My First Thread on POTN

Hey everyone,

I joined a while back, have spent most of my time carefully reading through things to learn the basics. My name is Taylor, I live in the US. I'll be 22 this year and I'm about to finish my undergrad in pre-med. I'm not new to forums, been on car forums for a long time now, so I'm used to the new guy abuse.

Photography started with my car, I fell in love with capturing images of it. Started out with a Kodak P&S my parents bought me. Back in January I purchased an old Rebel XT (silver) and 18-55 IS lens off B&H. While I should have upgraded to a full frame, I wanted a larger LCD screen and a better sensor so I purchased a refurb Canon EOS T1i from B&H in May 2010. I sold the XT to fund the new cam.

I still consider myself constantly practicing. Every shot is a learning experience and same goes for my post processing. I enjoy doing automotive photography the most but I plan on getting into landscape and portraits in the future. All of this is as a hobby, recreational, and I'm sure I join a large group here that are in the same boat.

Currently I only have two lenses.

- Canon EF-S 18-55 3.5-5.6 IS
- Canon EF-S 55-250 4-5.6 IS

My only gear:

Sunpac Tripod
Monopod
Hoya Circular Polar Filter
Zeikos Grip

My future purchases (in order) are:

- Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM
- Canon 135mm f/2L
- Sigma 10-20mm Wide Angle

Here are a few of my shots. C&C Welcome. Don't be too harsh!

Black Mustang is my personal car

Also, I don't use lighting of any sort. After I knock out some of my lenses I plan to purchase I'll start learning about strobe/on camera lighting.

Welcome to the forums! Have you got more shots of your car?

Yo dude, finally welcome to POTN. Love the pics, but love the GT more

photoPanda wrote in post #10436670
Welcome to the forums! Have you got more shots of your car?

Yeah, but they are by no means good quality. The also have my old more distracting watermark on them.

http://farm5.static.fl​ickr.com …51350193_e13d84​2d4c_b.jpg

I also use very minimal gear. I own a cheap tripod, monopod, Hoya Polar Filter, and have a grip on my camera. Thats all I can brag about.

Trevor04GT wrote in post #10436687
Yo dude, finally welcome to POTN. Love the pics, but love the GT more

Thanks man, glad I got the guts to make a post. Now its time to dive into this photography and put the GT aside for a while.

Why not take more shots on GT. The blackness looks sick..

WARAT wrote in post #10437200
Why not take more shots on GT. The blackness looks sick..

Here are some older shots of the GT, some of these might be with my old Rebel XT.

Clean ride.. modded? I can see the exhaust..

WARAT wrote in post #10437720
Clean ride.. modded? I can see the exhaust..

Thanks. Just full bolt ons and full exhaust w/ tune.

I was going to add cams and build the motor but I've kinda grown out of the modifying cars thing. I want a faster luxury car.