Can we. . . . .

Pick a day to do a photo shoot? I need new pictures. (I wanna make a show poster)

I agree...i havnt taken any picture with my new wheels and tires...

Sure! My phone is always on ya know Jackie!! I'll take some shots and edit the pics for ya no problem! I would hate to schedule an actual date b/c the weather you can never really predict it, but just hit me up on like a thursday and i'll let ya know if I have anything planned for that coming weekend!! I'm usually not doing any thing! I have no life lol

Great idea Jackie, got a few new spots I wanna check out

Count me in also

coolio! I will call ya sometime soon when the weather looks better.

I don't really have any spots in mind, but I think I want something industrial looking and just a variety of different backgrounds. Easy, huh LOL What can I say, I'm a girl!

GREAT IDEA! Count me in too! Ivan picked out our last spot and it was fucking great! I cant wait to see what he picked out this time, lol.

If it's during the week, I can bring my gear and take shots too. Weekends are tough with my kids baseball schedules but If I'm open, Ill be there. I got a new lens I need to try out anyway.

Does anybody here have a rig setup where you can attach it to the car and get rolling shots? I was thinking of buying parts and building one if nobody has one. It makes the car look like its going fast even though you take the shot at about 3 miles per hour. It also gives it a cool angle and can look great with the right background scene.

You can click the link to see what im talking about....
http://www.donwrightphoto.com/tag/automotive-photography/

That looks pretty cool JoeJoe.

liljoejoe54 wrote:

Does anybody here have a rig setup where you can attach it to the car and get rolling shots? I was thinking of buying parts and building one if nobody has one. It makes the car look like its going fast even though you take the shot at about 3 miles per hour. It also gives it a cool angle and can look great with the right background scene.

You can click the link to see what im talking about....
http://www.donwrightphoto.com/tag/automotive-photography/

There's no way in hell I'd put my camera out on one of those things. Cool concept though. Probably be a lot easier to just get someone in the car next to you to take the shot and leave the shutter open for a half sec.

ChiTownHemi wrote:

liljoejoe54 wrote:

Does anybody here have a rig setup where you can attach it to the car and get rolling shots? I was thinking of buying parts and building one if nobody has one. It makes the car look like its going fast even though you take the shot at about 3 miles per hour. It also gives it a cool angle and can look great with the right background scene.

You can click the link to see what im talking about....
http://www.donwrightphoto.com/tag/automotive-photography/

There's no way in hell I'd put my camera out on one of those things. Cool concept though. Probably be a lot easier to just get someone in the car next to you to take the shot and leave the shutter open for a half sec.

True, but they are pretty stable plus u only go a couple miles per hour

ill just ride with ya joe and hang out the window and snap shots

liljoejoe54 wrote:

Does anybody here have a rig setup where you can attach it to the car and get rolling shots? I was thinking of buying parts and building one if nobody has one. It makes the car look like its going fast even though you take the shot at about 3 miles per hour. It also gives it a cool angle and can look great with the right background scene.

You can click the link to see what im talking about....
http://www.donwrightphoto.com/tag/automotive-photography/

I sure don't but love rig shots n rolling shots. I got $15 id chip in though

The other thing we can do is just pan. My new lens has an IS setting for panning shots. I'm sure after just a few tries we could get a few good shots out of 8 or 10 in burst mode.

Panning from a moving car can take A LOT of practice, from my knowledge setting up the correct shutter speed Is a starting point. So if your doing 60 mph set it at 1/60

HemiMag wrote:

Panning from a moving car can take A LOT of practice, from my knowledge setting up the correct shutter speed Is a starting point. So if your doing 60 mph set it at 1/60

I'm talking about setting up on the side of the road and having the car drive by and pan with it to keep the car in focus and blur out the background. I do it all the time at the race tracks. Takes a little practice, but great effects.

It's a great idea but then again, it should be an open road with not a lot in the background so it's easier ,city streets suck since they're too cluttered and distract the focus of the car

Yep. The faster the car is moving though the less that the background matters. It all get blured out so as long as you keep the car in focus, you're good to go.

Anyone know of a good cam mount for inside the car? I just ordered a Cannon S-95 and I don't know which mount to order. I think JT has a good one, but I don't know what kind he has.

Here's a pretty simple DIY for that

ChiTownHemi wrote:

Here's a pretty simple DIY for that

Great diy idea. I found one very similar to that one. It should fit the bill...http://www.filmtools.com/cruisecam.html

anyone wanna do something this weekend?

My car wont be ready this weekend. My rotors are warped and are all ripped up on the inside. I just ordered new pads and im hoping to have the rotors cut tomorrow. If for some reason, they cant be cut then I will have to buy new ones and that would take another few days. Even if I can get them cut, im not putting the old pads back on cuz they will be groved like the rotors and probably mess them up again. But if people want to get together, I wouldnt mind coming out and taking some pictures cuz I could use the practice. Ill be bringing the hoopty.

Heading out to the Bears Expo at Soldier Field tomorrow. Hampton, Dent and quite a few other ex-bears are going to be there since none of the current team is allowed. Should be fun. Supposedly they allow people on the field to kick field goals and other activities.