Rig Shots.

[VisualEchos]

Some rig shots from last Summer, hope you all like. Click for larger.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/3805888319_88e2eef6ab.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/3805888319_bd1c0bc965_o.jpg)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3806705858_8f444b961c.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3806705858_b81c716aa8_o.jpg)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3833639654_2729f3a387.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3833639654_dbb0788c2f_o.jpg)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/3805887591_f12014efd7.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/3805887591_640559d17c_o.jpg)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2542/3806706142_355ec33e06.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2542/3806706142_44611a84d0_o.jpg)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4373962168_912a9161d5.jpg (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4373962168_00d164b0d2_o.jpg)

[MacBailey]

Excellent shots. I like the angles blurred backgrounds... Impressive.

[Cole_Schmitt]

Great shots, awesome car.

[gonças]

sick shots!

[RadAL]

wonderful!

[VisualEchos]

Thanks guys :).

[d.allan]

wow!!!

[Ken Cravillion]

Nice work... ;)

[VisualEchos]

Hey Ken, good to see you sir!

[Holster]

#s 2,3,and 4 are my favorites. 2 is too amazing!

[CanonWagon]

All are amazing. Great work. Love the black and white images.

[PhotosGuy]

Nice ones!

[VisualEchos]

Thanks a lot guys.

[bastozzz]

Nice...

[xMClass]

2 & 3 are perfect. Nice work.

[TTk]

Excellent work.

[jhayesphotography]

amazing shots

[VisualEchos]

Thanks guys.

[GenuineRolla]

Nicely done bro! Great job

[jdm.squeek]

Cant wait to get my Exige! AMAZING car, great pics! #2, #3 are best for me.

[VisualEchos]

Nicely done bro! Great job

Thanks man, I appreciate that.

Cant wait to get my Exige! AMAZING car, great pics! #2, #3 are best for me.

When are you getting one?

[4g63]

nothin but awesome!

[VorteC]

Nice shots! Must be a pretty sturdy rig!

[VisualEchos]

Yeah, it does well. I did a mountain of research before buying rig parts, and the boom is the icing on the cake.

[jhayesphotography]

are the rigs "homemade" or can you buy them

[10megapixel]

Your car shots are some of the best I've seen.

[VisualEchos]

are the rigs "homemade" or can you buy them

The major parts of the rig (suction cups, clamps, magic arm) are all available at photo stores like Adorama. The only part that isn't readily available is the boom, which is why I sell them :).

Your car shots are some of the best I've seen.

Wow, thanks for the compliment. In reality, I'm probably a 2 out of 10, until you get into the really big guys, like Ruji, then I'm a 0...haha. I do appreciate the kind words though :D.

[Joser]

damn how did you do that!

[kipper]

Great shots. +1 ^^ Have you got a shot of the set up?

[Ripskin]

I like those a lot, the car is nice and sharp, and everything else blurred enough to not take away from it at all. Good lighting as well

[VisualEchos]

Great shots. +1 ^^ Have you got a shot of the set up?

I never take set-up shots, which is terrible of me becuase I love them (especially the guys that use the lighting). Now that I have an iphone that'll change. The only thing I really have is a small unedited shot of my car in my driveway with the rig attached, then the finished product. Hope that's ok.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp266/exige260/My%20Exige/MyRig.jpg

[jhayesphotography]

badass, how do u photoshop that out of the pic???

[cdreemz17]

All I can say is wow. Wow.

[VisualEchos]

badass, how do u photoshop that out of the pic???

Various ways, usually the selection tool to grab a piece of sky or body from somewhere else, and a lot of clone-tool. It's frustrating if you try to do it quickly, but once you slow the process down you start to see that anything can be done if you're not in a hurry. Over time you'll get quicker at it, but it's still a lot of work.

If you get into rig-shots you can send me one to edit for you, I'll do the basics and tell you what I did :).

[jhayesphotography]

Various ways, usually the selection tool to grab a piece of sky or body from somewhere else, and a lot of clone-tool. It's frustrating if you try to do it quickly, but once you slow the process down you start to see that anything can be done if you're not in a hurry. Over time you'll get quicker at it, but it's still a lot of work.

If you get into rig-shots you can send me one to edit for you, I'll do the basics and tell you what I did :).

thanks for the info, yeah im starting to get into this, just gotta get my rig first

how do u trigger the camera? Wireless remote?

[VisualEchos]

I use an IR remote.

[kipper]

I never take set-up shots, which is terrible of me becuase I love them (especially the guys that use the lighting). Now that I have an iphone that'll change. The only thing I really have is a small unedited shot of my car in my driveway with the rig attached, then the finished product. Hope that's ok.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp266/exige260/My%20Exige/MyRig.jpg

Thanks much appreciate that shot. Even more impressed with shots especially with the PP work involved. Just got this image in my head now of the car doing some pole vaulting! :shock::lol:

[CW Jones]

great shots, I take it you love your car? it looks sick and is a sweet ride man!

[VisualEchos]

Yeah, I love it...lol.

[Mastamarek]

lovely pics mate. I lov your car, good PP. Pretty much the whole deal ^^

also props for having an exige. I absolutely love that car.

Colin Chapman (founder of Lotus): "Adding power makes you faster on the straights; subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."

[woody4364]

Great shots! I must try this sometime!

[StE823]

i love your boom andrew, if i ever need to do rigshots in the states i'll definitely ask you for the "super boom" you have :)

[n1blo]

Some seriously nice shots there andrew.

I'd quite like to see a couple without the boom cloned out to see how much works involved though.

Always wanted to do this, but I'd just need to get myself a car worth taking pictures of haha ;)

[NukeGM]

Excellent shots! I am thinking CS5 is going to make it a lot easier to remove the rig out of the shots soon :)

[d.allan]

Excellent shots! I am thinking CS5 is going to make it a lot easier to remove the rig out of the shots soon :)
It doesn't. I've been using CS5 for a week now. Life isn't any easier.

[woody4364]

It doesn't. I've been using CS5 for a week now. Life isn't any easier.

Have you used content awareness fill???

[d.allan]

Have you used content awareness fill???
Yes extensively. It does not work as "GREAT" as adobe claims.
Even with Content Aware Fill, I'm still using my patch brush and clone stamp 90% of the time...

[VisualEchos]

It doesn't. I've been using CS5 for a week now. Life isn't any easier.

I agree with this, sometimes it works pretty well, other times not so much. I'm still learning to use it, so hopefully I can learn to use its strengths.

[aridan]

Great work!

[Avplayer]

those are amazing shops

[VisualEchos]

Thanks guys.