Night shot attempt

how frustrating, i have ideas but equipment has let me down. just been out for a play tonight and it turns out 30 seconds is nowhere near long enough for the exposure i'm after, so i think a remote shutter release is in need.. amazon where are you?

Ooh, a new lens

Well i have acquired myself a new lens which allows me a wider aperture, so thought i'd give it a whirl and take some test shoots experimenting with a shallow depth of field. Whilst the images might not be overly exciting, i am thinking of different ways i might be able to produce some interesting images of cars by perhaps focusing on particular details for a couple of the shots.

I am also thinking of taking some wider angle shots but could really do with it stopping raining! I am planning on practicing with some long exposures at night using a flash gun to illuminate different aspects of the car or background, but am still searching for some good locations and waiting for some slightly drier weather to go experimenting. When will this rain end?

The Next Step?

Right, well i better make this quite a long post as to shift muggins' face down the page a bit so less of the Llama overload!

Ok, well I havent entirely decided how i'm going to go about this project but i do know that it will be involving cars in one form or other.
I have been looking at some images for inspiration, and have been interested in the different ways they are lit, but also their surroundings etc. I think when i get going, the locations i choose are going to be quite important to make my images a little more interesting and aesthetically pleasing.
I think i may also try and do some night shots and play around with the lights a bit too?

One idea i had was to use one car and shoot it in a variety of different locations, almost like its on a little adventure (not a rip off of a 'mini adventure' obviously *cough*) and see what comes of that.
I may need to drive around a little to see what i can find around. I've always been quite interested in graffiti and cars, so if anyone knows of any highly graffitied walls that you can park a car next to then feel free to leave a comment and tell me where. The more exciting/colourful the better, not just those pointless tags.

Having looked at some images, there seems to be a lot of photoshop going on to help to enhance them. I may also have a fiddle with mine to further push them, but whilst trying not to lose the original image.

I do get the feeling i'm rambling a little here, but hey. Off to do some more research me thinks.

now how do i add a picture? think this has worked..?

Well I have arrived

Right, this is my first post on here if it works, I will be updating with my ideas as and when they come and any test shots that i can muster up, watch this space.