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no probs...

phamster wrote in post #11906442
Best one ryan

I agree...Love the BG!!

PhilF wrote in post #11905638
built-in optical sensors

Learn something new every day! I am not sure exactly how this works, but I will (google time ). Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

pprice wrote in post #11909594
Learn something new every day! I am not sure exactly how this works, but I will (google time ). Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

yep.. photography is endless.. something new for me every day too

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Vivek ~ The Nissan Skyline GTR part 2

Meet Vivek.. A Purdue Grad, A Pharmacist, and a Military Captain.

Vivek will be doing a 1 year tour of duty in Iraq, starting 2 weeks from now.

his father had asked me do a photo shoot of him and his car..
when i first meet Vivek 2 weeks ago, i thought father bought the car for him, but it turns out Vivek earned this by him self..

it totally makes me smile that if you work hard enough, you can meet all your goals.. congrats to him to make it out of a difficult program at Purdue.. and to serve the USA in the armed forces..

it is fitting i did the SKYLINE shot on a SKYLINE top of the parking garage..

The Legendary Nissan Skyline has quite the fan far in Japan, but few know about this car here in north america..

i was lucky enough to drive this amazing piece of engineering at the end of the night

quick specs...

0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds.. and if your a bad drive, then maybe 3.5 seconds.. lol..

some 450 LB torque
some 500 stock HP

it was a tricky shoot.. windy and cold.. and the sky was changing so fast i just got what i could and i wanted to get more lights out of my outback, but i couldn't , time was of essence.. so instead of messing around and getting all the lights, i settled with a 2 light set up..

back lighting was AB1600 bare at 1/2 power about 10 feet out
key lighting on Vivek was Elinchrom Quadra with deep octa about 5 feet away held by dad @ 3.0 power

alien bee triggered by triggered by the New Cactus V5's

elinchrom triggered by the sky port

CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperturef/8.0
Focal Length20 mm
ISO Speed100
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/-phamster-/5475766994/

ootsk wrote in post #11909160
Don't be silly...I think it's a great shot...very creative as well. Post more.

Thanks, Ootsk!

rohicks wrote in post #11906342
Donielle

phamster wrote in post #11906442
Best one ryan

I agree, really like that one!

phamster wrote in post #11909875
yep.. photography is endless.. something new for me every day too

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Vivek ~ The Nissan Skyline GTR part 2

Meet Vivek.. A Purdue Grad, A Pharmacist, and a Military Captain.

Vivek will be doing a 1 year tour of duty in Iraq, starting 2 weeks from now.

his father had asked me do a photo shoot of him and his car..
when i first meet Vivek 2 weeks ago, i thought father bought the car for him, but it turns out Vivek earned this by him self..

it totally makes me smile that if you work hard enough, you can meet all your goals.. congrats to him to make it out of a difficult program at Purdue.. and to serve the USA in the armed forces..

it is fitting i did the SKYLINE shot on a SKYLINE top of the parking garage..

The Legendary Nissan Skyline has quite the fan far in Japan, but few know about this car here in north america..

i was lucky enough to drive this amazing piece of engineering at the end of the night

quick specs...

0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds.. and if your a bad drive, then maybe 3.5 seconds.. lol..

some 450 LB torque
some 500 stock HP

it was a tricky shoot.. windy and cold.. and the sky was changing so fast i just got what i could and i wanted to get more lights out of my outback, but i couldn't , time was of essence.. so instead of messing around and getting all the lights, i settled with a 2 light set up..

back lighting was AB1600 bare at 1/2 power about 10 feet out
key lighting on Vivek was Elinchrom Quadra with deep octa about 5 feet away held by dad @ 3.0 power

alien bee triggered by triggered by the New Cactus V5's

elinchrom triggered by the sky port

CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperturef/8.0
Focal Length20 mm
ISO Speed100
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire

Love the idea of lighting the interior...I probably wouldn't have thought of that! I love Skyline GTR's ever since I lived in Japan and had a co-worker that had one. Very sweet ride!

Great light and shot ohnoes.

Janine. Image is already in two other threads.
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rohicks/5480095​882

I'm colorblind and no one's home to help me so if anyone can tell me if the skin is a bit off. I did add a slight vintage color balance adjustment. ABR800 5dii + Sigma 85 at f/10

Had an awesome shoot today during a freak vegas cloudy day. I decided to use my Alien Bees for something other than portraits andfashion work. Sorry guys these are just resized and straight out of Camera... Im sooo tired from todays shoot plus family... I will get to editing them properly tomorrow....

Here are some teasers!!!

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/suicidns13/5481​105614/

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/suicidns13/5481​105678/

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/suicidns13/5481​105720/

Pham,
The second is a much better shot.

The lighting on him is kind of harsh.

Would be nice not to have the hot spot on the window of the car.

Time planning for a shoot ahead of time ensures that you have what you need for the job at hand, regardless of the immediate circumstances.
That is advice I got from an old pro when I was a young pup.

He summarized by saying: "the reason for planning is so that when it goes to hell in a hand basket you'll know where the handle is".