak.

 

Hmm... Speaking of photoshopping, I think it's safe to say that you've done a bit to each of these photos, correct? Either that or you using some kind of filter? Whichever is the case, I'd have to recommend you stop. In most photos of vehicles, the only thing you should be photoshopping is to enhance them a bit to bring out the colors more. People who are looking at such photos are likely only interested in seeing the car as it is in real life. Enhancing the colors just a tad to make them a bit more vibrant is all that is necessary. Just Google pretty much any vehicle you want, and you'll see the colors are always bright and shiny with very high contrast. That's what people love to see in car photos, but the changes you've got here are more unconventional, and should only be used in very specific circumstances (In my opinion, not at all. I just don't like the look of it, but some people do)

 

The main thing is, if it doesn't look good on it's own no amount of photoshopping is gonna help it anyways. The last black and white picture you did good, and it would only really work on that particular picture. The third one, being a bit more artistic like I said before, also goes well with the color change going on there. The other three, however, should have just been enhanced to show of the colors more.

 

 

If you want to continue doing photography, the advice I'd give is to simply look at the works of professional photographers, and find some tutorials that can teach you proper techniques. The best place to go for well done artistic automobile photography would probably be Tim Wallace, who's work can be found here: http://www.ambientlife.co.uk/

 

Of course, it's unlikely you'll be quite that good overnight, but you can always try

 

On the tutorials... I haven't got any suggestions for that, so I'm assuming Google can do much better than I can.

 

Okay, yeah, that's all I've got for now. To be honest I'm not the best choice for automobile photography critiques. I'm far better with portraits, landscapes, wildlife and still life, however, overall I've got a good eye for photography, so I'm going to have to say what I've pointed out is at least better than complete rubbish

[UndeadALK 6]

I don't like cars, but this ones looks fine

[Postty 32]

If you're looking for photography critiques, then you've come to the right Klopp! I just happen to be a photographer myself, and know the proper techniques to get a great photo (I hope you don't mind fairly lengthy posts and forgive me for my vehicular ignorance, as I am not a big fan of cars )

 

My individual critiques are in the spoilers, along with each photo. And way down there at the bottom is an all-inclusive conclusion.

 

 

I can highlight a few problem with this one, the first one being there is way too much clutter in the background. The billboard, the stopsign, the people (They are such a nuisance when taking photos, always so inconsiderate and such >.>) the fence, the tree, the black car in the back, the lamp post, and most of all that Verizon wireless sign... All of these are a major distraction from the car in the front, which is certainly the main subject. It seems like you were trying to get both of these 2 cars in the shot, correct? Well, in this case you should have just ditched that idea, and gone for one at a time, cause in their positions there's really no way to get a good pic of them both unless you're in a helikloppter. You should have just gone for a better angle to avoid the background clutter I mentioned, as well as keep the focus solely on the car itself. This particular angle would have been fine, if it were a bit more cropped in on the BMW, and everything in the background were obliterated... I realize that can be difficult at times, but there's almost always a way to get a great photo while avoiding all the silly distractions in the background, you just gotta look for them.

 

 

 

Not quite sure what's happened here, but this photo is extremely grainy an pixellated. It looks as if it were printed out on some very fine sandpaper. I'm gonna go ahead and jump to conclusions here saying that your ISO is probably too high. It should be at 400, or possibly even 200, from what I can tell from the photo. The lower the ISO, the less grainy photos will be, but go too low, and you're gonna lose a proper exposure, which is another criticism I've got for you on this one. The top bit of the car is invisible in the photo, just blending right into the sky. It just flat out doesn't look good. The last thing I'd have to say about this one is you could have moved in just a smidge to remove that wheel on the right there, but it's only a minor distraction. Otherwise the position is good, and it's all around not a bad photograph

 

 

 

Lovin' this one as it has a more artistic approach to it, and that's something I really like to see. It's pretty much flawless apart from two minor details. Instead of taking the photograph so that the car was level, you should have leveled out the building in the background. Looks as though the car is on a flat surface, while the building is leaning slightly to the left, which is clearly not the case... unless the building really is leaning, which is highly doubtful The second thing I'd suggest would be to back up a little. With the more artistic styles, it is okay to get more background than normal, and can sometimes work to make a photo look even better. Well done on this one.

