OT: Short photo lesson

Really great photos! I own several good cameras, including a couple of nice digitals but can never get the cool "layouts" that make photos so interesting. All of my photos seem to be about as inspiring as the ones in a Navy personal hygiene brochure.

[C240]

nice pics carguy what digital camera do you use

[carguy]

TortoiseAWD: Thanks for those links - very useful.

C240: I use an Olympus E-10, with the wide angle and tele extensions. Tkes me from about (in 35mm terms) 28mm to 200mm. More info at Olympus E-10

[admac]

just wanted to chime in here carguy:

in my line of work i look at hundreds of photographers books and have worked with and supervised some very famous shooters (i'm an advertising art director). knowing that, i just wanted to say that some of your shots are just phenomenal. very nice work and great write up. your 996tt shot in the fog is really beautiful. keep that great stuff coming.

hopefully i'll have some pictures to show you guys in another month or so when i finally get my carbon black m3 cabriolet.

[carguy]

admac - Thank You! As a (retired) marketing professional for 25 years, that means a lot to me.

Cheers

[admac]

greg, just one more question. comparing the shots of the 996 vs. the m5, i'm wondering if the m5 shot shows the orange-peel so much more because of the low ap. is the paint on the m actually that much more orange-peeled than the tt? this is of particular interest to me because i assume my m3 will have paint quality similar to yours. i'm sure it's not bad at all. just curious if its a result of the camera's setup?

- jeff

[admac]

if anyone ever needs any advice for photoshop, drop me a line. i'm a photoshop freak. it's also part of my job to retouch images. so if anyone needs a hand, let me know.

- jeff

[carguy]

Jeff - the paint on the M5 isn't nearly as bad as that shot makes it look. I think the door reflection is a better indicator. I think that particular shot just caught everything "right" to amplify the appearance of the orange peel.

The Porsche is marginally better, but it also has some.

Thanks for the Photoshop offer. I love Photoshop - and I'm OK with it, but I think you could learn new tings about it every day and never run out of things to learn! My son and I are planning to go to the Photoshop World conference in San Diego on March 15-17 to get some new skills.

[admac]

Originally posted by carguy
Jeff - the paint on the M5 isn't nearly as bad as that shot makes it look. I think the door reflection is a better indicator. I think that particular shot just caught everything "right" to amplify the appearance of the orange peel.

The Porsche is marginally better, but it also has some.

great. thanks for the info.

Thanks for the Photoshop offer. I love Photoshop - and I'm OK with it, but I think you could learn new tings about it every day and never run out of things to learn! My son and I are planning to go to the Photoshop World conference in San Diego on March 15-17 to get some new skills.

wow. you're very serious about it then. it's a very deep program, and i don't claim to know everything about it. but i've been using it since i was a wee intern in 1991 and have continued to work with it through all of its iterations since then. i have advanced skills at it, so just shoot me some questions whenever they arise.



for instance, this image i did for my portfolio. the image of the rubik's cube was completely painted in photoshop. it's not a retouched image, it was created completely digitally using paths and alpha channels. i've also had to do a number of retouches for ads of mine.

- jeff

[Guess My Name]

Thanks CarGuy!!!

Very informative and great pics.

A must read for pic takers.

I hope Floni reads this...LOL

[Yell00ITR]

Your pictures are too good! You gotta learn how to hide that orange peal a little better!

[bjwebster]

This Is A Really Good Photo Thread!