Rain! Grrr...

Why must it rain?>

That is all.

Fonts

Well I've been having a quick look at fonts for my poster and quite like this one..
What do people think? Or is it terrible? haha

I think the thing which dragged me in was the colour and layout of the example poster:


Hmmm, I will have a look for some more too..

Some more ideas

Further to my earlier research of 'Ambient Life' I found this pic of a Morgan which has been enhanced with the use of photoshop to add a flag on the wall behind it like graffiti, which also serves as a reminder of how British this car is. I do quite like the image and as I have mentioned earlier, would quite like to do a shoot with some graffiti around a car.
This image got me thinking that if I didnt manage to find what I wanted, then maybe some could be added after to help the image.

After having a look for some new fonts for the exhibition poster, I found a few graffiti styles, of which I downloaded one, and had a little play in PS to see what it could look like if I added it to one of my shots. Excuse the cheesy phrase, but I thought the overall idea worked quite well?

This made me wonder if I could perhaps come up with something a little more funky/playful for the car i'm using, and control the image with text (Calvin would be proud) i dont know?

alternatively i do now know of one location which could be quite promising, but it is rather a long drive away unfortunately :( anyone know of similar places which are perhaps a little closer..

hmmm...

Research

Whilst looking for some images to inspire me for direction with this project, i stumbled upon a website called Ambient Life, which has some rather interesting shots.

Ambient Life

I am finding that the images of cars that i find most interesting have often been photoshopped to enhance them. This isnt to say the original image is not good, but just it may not be terribly exciting. The other two important factors seem to be exciting backgrounds and angles, sometimes in motion using either a rig attached to the car, or another car with the photographer hanging out of the back. Sounds like i need a small team..

It would also be fair to say the best images i have found tend to be of high end exclusive/expensive cars, which perhaps lend themselves to being photographed a bit more, as they are more likely to have good surfaces and details. As i dont have access to a lot of high end cars, i will keep practicing with the car i have and try to come up with something more ingenious in terms of the shot.

onwards and upwards.. hopefully..

Another Night Shot

Well after the feedback from the last night shoot about the image being too red/pink i thought i would go out for a test shoot to see if shooting on a different colour balance would lessen the effect of the light pollution in the sky on a long exposure.
After quite a few test shots this was the result, which i'm relatively happy with. But i think that it might now be a little bit blue? It certainly looks a lot colder. However the car stands out a little better against the background now. Maybe i need to look into different types of filter? I dont know whats out there?

In terms of the shoot, i still kept with the idea of running round with a flash gun for now, but made more effort to light the car evenly and also added some highlight on the interior by popping a flash inside.

I wasn't entirely happy with the composition of the image, but as it was more of a lighting experiment, i don't think it mattered quite as much.

After this i think i'm going to do some more research into night shots, but also look into some daytime stuff and exciting things to do. I had originally chosen to start with night shots as i felt i had more control over the lighting, but will look into the use of reflectors for daytime stuff..

Night shots

Well having received my remote shutter release and thus having the ability to do some long exposures, I ventured out in the middle of the night to have a little practice.
Apart from getting interrupted by the Military Police, ha! I think it went quite well, baring in mind I was shooting in complete darkness. My exposures were around a minute and a half, which was just about long enough for me to run around using a hand held flash gun that I fired at different angles and distances from the subject. I used the flash to highlight various bits of the background too, to make it a little more interesting.

These were the best two images from the shoot, though theres room for improvement. I quite like the way that the sky has gone orangey with the light pollution as i think it compliments the red, though I dont know if I can change that somehow to make it less orange for other shoots which I may want a darker black sky? Also I might try some slightly more interesting angles etc,

I know they might not be to everyone's taste, but i'd appreciate some feedback on what people think and improvements etc..

ta,

Hotlinking

Just trying to hotlink a picture from my photobucket, will it work?

ah ha! no IMG codes..