August Photo Thread

[MaTBoY]

Yo. Time to begin operation: catch up on a month!

WTAC snaps

and I've started working on sets again. Spent a while on this one last night cleaning up the car, had a stack of reflections and shit going on. not to mention some horrible colour balance thanks to car park tungstens.

[dan_the_man]

beautiful

[iwanta34gtr]

^ Absolutely fantastic pics Matboy.

Only thing I would change in that last S15 pic is the shade of tyre colour. Just a curve adjustment on the black to make it a tad darker and blend in sexy with the shadows.

But who am I to give advice to the pro's. Love your work as always.

[iwanta34gtr]

Thought I'd roll my S15 in to the bushes yesterday afternoon and take a few snaps in an attempt to make her look more agressive.

Edited August 24, 2012 by iwanta34gtr

[iwanta34gtr]

Edited August 24, 2012 by iwanta34gtr

[ECR-033]

WOW Matt, amazing shots.

[Jay019]

been busy with school lately, so not shooting as much. but heres a few from the past couple of days...

(sorry about facebook quality)

[r32-25t]

How do you make them look so almost cartoon like?

[Jay019]

which ones? not sure what you mean

[r32-25t]

The top one, the colours look almost computer generated. when ever I take a photo they all look natural

[Jay019]

ah, thats cause its HDR. its pretty sloppy, lol. im far from pro, hoping one of the pros will start posting up cityscapes for me to learn from

Edited August 25, 2012 by Jay019

[dan_the_man]

Love the pics Jay. Is the top one from your apartment? If so mad props on the location

Recent one for me

[r32-25t]

ah, thats cause its HDR. its pretty sloppy, lol. im far from pro, hoping one of the pros will start posting up cityscapes for me to learn from

Oh cool, I still think they look great

[siddr20]

dude hope you holding on to something when you got your legs over the edge lol. Nice shots man

Nice lighting dan!! cool shot.

Flat out lately. Going to have no life till end of December. Anyone want to come assist me on some shoots (specially my pre-wedding shoots as I need someone to hold my lights etc).

Some randoms..

From a e-shoot:

Two light setup. Einstein in BD (gelled to match sunset), and 430exii as rim light (not gelled). Hmm time to upgrade to 600exii and use its gel holder feature lol

One light setup. Einstein in BD boomed way up high.

Slow shutter speed to bring in more ambient light. Very quick shot of the couple before reception started.

Up in Newcastle.

Sun as rim light.

Here you go another natural light shot.

Something different from me:

Purchased a macro lens. so just testing it out on my corals:

Plenty more pics.. But that will do for now.

Actually one more..

An amazing belly dancer at last nights event. Cropped head and the other lady off to the right (cant show faces just yet).

But half way thru the act she was balancing a sword on her belly and head.

Two light setup again.

[siddr20]

Some cool shots up there guys.

Rest can be seen: http://richardgraing...le-and-rowan/22 if interested

Sup man.. With this shot get the groom to kiss around her neck area. Get them closer and ask her to bring her chin up. Will look much better (just my opinion).

Otherwise nice work.

Edited August 25, 2012 by siddr20

[Pezhead]

Well guys my effort this month hasn't been nearly the grade that you folks do. Please feel free to give me some tips and pointers.

I went to WTAC this year with the focus on getting a few good shots. I found the night photography/panning especially tricky to get the settings right. I figured the only way to learn is to keep working at it until I find some things that start to work. My panning skills are nearly up to snuff with you fellas so at night every little wobble really throws the focus.

I feel like I learned a bit but wow - really get an appreciation for the guys that can get those extra extra clear night panning shots.

[Jay019]

i dont take many 'selfies'

im no model, thats for sure, haha.

Edited August 26, 2012 by Jay019

[MaTBoY]

Eric, come find me next time you've got your camera and there's moving targets around.

I was getting some sharp shots at 1/5th during the drifting! Still, looked like balls on my crappy sensor though. Oh well, almost upgrade time!

So I entered the Photo5 comp with this. The theme was Wind.

(FACEBOOK COMPRESSION)

Edited August 27, 2012 by MaTBoY

[Jay019]

you'll definitely get box with that awesome shot Matt.

its funny how they claim the camera is 'unkown' yet exif reveals its a nikon. no conspiracy

[MaTBoY]

in camera select, there's heaps of 'canon's... then there is only OTHER