Thursday Night Meet Pics

[grasshopper]

Some pics i took at the Thursday Night Meet in Duluth. Check me out on Facebook at Vindicated Photography, Duluth GA.

[Bacon]

I quickly lost interest after seeing the first three pictures being stock vehicles I could have Googled as well as seeing your "watermark" being way too big. I won't mention the pictures being kinda big too.

[jamaul08]

I quickly lost interest after seeing the first three pictures being stock vehicles I could have Googled as well as seeing your "watermark" being way too big. I won't mention the pictures being kinda big too.

He's trying

[Bacon]

He's trying

Too hard.

[VQ35 Star]

wtf is the point of water marks on shitty quality pictures?!?!

[SHHHH]

Gotta start somewhere but I'd suggest heading down to the photography thread, asking questions and reading some how-to's.

[Nerdsrock22]

Dude, come on.

[SHAUNvX]

LOLOLOL

[quickdodge®]

OP, your efforts are appreciated and I'm not saying you need to go out and improve your skills and I'm not saying not to watermark your pictures, but I am going to comment on the size of your watermark. It's way too big, man. Professional photographers don't even have watermarks half that size. It's a huge distracting part of your pictures. Personally, at this level, I wouldn't even bother with one.

But most of all, don't be discouraged, dude. Just keep doing your hobby and have fun with it.

[Julio]

i just wasted 5 seconds.

[Gashbell4595]

i just wasted 5 seconds.

Pretty sure everyone did....

[VQ35 Star]

aw shit dudes in duluth too, ima get killed

[eraser4g63]

Drop the watermark and shitty pics and you'll be good.

[jdmitr]

keep it up man.... not everyone starts off as a pro.... take these comments and just better yourself.... you can only improve....

[ssonsk]

sometimes you gotta knock em down to see if they get back up

[grasshopper]

Damn, why you guys gotta hate?!?!?! These pictures are better than most amatuer photos i have seen out there!!

[quickdodge®]

Damn, why you guys gotta hate?!?!?! These pictures are better than most amatuer photos i have seen out there!!

First off, no one is "hating" (and misusing the word hate is grossly out of line). Secondly, your photos are exactly like amateur's photos. They are only better than early cell phone cameras. Personally I don't care about "crystal clear" pictures, myself. My main two critiques are that the pics are too dark and the unnecessarily (and unnecessary) large watermarks.

Take what you want from it, man.

[Nerdsrock22]

Damn, why you guys gotta hate?!?!?! These pictures are better than most amatuer photos i have seen out there!!

I'm no expert, but here are some tips to improve on your photography.

1. If you are shooting at night, you need to use a tripod. It looks like you might be, but there is still some motion blur. You can avoid this by using the timer on your camera to steady your shutter.
2. The white balance on your photos is completely off. See how everything looks yellow cast? Find some grey or white to use in the images so that you can correct it when editing. It looks like you are using a flash in some of the pictures. Is this off-camera? Unless you can light the whole car with the flash, just avoid it. You will never be able to get the white balance correct.
3. You've either overboosted the contrast, or oversaturated the images to the point where you have lost a lot of detail. This is especially obvious with the red cars.
4. Whatever editing software you are using as destroyed the file integrity of the pictures. Every single one of the images has horrific JPEG artifacts. What is your current work flow? Maintaining file integrity is the least you can do if you want to be taken seriously.
5. Both the composition and depth of field in the images is boring and amateurish. I suspect you are using a point and shoot, so you might not be able to get much DOF, but you can certainly improve on composition. Give us the whole car or either get tight on the details. No one wants to see a Camaro with the back wheel cut off.
6. Just stop with the watermark. That font is moronic and the size is egregious. If you want to put your initials in the corner thats fine, but worrying about people stealing your images is the last thing I'd concern my self with at this point.

Keep working and stay busy.

[Western.]

I'm no expert, but here are some tips to improve on your photography.

