The January 2012 Photo Competition - COMMENTS

Mitch89 - great first post pic, especially as it's taken on your first (quite substantial !) journey back from collecting it :thumbsup:

Don't forget an intro / spec / more pics in the newbies thread when you've had a rest :D
 
tomscott said:
Bing said:
tomscott said:
Some nice pics this month again :thumbsup:
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There are, but we need to ban you I think - your photography skills are waaaaaay to good :D
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:oops: Thanks!
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Nice Shot - Can you give us some info on your shot ?
How fast were you going ?
How did you trigger the camera ?
Some details on the camera setup if you don't mind sharing your secrets ?
Who's driving ?
 
jodale said:
Nice Shot - Can you give us some info on your shot ?
How fast were you going ?
How did you trigger the camera ?
Some details on the camera setup if you don't mind sharing your secrets ?
Who's driving ?
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I'm going to guess the car is either stationary, or going veeeeeerrrrrry slowly - the driver's looking at the camera, not where he's going as far as I can tell. But then I have no idea about photography - I'm convinced it's magic :sorcerer:
 
Cheers :thumbsup:

Home made telescopic rig, set on a timer for a 1/2 second exposure. Camera set on the rig, with an off camera delayed flash at a its lowest power, dad in the driver seat, pushed the car so not to produce any vibration from the engine, maybe 1mph thats about it really! Its paramount that the car is not vibrating as the longer the rig the more vibration you get from the suction cups on the car. Trial and error this was the best shot. Then photoshoping the rig out of the shot and some post processing.

Don't want to give too much away about how I set up the rig etc because I do it for a living so don't want everyone knowing but if you want to know a bit more about car rigs give it a google. :thumbsup:
 
tomscott said:
Home made telescopic rig, set on a timer for a 1/2 second exposure. Camera set on the rig, with an off camera delayed flash at a its lowest power, dad in the driver seat, pushed the car so not to produce any vibration from the engine, maybe 1mph thats about it really! Its paramount that the car is not vibrating as the longer the rig the more vibration you get from the suction cups on the car. Trial and error this was the best shot. Then photoshoping the rig out of the shot and some post processing.

Don't want to give too much away about how I set up the rig etc because I do it for a living so don't want everyone knowing but if you want to know a bit more about car rigs give it a google.
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A great photo, Tom. It's made me feel a little shy of attempting any photo of my own! :lol:

I would love to see some behind the scenes shots of how you do this, but I understand your reluctance if it reveals your trade secrets.

Ever thought about holding some photography courses? :)
 
Dont be shy, Half the fun is trying new things and new ideas from other inspiring imagery. I pretty much taught myself and it's fun making your own rigs! I did photography at Uni as a dual honours and since then I have been guest lecturing at my previous Uni and at a lot of local schools and colleges, a few maybe saw in another tread but I wrote a handbook for Chester Uni which got taken on and apologies to the people I said I would send it to, but couldn't in the end due to Chester Uni production rights. Half the problem with rigs is perspective, getting the car to look natural. Because of the size of the vehicle and the distance between it and the camera even on a telescopic rig still causes distortion.

But yes I was goIng to write a 'how to photograph your car' in the how to so everyone can get an insight on how to shoot a car properly etc when I have some time I will do.
 
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