Save the cheerleader, save the world

[nick_bbb]

A few shots from today with Crystal and my Camaro

[mikeh501]

Nice. Car is OK too

[beano500]

mikeh501 said:

Nice. Car is OK too

I was going to say: doesn't Nick normally shoot cars?

What does the title refer to?

[siscar]

Don't fancy either much to be honest.

[odyssey2200]

Those look like the first few shots from what could be a very interesting series.

Show us the rest

Edited by odyssey2200 on Saturday 9th May 20:46

[andy-xr]

siscar said:

Don't fancy either much to be honest.

I know everyone's entitled to an opinion and all, but did you really have to post that?

[4hero]

Excellent angles, loving the overhead shot

Company Director/Owner/Ignorant bd said said:

Don't fancy either much to be honest.

Very complimentary chap you are.

[siscar]

andy-xr said:

siscar said:

Don't fancy either much to be honest.

I know everyone's entitled to an opinion and all, but did you really have to post that?

I'm sorry but I really don't see any merit in photography like this - OK, each to their own etc. But I know some attractive women, I have access to some nice machinery, I can get a 20 something blonde to lie on the bonnet of a Ferrari, Aston, Bentley etc and take photos of it. This is a pretty uninspiring looking woman draped on a car that is also IMHO pretty uninspiring.

Maybe I'm being harsh, but given the car and the blonde the photography part is easy.

Edited by siscar on Saturday 9th May 20:31

[siscar]

Stupid Tosser said:

Excellent angles, loving the overhead shot

Company Director/Owner/Ignorant bd said said:

Don't fancy either much to be honest.

Very complimentary chap you are.

In this case I don't see merit in the photography, what do you want me to do, lie about it?

[4hero]

siscar said:

andy-xr said:

siscar said:

Don't fancy either much to be honest.

I know everyone's entitled to an opinion and all, but did you really have to post that?

I'm sorry but I really don't see any merit in photography like this - OK, each to their own etc. But I know some attractive women, I have access to some nice machinery, I can get a 20 something blonde to lie on the bonnet of a Ferrari, Aston, Bentley etc and take photos of it. This is a pretty uninspiring looking woman draped on a car that is also IMHO pretty uninspiring.

Maybe I'm being harsh, but given the car and the blonde the photography part is easy.

Edited by siscar on Saturday 9th May 20:31

Photography part is easy? Post some of your shots for us to admire?

[andy-xr]

I'll say again, everyone's entitled to an opinion

Take your mind off the model, look at the angles, the lighting, the tone that the photographers pulled from that photo. Notice how the RAMS logo is a parallel line - someone's put a lot of thought into that shot, and cleaned their car. If it doesnt do it for you fair enough, but at least stick up a decent crit

[siscar]

4hero said:

Photography part is easy? Post some of your shots for us to admire?

I could but what holds me back is the presumption that that quality of my own shots has a bearing on the validity of my opinion on some else's. If that were the case then artistic criticism would be completely dead.

[miniman]

Spot on as always Nick.

[siscar]

andy-xr said:

I'll say again, everyone's entitled to an opinion

Take your mind off the model, look at the angles, the lighting, the tone that the photographers pulled from that photo. Notice how the RAMS logo is a parallel line - someone's put a lot of thought into that shot, and cleaned their car. If it doesnt do it for you fair enough, but at least stick up a decent crit

I was commenting on:

mikeh501 said:

Nice. Car is OK too

As much as on the photography. But since it comes to to it - yes, the angles are good and certainly someone has prepared the car and dressed the model. I just find this genre of photography to be uninspired and dated. OK, I realise it was meant to be a little retro (well I hope it was). But put a nice car and a nice model in the shot and you have a chunk of the audience saying it's great no matter what the quality of the photography. And in this case, IMHO, the car and the model weren't that great, the angles etc were OK but it's stuff that has done many times before and, no doubt, will be done many times in the future.

[nick_bbb]

Oooh controversy

I might add some more by introducing another shot...

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[toasty]

OK, so the pics may not be at the cutting edge of photographic experimentalism but they sure are pleasing to the eye, well mine at least.

Ignore the lone dissenter and keep 'em coming.

[todd69]

I must be getting old but would have preferred pics of the car alone and a spec list (I'll hide now).

[staceyb]

nick_bbb said:

Oooh controversy

I might add some more by introducing another shot...

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Out of curiosity Nick do you use a make-up artist for your shoots or does the model do it herself?

[odyssey2200]

Quinny said:

Was it a bit nippy

I can see her Bruce Lees!!

[nick_bbb]

Thanks all

staceyb said:

Out of curiosity Nick do you use a make-up artist for your shoots or does the model do it herself?

It depends, I try and keep the amount of people involved to a minimum. An MUA doubles the length of a shoot but I have used them before if the model doesn't feel happy without. Yesterday the model had an MUA round to her house before the shoot so turned up ready to go