The Photography Thread

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That shot is epic, I would love to have that on my wall! Very very stunning work. 👍

TVR, I love that first Focus shot. For the VXR did you go into a showroom? I've been considering shooting cars in a showroom for a while now by just asking the manager if he will let me do it, is that what you did?
 
lethalAE86typeR
Any advice or reading I should do for photography, I'm using a dSLR to take my pictures.
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Browse Wikipedia and Google for understanding the basics such as aperture, shutter, iso, and white balance. From there, browse around Google for the 'rule of thirds'. Should be helpful.
 
tait
'rule of thirds'. Should be helpful.
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Good advise, but do any of you guys use the rule of thirds? i must admit i always forget to place the subject so methodically and just snap away. I find taking pics more of a therapeutic pastime and very organic in workflow, i don't think i could be so structured to thinking about all the things i should.
 
Sprite
Good advise, but do any of you guys use the rule of thirds? i must admit i always forget to place the subject so methodically and just snap away. I find taking pics more of a therapeutic pastime and very organic in workflow, i don't think i could be so structured to thinking about all the things i should.
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I try to. It's so easy to snap away without really looking through the viewfinder, and then you see some distraction when you're post-processing. My biggest failing is straight lines. Only tonight I was shooting, and I'd reeled off about five shots at differing exposures before I twigged that my "vertical" was about 20deg off! :grumpy:
 
No, not consciencely anyway. If it looks good, it looks good. The rule of thirds is just a general guide line and it shouldn't apply to everything you take. If you do, all your shots will look textbook and IMO boring.
 
GilesGuthrie
I try to. It's so easy to snap away without really looking through the viewfinder, and then you see some distraction when you're post-processing. My biggest failing is straight lines. Only tonight I was shooting, and I'd reeled off about five shots at differing exposures before I twigged that my "vertical" was about 20deg off! :grumpy:
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CDailey
No, not consciencely anyway. If it looks good, it looks good. The rule of thirds is just a general guide line and it shouldn't apply to everything you take. If you do, all your shots will look textbook and IMO boring.
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I also find though that exposure and all manner of technical skills go out the window, I mean i think its the way I have been taught photography, more of an artistic expression than a technical discipline.

My shots (better ones) tend to be more luck than skill.
 
Although the rule of thirds tends to be criticized as being too strong of a law to follow, there are a lot of natural aesthetic tendencies that coincide with the number three that you can't ignore the fact altogether. Size relationship, distance and composition all rely so hard on the relativity of third (or close-to) relationships, that you can't really ignore the digit in all of your "natural feel" photos. Just take a moment to take in some random pictures where there are elements that, combined, create movement, harmony and tension, all because of their relationship with one another and that association with thirds. It's not written in books, it's just where your eyes goes and from where it creates meaning and form.
 
Venari
There was a Diablo in that shot?
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No Sorry, There was one on the previous page and I didnt realise there was another page of posts. I mean this one:
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the guys in red shirts arent interested in the car either :lol:
 
tait
Is it sad that's one of the first things I noticed? I guess that's what happens when you're a Canadian.
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I noticed it, then thought why is it on the Diablo, then I thought it was floating, then I saw the arm, then the lady.
 
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