Bike Photo Shoot - Nottingham Area

[Doofer]

I've been lurking here for about a year, but don't tend to post much.

Some friends of mine run a photography business near Mansfield, Notts and have recently moved premises to a studio which has ground floor access, as a result they are expanding into bike photography.

I promised I would let them borrow my bike for promotional purposes (of course I get a free photoshoot in the bargain)

Now I'm not going to reel on about how great they are or anything like that, you can judge for yourselves, they do however offer the facility to give your pride and joy a final wash and polish before the photo shoot if you wish (I'd travelled 80miles in the rain, so first thing I did after making a cup of tea was throw some soapy water over my Tweety)

http://www.yamahadiversions.com/images/Tweety_Photo_Shoot_Mark.jpg

http://www.yamahadiversions.com/images/Halo_n_Twitch.jpg

They can arrange for models too if you wish

http://www.rainbowphotography.biz/

for latest news on the new studio opening take a look at their blogspot

http://rainbows-blog.blogspot.com/ (http://rainbows-blog.blogspot.com/)

Right enough advertising, I'm really proud of the photos they have taken of my V reg rather tatty SV, Tweety looks like he's just stepped out of the showroom, as for the ladies, they did a beautiful job of adorning my bike.

Now I need to get that SV400 I crashed rebuilt and arrange another photoshoot :D

Doof

[pencil shavings]

looking good :)

[Nick_69]

nice looking photos

[suzsv650]

Foot mark on floor

[Alpinestarhero]

they want my SV in they do, in full winter mode. Topbox, handlebar muffs, covered in ACF50 and me on it in textiles

nothing more sexier

As for the photo of the SV, i think it would be better in landscape and looking up at the bike form the floor, makes 'em look meaner, raar

[Holdup]

As for the photo of the Curvey, i think it would be better in landscape and looking far as possible to left away from the bike camera pointing at the floor, makes 'em look better


:thumright:

Cool pics though

[Bluewolf]

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[ophic]

Yikes! New Rocks THAT close to your paintwork?! Even I don't do that! :shock: :lol:
But if you ever do, do it for the camera ;)

[the_lone_wolf]

How did you get the Cheeky Girls to model for you???

[Doofer]

The first picture is one the assistant tog sent me as soon a he uploaded his, I don't have access to the pictures the main photographer took as she will be cleaning up things like footprints before they are published.

The two lovely ladies are friends of the photographers who offered their modelling services for the promotional shoot in exchange for some photos for their portfolios, they are known as Halo and Toxicity Twitch and can be found on Myspace, lovely girls, but not my type ;) so I'll be going for the pics of my bike on his own.

Rainbow are planning to charge £50 for a 1 hour shoot with a free 10x8 print included.

A £5 discount will be offered to members who mention SV650.org website.

Photos will be available to view in an online proof gallery so that you can choose which one you want as a print and can order additional prints or canvases if you wish.

The models will cost extra if you want them, but Rainbow will charge you what it costs them to bring the models in.

Contact Details for Rainbow Photography for anyone interested in a photoshoot are

tina@rainbowphotography.biz
www.rainbowphotography.biz (http://www.rainbowphotography.biz)
01623 473540

Oh and Alpinestar, if you want photos of you bike in full touring mode with you sat astride in full winter gear they will be happy to arrange that for you my dear, they are both bikers the main photographer Tina rides a Hornet and the 2nd tog rides a 900 Divvy

Doof

[Bluewolf]

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[ophic]

They'd be out of business in ten minutes, those lenses aren't cheap to replace you know...
It's ok, the steaming up of lenses isn't a permanent fault. In fact, you can just wipe them clean :cool:

[John 675]

Hmm £50 per hour isn't bad for studio time, not bad at all. Normaly the real cost comes with the prints or the copywrite. I was in a studio a few years back and the tog was like "yeah a 8x6 print will cost you about £34" in jessops they cost 3.99 on the best paper and I used to get them for 99p on my staff D, markup madness!!!! I say be interested if the price for prints is on the level the studio time certainly is :)

[ophic]

Hmm £50 per hour isn't bad for studio time, not bad at all. Normaly the real cost comes with the prints or the copywrite. I was in a studio a few years back and the tog was like "yeah a 8x6 print will cost you about £34" in jessops they cost 3.99 on the best paper and I used to get them for 99p on my staff D, markup madness!!!! I say be interested if the price for prints is on the level the studio time certainly is :)
Just to present the other side, most studios spend a fair amount of time retouching pictures for print, to make sure they are perfect. There's a lot more work goes in than just printing it. This is the reason behind the high prices.

[John 675]

Just to present the other side, most studios spend a fair amount of time retouching pictures for print, to make sure they are perfect. There's a lot more work goes in than just printing it. This is the reason behind the high prices.

for an A4 print, retouched and edited as appropriate a photographer should never charge any more than £10 IMHO because its just robbery. if your a dab hand at photoshop an edit should take you no more than 5-8 mins per pic and id edit my work so its the best it can be before i give it out. ive seen £60 - £80 for A4 or 12x8 prints.. £10 is more than reasonable and it encourages the buyer to buy more + they have already paid studio time.

i had a similar debate on purestorm.. the argument was "what about us" i say if your work is good and the price is good, word spreads you will make more in a year than a photographer that is extortionate.. i say leave the expensive extortionate prices for magazine work and stock shots not with the public. this is all in my own opinion of course

[ophic]

for an A4 print, retouched and edited as appropriate a photographer should never charge any more than £10 IMHO because its just robbery. if your a dab hand at photoshop an edit should take you no more than 5-8 mins per pic and id edit my work so its the best it can be before i give it out. ive seen £60 - £80 for A4 or 12x8 prints.. £10 is more than reasonable and it encourages the buyer to buy more + they have already paid studio time.

i had a similar debate on purestorm.. the argument was "what about us" i say if your work is good and the price is good, word spreads you will make more in a year than a photographer that is extortionate.. i say leave the expensive extortionate prices for magazine work and stock shots not with the public. this is all in my own opinion of course
I wasn't disagreeing I just wanted to show that there is extra work done in a photography studio that isn't in a printing lab. People pay premium prices for good work, and if there wasn't a market for this, the studio wouldn't survive. I also think that some of the things they can do, such as fixing closed eyes in an otherwise good image, would take a bit longer than 5-8 mins.