1. If you are shooting at night, you need to use a tripod. It looks like you might be, but there is still some motion blur. You can avoid this by using the timer on your camera to steady your shutter.
2. The white balance on your photos is completely off. See how everything looks yellow cast? Find some grey or white to use in the images so that you can correct it when editing. It looks like you are using a flash in some of the pictures. Is this off-camera? Unless you can light the whole car with the flash, just avoid it. You will never be able to get the white balance correct.
3. You've either overboosted the contrast, or oversaturated the images to the point where you have lost a lot of detail. This is especially obvious with the red cars.
4. Whatever editing software you are using as destroyed the file integrity of the pictures. Every single one of the images has horrific JPEG artifacts. What is your current work flow? Maintaining file integrity is the least you can do if you want to be taken seriously.
5. Both the composition and depth of field in the images is boring and amateurish. I suspect you are using a point and shoot, so you might not be able to get much DOF, but you can certainly improve on composition. Give us the whole car or either get tight on the details. No one wants to see a Camaro with the back wheel cut off.
6. Just stop with the watermark. That font is moronic and the size is egregious. If you want to put your initials in the corner thats fine, but worrying about people stealing your images is the last thing I'd concern my self with at this point.

Keep working and stay busy.

Now there's some useful advice if I ever saw it. +Reps.

[stevo_EF91]

tripod, slow shutter speed, use auto white balance, no flash, shoot in RAW... change one thing at a time to see your picture quality greatly increase

[yerrow]

what were you vindicated of?

[Kyle]

what were you vindicated of?

Vindicated of all the conventions of modern photography.

[e.mury]

The pictures aren't good but surprisingly Ive seen worse, its a start.

First off, no one is "hating" (and misusing the word hate is grossly out of line). Secondly, your photos are exactly like amateur's photos. They are only better than early cell phone cameras. Personally I don't care about "crystal clear" pictures, myself. My main two critiques are that the pics are too dark and the unnecessarily (and unnecessary) large watermarks.

Take what you want from it, man.

what were you vindicated of?

lol, EDIT: just noticed you used a 60d...

[grasshopper]

Thanks for the advice, instead of putting my pics down!! Also Vindicated means to prove wrong.

[quickdodge®]

Thanks for the advice, instead of putting my pics down!! Also Vindicated means to prove wrong.

I don't recall putting your pics down in a disrespectful way. But their your eyes, not mine and you'll see what you want to see.

And a side note, you haven't proved anything, sir.

[David88vert]

Also Vindicated means to prove wrong.

"I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)

vindicated - past participle, past tense of vin·di·cate (Verb)
1.Clear (someone) of blame or suspicion.
2.Show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified.

[yerrow]

i know the definition, i'm asking what were you vindicated of?

and what does that have to do with photography?

do you feel vindicated?

[David88vert]

Find me at any car event. I'll help you improve your shooting, and your workflow. I'm not a pro, but I have a method to covering automotive events and getting consistent results.
If it doesn't rain, I'll be at the old school meet today.

[SHAUNvX]

Just keep taking pictures, And you will get better. I have a Sony point and shoot camera and i can take better pics.

[djyuck]

Cars are bad
Pictures are worse
Understanding of your own name is worst.

Self-ownage always yields lollls.

[fatty]

take an actual class in photography at a tech school. most of the people here trying to give you advice don't know jack shit, so you should prob not waste your time

[Julio]

take an actual class in photography at a tech school. most of the people here trying to give you advice don't know jack shit, so you should prob not waste your time

Even if no one knew shit, pictures still look like shit..lol

[Western.]

Y'all are ridiculous. I think the point has been made, re-made, made again, and then emphasized. It's not even beating a dead horse now..... It's shooting the thing with a freaking machine gun.


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[Bacon]

Y'all are ridiculous. I think the point has been made, re-made, made again, and then emphasized. It's not even beating a dead horse now..... It's shooting the thing with a freaking machine gun.


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I don't like horses.

OP, if you took these photos and downsized your watermark to a corner of the picture it would be better. Its just too big right now.

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[Western.]

Obviously.


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[SHAUNvX]

If you dont tell somebody what they did wrong, how will they ever be able to correct it, and get better at it?

[Bacon]

Obviously.


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Andsrslybrah

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[Western.]

If you dont tell somebody what they did wrong, how will they ever be able to correct it, and get better at it?

That's correct. However, it doesn't take saying it that many times to get the point across. The dudes either going to take it the tip or not, and that's usually established in the first few posts.


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[VQ35 Star]

Has he blown his brains out yet?

[Nerdsrock22]

Has he blown his brains out yet?

Hopefully he's taken the tips he's received and tried to improve or decided this craft wasn't for him.

It's one thing to post pictures of a meet you attended. That's fine. But when you add a watermark and present your pictures as products, you invite criticism. The world doesn't need another sucky automotive photographer.