Where in Pittsburgh are you? I grew up in the North Hills! I went to North Allegheny High School. I miss the Burgh!!!
I live in Belle Vernon (about 20 miles south of downtown) and work in oakland at the mellon institute. I bet you miss all of the "pittsburgh" restaurants like primanis, joe mammas, uncle sams, the O, etc...
Originally posted by partsman: I hope people want me to keep posting, I need to learn how to take good photos. I need to have her get some new poses and learn what to do with the light, I know early afternoon is not a good time and that is when we have been taking them. if people still want to see them I will try to keep taking them. Thanks to everyone who have posted good thing about my wife and all the others.
HECK YES, KEEP POSTING... wife is like, you reading that girls with fieros post again?
I think we own both Clint AND Partsman AND YellowStone some pluses and all the people that posted pics on here. If we had a way to give da chicky's that let themeslfs get posted a big plus that would be cool.
So go start bumping out them plus's people
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Why thank you, I don't hear that one often! And yes, I'm single. Maybe my next pics (if I decide to take more) will actually be by my Fiero....she was kinda really dirty the day we were taking pictures...happens when you drive down country roads. Maybe we'll even get pictures with all three of the Fiero's!
What's the record? (I guess the "Guy's with Fieros Gallery" bit the dust ... )
I don't know, I kinda liked it!!! If someone brought it back up, I surely wouldn't mind!!!! Anyone, anyone????????
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Originally posted by Formula:
I live in Belle Vernon (about 20 miles south of downtown) and work in oakland at the mellon institute. I bet you miss all of the "pittsburgh" restaurants like primanis, joe mammas, uncle sams, the O, etc...
Actually, I never had a Primanis sandwich or been to any of those restaurants. I guess I would be a tourist in my own city!!! But still, I miss it!
My mom still lives around the Ross Park Mall. Boy did they screw up McKnight road when they put that in there. We used to cruise up and down it when I was young.
Originally posted by partsman: I hope people want me to keep posting,
You're kidding, right? Please. Keep posting.
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Originally posted by partsman: I need to learn how to take good photos. I need to have her get some new poses and learn what to do with the light, I know early afternoon is not a good time and that is when we have been taking them. if people still want to see them I will try to keep taking them.
Thanks to everyone who have posted good thing about my wife and all the others.
Poses I can't help you with. That takes creativity and artistic talent, which I have none. But lighting is more scientific and I know a little more about that. Note that I said a little. Enough to be dangerous. Try this web site. It shows some of the effects of different types of lighting. I used to have a site with better examples, but I can't find it now. If there's any interest, I can offer a few tips on lighting. But I don't want to offer advice unless it's welcome.
Car Photograghy Lighting 101, maybe even 100.5, part 1
Basically, for this type of photography, you want to avoid direct lighting and use diffused lighting as much as possible. Diffused light is light from a large source such as clouds, an overcast sky, or the ground surrounding your car, not a point source like the sun. Direct light creates harsh shadows. Diffused light softens or even eliminates the shadows. Cloudy or overcast days I think are the best. More clouds are better up to the point where they reduce the available light to unacceptable levels. This is usually only a problem with complete, heavy overcast skies. Many of the best outdoor photos you see were made with cloud cover. This photo
was almost certainly made on a cloudy or overcast day. Note that there are no hard shadows on the model or on the ground. Shade from trees also provide good lighting, so long as the shade continuous and not broken. For example:
and
Note that the shadows on the faces are soft. As opposed to this:
Shade works well because it blocks the direct light from the subject leaving only diffused light.
Multiple point sources also work pretty well. For example:
It's obvious from the reflections in the hood that there are multiple lights in the garage. Note that there are no harsh shadows on her face.
Late in the evening the light is also more diffused and "warm", which means it's more orange. This photo
shows dusk lighting put to good use.
Backgrounds. To me, a dark background seems to work best. Note the dark background in the first photo. It provides a good contrast to the car and model. It's also not full of clutter that draws attention away from the main subject. I have seen good photos of cars with bright backgrounds, but every time I try it, the results are crap. One thing to be aware of when using shade is that it's easy to have a background that's in direct light and is quite bright. Also, broken shade with light filtering through can give some strange results and should be avoided. I would also avoid too much sky in the background. On a hazy day, the sky will look really washed out. If the sky is really clear (which doesn't happen around here) you can get away with more since a clear sky is usually darker. The only problem with a clear sky is that there are no clouds to diffuse the light. But if you're in a shade, you shoud be fine.
Car Photograghy Lighting 101, maybe even 100.5, part 2
Fill flash. If you must shoot in direct light (like say, at a car show), forcing the flash (fill flash) is a must. This technique minimizes the effects of harsh lighting by adding light to the dark areas on your subject. However, you need to have enough flash power to compete with the direct light source. Attempting to fill flash using the built in pop up flash found on most digital cameras from 30 ft away on a bright day probably won't work.
Digital enhancement (Photoshopping). One of the easiest improvements I apply to my photos is the autobalance feature found in Photoshop, Microsoft Photo Editor, and I'm sure just about any photo editor. Just a quick autobalance and sometimes a blah photo turns into a really eye popping one. This photo has very good lighting; no harsh shadows, etc.
