Silverstone Classic 2014
Discussion
tim-b said:
Here's a brief selection of my efforts - cheating slightly as I was on the right side of the fences
The rest are here on Classic Driver.
Tim, I saw these on Classic Driver yesterday and thought they were fantastic - certainly shows the difference between the amateurs and the pros.The rest are here on Classic Driver.
I'm sure that being the right side of the fence helps, but you clearly have a great talent.
Do you post-process much at all?
Thanks guys, I'll post a link to my site when more are up.
The only shots that look radically different than out of camera are some taken with my fish-eye lens, as I sometimes 'de-fish' them (like the 512M in the pitlane) which is a good alternative to using a 'normal' ultra-wide-angle lens.
will_ said:
Tim, I saw these on Classic Driver yesterday and thought they were fantastic - certainly shows the difference between the amateurs and the pros.
I'm sure that being the right side of the fence helps, but you clearly have a great talent.
Do you post-process much at all?
Hi Will, I just do basic 'global' processing, i.e. contrast, tone, colour balance etc. to the whole image - nothing added and nothing taken away.I'm sure that being the right side of the fence helps, but you clearly have a great talent.
Do you post-process much at all?
The only shots that look radically different than out of camera are some taken with my fish-eye lens, as I sometimes 'de-fish' them (like the 512M in the pitlane) which is a good alternative to using a 'normal' ultra-wide-angle lens.
will_ said:
tim-b said:
Here's a brief selection of my efforts - cheating slightly as I was on the right side of the fences
The rest are here on Classic Driver.
Tim, I saw these on Classic Driver yesterday and thought they were fantastic - certainly shows the difference between the amateurs and the pros.The rest are here on Classic Driver.
I'm sure that being the right side of the fence helps, but you clearly have a great talent.
?
I can't agree about showing the difference between amateurs and pros though,
there are so many technically proficient pros whose shots are just the same old same old unexceptional stuff.
Elderly said:
will_ said:
tim-b said:
Here's a brief selection of my efforts - cheating slightly as I was on the right side of the fences
The rest are here on Classic Driver.
Tim, I saw these on Classic Driver yesterday and thought they were fantastic - certainly shows the difference between the amateurs and the pros.The rest are here on Classic Driver.
I'm sure that being the right side of the fence helps, but you clearly have a great talent.
?
I can't agree about showing the difference between amateurs and pros though,
there are so many technically proficient pros whose shots are just the same old same old unexceptional stuff.
I used to edit a magazine and there was a photographer from dailysportscar.com, a chap called Lord, who used to supply us with the occasional photo from his portfolio. They were magnificent. Something to aspire to, work towards, but his images were a little daunting. I saw him flicking through his day's images after downloading them to his laptop, this at Spa I think, and I kept wanting to say, 'Could you go back to the last one.'
And Tim-b, I particularly liked #4. A real cracker.
I've been videoing for years and have made innumerable 'shorts' for my various rugby club but recently decided to try to improve a bit by doing other material. So remember that 99% of my footage has been from fixed points or on a tripod. Moving is new to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdRv3t5iHWo
And before anyone points it out, I know it is not the grid.
If you were there, see if you can recognise yourself in this bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pirqkygamA
There are few books/magazines aimed at the beginner to video. I'm just after pointers, examples that sort of thing, but in a large Waterstones they had one book on videoing, and the staff member had to blow dust of that one, and it was too advanced for what I was after. I mean, how do you eliminate the jerkiness when walking?
Derek Smith said:
Elderly said:
Yes, a great gift for the use of colour, composition and the unobvious in his motor sport images.
I can't agree about showing the difference between amateurs and pros though,
there are so many technically proficient pros whose shots are just the same old same old unexceptional stuff.
The amateur v pro is rather depressing from an amateur's point of view. I can't agree about showing the difference between amateurs and pros though,
there are so many technically proficient pros whose shots are just the same old same old unexceptional stuff.
I used to edit a magazine and there was a photographer from dailysportscar.com, a chap called Lord, who used to supply us with the occasional photo from his portfolio. They were magnificent. Something to aspire to, work towards, but his images were a little daunting. I saw him flicking through his day's images after downloading them to his laptop, this at Spa I think, and I kept wanting to say, 'Could you go back to the last one.'
And Tim-b, I particularly liked #4. A real cracker.
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