Nissan 350z photoshoot (i know its NBR no56k)

[ScottishRawker]

Hey you lot,

not sure if this fits here or not :S (so please don't shoot me)

some of you might know i'm studying photography and for the rest of you, well you now know. so no excuses!

well i was hired to do a shoot of a guys Nissan 350z and i thought i'd post them up here as well to see what you lot think!


hope you like them!

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/144/d/7/Nissan_350z_1_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2008/144/4/a/Nissan_350z_2_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2008/144/7/3/Nissan_350z_3_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs27/f/2008/144/1/3/Nissan_350z_4_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2008/144/f/4/Nissan_350z_5_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs27/f/2008/144/3/8/Nissan_350z_6_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/144/6/8/Nissan_350z_8_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2008/144/b/3/Nissan_350z_9_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2008/144/d/d/Nissan_350z_10_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2008/144/a/0/Nissan_350z_11_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2008/144/a/5/Nissan_350z_12_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/144/0/2/Nissan_350z_13_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs27/f/2008/144/4/2/Nissan_350z_14_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/144/6/8/Nissan_350z_15_by_ARphotographs.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/144/3/7/Nissan_350z_16_by_ARphotographs.jpg

And the best for last, this is my favourite!

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/144/0/2/Nissan_350z_7_by_ARphotographs.jpg

[markmoto]

Excellent pictures :-)

[fizzwheel]

Fantastic photo's

Bit of info on the techniques you used would be interesting to, if you dont mind.

[ScottishRawker]

The technique is called HDR, its easy to overuse and i think im just on the border, if i had done more shots that way then it would have been overdone.

thanks guys :D

[simesb]

Do you shoot RAW for HDR and post process for exposure, or bracket when shooting? I've not had much luck with adjusting EV of RAWs to produce the HDR.

[pencil shavings]

Can you do HDR with a basic digi cam? (I just checked on wiki what HDR is) Would love to take some of my bike like that!

[ScottishRawker]

yes you can do it with a basic digi cam, just quality of the hdr might be an issue.

i shoot in raw and processed it then HDR'd it lol and bracketed, some are up to 11shots merged.

i have just been offered a black 350z to shoot that has been in a few magazines and my flights to london will be paid for :D

[Luckypants]

It;s a freaKin AUTO and the wheels are pants. apart from that nice work dude!

[MitchC]

Nice HDRs mate!

Mitch

[kwak zzr]

cool :cool:

[Dan]

I'm with Mike, the photography's great.

Wheels look ghey though, but I guess you're only paid to take pics, there's no accounting for (lack of) taste.

[lukemillar]

Can you do HDR with a basic digi cam? (I just checked on wiki what HDR is) Would love to take some of my bike like that!

Not really - only if you can shoot RAW not jpg. Some internal processing is done when saving as jpg and this compromises the values saved to disk.

[BanannaMan]

Excellent pics!!!
Nice work...



As for the car....
Here's an "after" photo taken near Deals Gap in North Carolina, USA

http://cenvachristiansportbike.homestead.com/g64.jpg


(The driver was OK BTW...after being thrown from the car mid-crash)
Maybe he should have got a sportbike??? :smt102
Or not.

[falc]

Awesome pictures there, they do look very good, best of luck with it all :D

[Griffo]

I love the 350, and love the magic you've done on those photos, makes the backdrop look... amazing. I keep meaning to try this with my camera as I can capture raw, but then the car gets dirty and I at the same time get lazy.

[SVTONYB]

Well done mate the photos are awesome, I love what you done on the last one :cool:

[ThEGr33k]

Good quality pics! Shame the car is an automatic... :p They are nice looking though. Dont seem to get great reviews though.

[Demonz]

Am really liking the 350Z... muscular shape without the well heeled european badges.

[gettin2dizzy]

Did it take a lot of playing about to get good results with HDR? IT's one of those things I've been meaning to do for aaages!

[ScottishRawker]

my first HDR's took lots of playing around but by this time it was easy :D(ish) its hard to try and not over do it!

[Davido]

overdid it on the HDR. Its like the 'loud chavvy exhaust' of photography.(the technique, not your pics)

Imo.

[rob13]

What cam were you using?

How did you get the effect of engine in the last pic?

[ScottishRawker]

the effect with the engine was done in photoshop using multiple pictures.

i was using my canon 30D

[Alpinestarhero]

wow, they look great, teach me some stuff!

Matt