And after a simple autobalance:
The difference is not huge, but it is significant. These tools are powerful and can do great things in the hands of a talented editor, but I'm not one of them. I limit myself to autobalance.
I realize that many of these photos are the "Hey, will you stand there next to my car and let me take your picture?" type, and you often don't have much control over the lighting. That's why the shots of the really cool car at the car show often comes out like crap. But some of you are lucky enough to get your wife/gf out for a photo shoot, and in these cases you usually have some control over lighting. My recommendations for these types of photos (cars with models) is to use diffused lighting (cloudy day, overcast day, shade), fill flash, and a dark background.
There's a lot more to it than this but I haven't come close to mastering the other aspects of good photography. I can get the lighting halfway right. Now I need to work on composition.
This is a pretty good site on car photography. Mostly about photographing Cobras, but the techniques still apply. They get a little more serious than I expect we want to get here (they recommend large strobe flashes, polarizing filters, watering down the asphalt beneath the car, etc), but it's still a pretty good guide. They also make the comment "Above all, remember that it's your car that's the primary focal point of your photograph, not the background or the live models". Please disregard this advice! Remember what we're doing here
Hope this is helpful.
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Dude you are right on the money! This shot was done on a very overcast day. I chose the place accross from the cafeteria at my company for it seemed to give the car more of a standout appearance. Had just finished raining. I do have a TON more from this one (Done by my sister inlaw who is actually a photographer does it professionally) that I should post up as well the othere one in front of many different Fieros at a FOCONE show. This one is not the high rez one I have.
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Originally posted by Formula Owner:
Car Photograghy Lighting 101, maybe even 100.5, part 1
Basically, for this type of photography, you want to avoid direct lighting and use diffused lighting as much as possible. Diffused light is light from a large source such as clouds, an overcast sky, or the ground surrounding your car, not a point source like the sun. Direct light creates harsh shadows. Diffused light softens or even eliminates the shadows. Cloudy or overcast days I think are the best. More clouds are better up to the point where they reduce the available light to unacceptable levels. This is usually only a problem with complete, heavy overcast skies. Many of the best outdoor photos you see were made with cloud cover. This photo
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Well I found my new favorite........................now if only I could use it as desktop
Dude, that's my ex wife... I got it in high resolution if you want it. I think there are 2 or 3 other pics of her in this thread. Check this one out from my webpage. I figure only 5 or 6 will be able to view it before it reaches site bandwidth.
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Damn, payback is a biatch, but then again, so is she!
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Dude you are right on the money! This shot was done on a very overcast day. I chose the place accross from the cafeteria at my company for it seemed to give the car more of a standout appearance. Had just finished raining. I do have a TON more from this one (Done by my sister inlaw who is actually a photographer does it professionally) that I should post up as well the othere one in front of many different Fieros at a FOCONE show. This one is not the high rez one I have.
Originally posted by banditbalz: Dude, that's my ex wife... I got it in high resolution if you want it. I think there are 2 or 3 other pics of her in this thread.
Heres some advice partsman, hope some of this helps. The image just reposted there actually does have a couple flaws. To the untrained eye sure it looks fine but if your looking for better photos that blow people away.....try not to cut off her foot and the front of the car. Sure, you cant always fit the whole car in the pic I understand but try to be choosy as to what you cut out. The nose there is a very vital part of the car!. Composition is the name of the game. Have you by chance ever heard of the "rule of thirds?" It might help in some other areas. The second shot is fine, you got the whole car and the whole girl but its stright on rather uninteresting. sometimes even just a slight tilt of your camera can cure this problem.
Lighting is also important as you already know. You dont want light thats too harsh and will blow out your photo, causing the photo to have less detail, nor do not want it too dark because of course, well, itll be too dark. To be perfectly honest I find some of my best photos, taken outdoors anyway, are taken on overcast days.
I could go on and on, but im no expert/teacher, and I dont want to bore you, so ill just leave it at that.
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Dude, that's my ex wife... I got it in high resolution if you want it. I think there are 2 or 3 other pics of her in this thread. Check this one out from my webpage. I figure only 5 or 6 will be able to view it before it reaches site bandwidth.
Heres some advice partsman, hope some of this helps. The image just reposted there actually does have a couple flaws. To the untrained eye sure it looks fine but if your looking for better photos that blow people away.....try not to cut off her foot and the front of the car. Sure, you cant always fit the whole car in the pic I understand but try to be choosy as to what you cut out. The nose there is a very vital part of the car!. Composition is the name of the game. Have you by chance ever heard of the "rule of thirds?" It might help in some other areas. The second shot is fine, you got the whole car and the whole girl but its stright on rather uninteresting. sometimes even just a slight tilt of your camera can cure this problem.
Lighting is also important as you already know. You dont want light thats too harsh and will blow out your photo, causing the photo to have less detail, nor do not want it too dark because of course, well, itll be too dark. To be perfectly honest I find some of my best photos, taken outdoors anyway, are taken on overcast days.
I could go on and on, but im no expert/teacher, and I dont want to bore you, so ill just leave it at that.
It sounds like I'm sitting in on a Photography class. It's a great thread, let's keep it that way.
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