It's all about the experience!

[ŋєт™]

I do have to say that tonight I got a taste of what I want to do for the rest of my life. I was invited to a professional shoot by my buddy Javier. He was doing a shoot of 4 Dodge Challengers (3 SRT8’s with various mods and an R/T ), Dodge Charger SRT8, Jeep Cherokee SRT8, and a Chrysler 300 SRT8. The guy who hired my friend wanted some images for his shop he owns which specializes in Dodge, Chrysler, and Jeep vehicles.

I arrived a little late because of work and the shoot was going full steam when I got there. It was very laid back with people going back and forth with lighting and other equipment. People here and there would move cars into different positions. I got in on the action as well. This went on for a few hours until the sunset came…that’s where the fun began. It had been raining most of the day and the sky was beyond amazing with the clouds. At this point it was only myself and my buddy. Everyone else went to the shop to pick up and drop off cars. So we had a sunset that was fading, only 2 people, and 5 different cars to move around at this point….I have never run around so much while I was doing photography!!! With my D300s, a huge light or driving cars around it became very exhausting.

Our hard work paid off though. I got a few nice shots, but the gold was in my buddies stuff. I’m actually going to his house tomorrow while he edits them. From what I saw from his camera they are going to come out very nicely. I got some good experience today and even a little extra cash too. Expect some updates including photos AND video soon.\

[Saknika]

Sounds like you've also got someone who could make a good mentor in the field too!

[ŋєт™]

Yes indeed. I'm going to be working with him alot this summer.

Here are 2 of the shots he finished so far:





I can't wait to see the group shots

[ŋєт™]

!!!!!! LOL

Edit:

[sajid555]

As everyone knows, the end of March concluded our FIRST EVER Community Project! It is being left open until the end of Easter Sunday due to some requests and my own tardiness in everything, so if you still want in you have just over 24hrs to do so! Remember, these are going onto our website! There’s some great imagery in there already, so please don’t be afraid to add yours to the mix as well.

[sajid500]

Unfortunately, there is no Community Practice image. However, I remembered once that Marian had mentions making the blank space more like an advert to get entries, and since I really hated that blank space I took her up on the idea. So it's not blank, and the photo is something I did that could be sized down and have space for copy. If you think you have an image like this as well that you wouldn't mind used in the same manner, feel free to send it in and I will add it. And then we will have a selection to use and rotate.

[sajid155]

For this practice, there is to be no black and white either. You really want to focus on using colour, and black and white are merely the extreme ends in the shades of gray.

Colour theory is the study of how colour affects an image. By placing hot on cold, or vise-versa, you will get a specific feeling in your photograph. Same goes for placing hot on hot and cold on cold. Colours will naturally interact with each other, and as such knowing how they do so is beneficial to any photographer’s arsenal of creative knowledge.