 

 

 

Overexposure again, eh? I've seen this a TON lately with photographers who think it's quite fancy and pretty, but in all honesty, it just looks dreadful. Like your second photo, the top of this car is completely white, and blends into the background behind it. If your intent was to show the car off, this isn't how you go about doing it. You've got way too much wall in here, and the photo is completely unbalanced. There is just nothing on the left site, apart from the wall, and it makes the right side appear too heavy. All photo's should have a good sense of balance, and it can be obtained by imagining the photo resting on a point in the center. If you were to do that with this photo, the car would just take the whole thing down, no contest. The focus should remain on the subject, but here I am honestly more drawn to the wall, cause it's just so massive in comparison and also has a more uniform exposure. The car going from extremely dark to extremely bright just doesn't work well at all, sorry. Also, I'd have certainly gone in from the other side of the car, to avoid that missing bit of the building, and the garade door. I don't mean to sound rude, but this photo just isn't very good.

 

 

 

This one is great except for, again, exposure issues. The car should be either full on in the light, or completely in the shade. Having the car just barely in the shade, with the light reflecting off the top, just creates some pretty bad exposure problems, which is consistent with your previous photos as well. Should I say it again? Okay, I will, you've got the top of the car so overexposed that it's blending in with the background. Now, apart from overexposure, this picture is well done. No distractions, good position, and the black and white is a nice touch on this one. Just work on exposure's and you should be good.

 

 

 

 

So, it looks like you major problem is gonna be exposure. That can be hard to deal with, as exposure changes every times you take a photograph depending on the lighting situation. It never hurts to take multiple photos, experimenting with the exposure, until you get one that is just right. I do it frequently when I take photos (Doesn't happen often, unfortunately >.>) But I'll often have 2 or 3 different exposures, cause you really don't know how it's going to look til you get home and plug the camera in, and often all it needs is a little photoshopping tweak.

 

Hmm... Speaking of photoshopping, I think it's safe to say that you've done a bit to each of these photos, correct? Either that or you using some kind of filter? Whichever is the case, I'd have to recommend you stop. In most photos of vehicles, the only thing you should be photoshopping is to enhance them a bit to bring out the colors more. People who are looking at such photos are likely only interested in seeing the car as it is in real life. Enhancing the colors just a tad to make them a bit more vibrant is all that is necessary. Just Google pretty much any vehicle you want, and you'll see the colors are always bright and shiny with very high contrast. That's what people love to see in car photos, but the changes you've got here are more unconventional, and should only be used in very specific circumstances (In my opinion, not at all. I just don't like the look of it, but some people do)

 

The main thing is, if it doesn't look good on it's own no amount of photoshopping is gonna help it anyways. The last black and white picture you did good, and it would only really work on that particular picture. The third one, being a bit more artistic like I said before, also goes well with the color change going on there. The other three, however, should have just been enhanced to show of the colors more.

 

 

If you want to continue doing photography, the advice I'd give is to simply look at the works of professional photographers, and find some tutorials that can teach you proper techniques. The best place to go for well done artistic automobile photography would probably be Tim Wallace, who's work can be found here: http://www.ambientlife.co.uk/

 

Of course, it's unlikely you'll be quite that good overnight, but you can always try

 

On the tutorials... I haven't got any suggestions for that, so I'm assuming Google can do much better than I can.

 

Okay, yeah, that's all I've got for now. To be honest I'm not the best choice for automobile photography critiques. I'm far better with portraits, landscapes, wildlife and still life, however, overall I've got a good eye for photography, so I'm going to have to say what I've pointed out is at least better than complete rubbish

 

Thank you for the critiques! You hit the nail on the head talking about the exposure, im still learning the ins and outs of my camera so i havent messed around with that a while lot yet and i do way to much photoshopping (mostly since i just like playing with it!) I agree on the first one the background is really noisy, but the club is meeting at a different location now so hopefully that will solve that problem. Not sure why the second picture is so grainy i had my iso set at 200 i believe but i went a little overboard with photoshop on it too. The Third one i had hopes for but it didnt turn out quite as nice as i hope i hadn't really noticed the slant but now it really stands out, i tried farther back when i shot it but the lot ended right there and was just a bunch of dead grass and didnt look to good. And the fourth one is 3 years old or so with a junk camera i just like it lol. Thank you for the advice though i really appreciate it! I have quite a bit of reading up to do now before i go shoot some more tomorrow . Again thanks for the tips maybe ill post some up after i shoot some tomorrow with the exposure better and way less photoshopping! lol

 

thats wierd....thats exactly the same car i have, color and everything.....stalker 0.0

 

How long have you had yours? ive had mine since it rolled off the transport in 04 so maybe your stalking me! haha. Mine looks a little different now mach1 grill delete cobra side skirts and a blue and white pony! plus lots of go fast goodies haha

 

That's one of my favourites!

 

I love the angles on all of them (don't really like the third one) but I love the lighting effect on the last one!

 

Yeah people dont really like the third one lol it didnt quite work how i wanted it

[Otter 1,942]

 

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