Originally Posted by VR WHAT,Nov 4 2010, 10:14 AM

Thanks alot....it's much appreciated. Brings back memories for sure

Originally Posted by JHooby,Nov 5 2010, 06:49 PM

np man, props for putting mad work back in the day.
to todays standards, styles have changed and things are different. Most of these new members couldn't appreciate an old school look like that, but i Dig it . alot.

Originally Posted by viNz86,Nov 4 2010, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by Avernus,Apr 20 2010, 07:31 PM

Hey guys, I really love these photos! I am an avid photographer and I wanted to find the "recipe or forumla" for taking a really good side profile shot(so I can finally be good at them). I took a photo that I thought looked like what I think they 'should' look like and did a little analysis on it. Here is what I found. If the originaly poster would have any info, that would be welcomed . (Great job on this photo I really like it!!)

Camera height: if there is 0° in the x,y, and z direction(from the camera relative to the car) the hight of the camera should be equal to the center of the image. so this image was taken at roof level indicated by the black shading at the intersection of the black lines.

Distance to subject: I don't know of anyway to prove this other than experience, but the bokeh (stuff NOT in focus) looks like it was taken with a lens at approximately 200mm. This focal length give a particular look that mimics the above.

ƒ#, iso: The ƒ# is probably numerically higher(smaller aperture diameter) than 4 since the lens is about 200 mm(unless using a VERY expensive lens). as far as the iso goes, it really doesn't matter but the lower the better and since all things were static I would guess it's 100iso.

The Scene: long and flat. Personally I've noticed that shots that "I" think look the best are long and flat stretches with things far enough away to really get good bokeh(blur). Also, the time of day that this was taken was prime since the shadow is cast directly under the car. This made the car look like it has depth, but that it is also very straight-on and flat. I know… very contradicting.

Improvements that can be made: As you can see from the image the center of the image is not the center of the car. Although this is an easy fix on the computer, it could be avoided when taking the picture to avoid cropping and thus changing the standard shape of the photo. This is only really important if you want to blow it up. However, I would imagine that some PP(post processing) would be done on the photo anyway to give it more saturation(especially since it's yellow and in direct sun) and maybe some contrast.

Interesting Things to Note:

Notice how the lines that find the center of the car go perfectly along the lug nuts on both sides. This shows how straight-on the camera is to the car.

Also, the car is oriented so the sun is a bit in front of it so the light is very nice from front to back. This creates a good contrast.

Notice the sexyness of the s2k's body, this is hard to mimic with nearly any other vehicle.

Thanks, I hope you enjoyed the read!!
-Nate