A taste of things to come

Heres a couple more shots that i've been working on from the other nights shoot. Got some more too, but they're still in need of editing.
once again these aren't final versions, so no criticising any bad cutting out.
I have stayed with the idea of a word to anchor the image, and i think it just about works, though do tell me if you dont like them.

I've been trying to play around with the locations a bit more to attempt some interesting shots, so without further ado,

staying the right side of the law?

Well i went out again last night taking more photos for this project, and for the two locations i chose, i got approached by security at one and observed by the police in the other. Am i really that dodgy looking? The trouble is, its usually quite late, as the areas are too busy during the day, or dont really work for whatever reason.

Anyhow, i will upload some more images in a while, i just need to edit through them.

Next Location

Well as i was looking for locations, i've naturally been looking for ones with some sort of concrete or surface that would go well with the idea of graffiti. This is the latest installment after i was driving round a lot of carparks at night and was drawn in by the columns in a row and how i could use them to make an interesting image.
I will add some contacts at some point, but this is this one image i've been working on for this location


Im not entirely sure about the positioning of the text, so will try a few more. I have some ideas for a couple more shots too, so need to pop out and get some more snaps.. watch this space (however not too closely)

I spy trickery..

So it looks as if you not only have to find a decent location, but shoot the car in a studio to get perfect lighting, then photoshop it into your background.

Looking back at Ambient Life website I knew the images were photoshopped anyway, but i had failed to notice that on some, the cars have literally been pasted in. Thus doing away with all those annoying reflections i am struggling with. grrr..

storm troopers

Whilst floating around the net, i stumbled upon this masterpiece, 'What Storm Troopers do on their day off' so i thought i'd post and share it with you all...

HERE

What a week

My word, what a week.. I cant begin to explain various things that are going on at the moment but its leaving me a little messed up. Anyhoot, on to the blog.

I need to update with some more recent images which I will in good time. I have to admit I am struggling a little with finding some locations for this project as I dont seem to be able to recreate the ideas I have in my mind. I am also less able to control the lighting as I thought I would be, but maybe this is less important than I had originally foreseen as some car photographers can use ambient light depending on what kind of image they're trying to create.

I am still aiming to retain a playful/artistic kind of feel to my images and produce a selection of wide angle and close up shots, perhaps sticking to three images from three locations and one main image.

So then, onward and upward, hoping to get some more images this week to add to the others..

Further manipulation

Right well i've had a bit of a play with a couple of the images in PS to create something that i feel brings the pictures more to life and more of a sense of play with them too, instead of 'just a car'

dont criticise me on my cutting out techniques, as i have only done a quick job to play with the composition and colours, nothing is finalised.


So what are peoples views? do they look alright? Which one's best?

I'm not sure really how I'm going to choose on my 10 images and whether they will be 10 different locations or not? But i think they will all hopefully flow together and work together.

I also need to work out how i'm going to present the images, currently i'm thinking of a small book thing.. maybe like 10 different postcards bound together.. hmmm.. need to think abput that.

overall i'm quite happy at how this batch have turned out, though think i need a few more shoots yet to complete the collection..

Contacts

Well as promised, here is a selection of pictures from my shoot in the new location..
I have played around with different angles, and also though about doing some odd close ups to throw into the mix. I wanted to find a location with quite a plain but interesting background, and i think the stripes of this underpass work quite well.. plus there was some graffiti on there which kind of went with one of my ideas, even if it was a bit lame and not too colourful..

Another location

Well its about time i updated again, things have been very hectic over the last week, but i have found a location i feeel might work well for some good shots. I have done some experimental shots, of which i will upload in the next couple of days or so, and see where i go from here.

the location would lend itself to graffiti quite well too, and i will probably edit the pictures slightly on photoshop to help to give them a more complete look.

watch this space.