DAAR Photography - A Glimpse in to my work behind the camera

[Suburuuh]

That bugeye ... ! Those roller shots are awesome too!

[Simply Classy]

Satisfying thread satisfies.

Keep up the good work!

[JDMexican]

Many thanks gentlemen! I appreciate the kind words. Perhaps one day I'll be able to shoot a feature for Stanceworks or Speedhunters. Fingers Crossed!

[JDMexican]

I'll start the ball rolling again with some more shots!

First up in this set is one of my close friend Carlos' bagged FRS on a set of Rays Victrix! Clean and simple with a great wheel choice. Just my style.

TAILORED | Carlos' Bagged FRS by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED | Carlos' Bagged FRS by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED | Carlos' Bagged FRS by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED | Carlos' Bagged FRS by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED | Carlos' Bagged FRS by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED | Carlos' Bagged FRS by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED | Carlos' Bagged FRS by David Arellano, on Flickr

[JDMexican]

Another good friend of mine, my buddy Matt's bagged blobeye WRX. Mr. Bagged on Reps!

Matt's Bagged WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

Matt's Bagged WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

Matt's Bagged WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

Matt's Bagged WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

Matt's Bagged WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

Matt's Bagged WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

Matt's Bagged WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

[TWM Performance]

Simply perfect.

- Renato

[Dome]

Amazing photos and cars man

[white out]

That bugeye is hot.

[JDMexican]

Welp. Guess now is a good time to throw some more stuff in here!

Some sort-of recent stuff.


Haven't light-painted all that much. This is a composite photo, 5 images stitched together.
Lance's Bagged Big Body Lexus by David Arellano, on Flickr

My previous light painting session. Another composite, this time 4 images
Ryan's Bagged WRX | Light Painting by David Arellano, on Flickr

Salt Scrapers | Kara's Bagged A3 by David Arellano, on Flickr

Some of you may have seen this car/my images of this car around the web. My friend's bagged Volkommen widebody WRX
Ryan's Bagged Widebody WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

Ryan's Bagged Widebody WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

Ryan's Bagged Widebody WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

Ryan's Bagged Widebody WRX by David Arellano, on Flickr

My buddy Corbin's camo RS4
Corbin's Camo RS4 by David Arellano, on Flickr

Corbin's Camo RS4 by David Arellano, on Flickr

Corbin's Camo RS4 by David Arellano, on Flickr

Another car that's been seen around the web. My friend's bagged custom full-metal widebody 370Z (It's for sale btw)
TAILORED // Camcam's Bagged Widebody 370Z by David Arellano, on Flickr

Plus some more rollers. All taken with one hand while driving the integra racecar (don't try this at home)
TAILOREDETTE // Kanye's Static IS250 by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED // Keaton's Bagged Big Body BMW by David Arellano, on Flickr

Another fairly recent shoot with my two buddy's subarus. Black is bagged WRX and silver is bagged STI
TAILORED - MATT X GILLEST by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED - MATT X GILLEST by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED - MATT X GILLEST by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED - MATT X GILLEST by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED - MATT X GILLEST by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED - MATT X GILLEST by David Arellano, on Flickr

TAILORED - MATT X GILLEST by David Arellano, on Flickr

[JDMexican]

And some more stuff. Got some shots of my Boss' Gran Torino that he purchased off of his father in law. The thing is pretty damn clean.

Shot at high-noon in harsh harsh lighting. Did my best
The Gran Torino by David Arellano, on Flickr

The Gran Torino by David Arellano, on Flickr

The Gran Torino by David Arellano, on Flickr

The Gran Torino by David Arellano, on Flickr

The Gran Torino by David Arellano, on Flickr

The Gran Torino by David Arellano, on Flickr

[JDMexican]

And my biggest update. I took myself to Wuste, without my lovely benz And got tons of photos (just short of 150. Stayed up until sunrise Friday night and Saturday night to catch golden hour.

Some of you might recognize this car So glad I finally got to capture it for myself
Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

And my favorite car at the entire show. This thing was a show-stopper and an exquisite piece of machinery. I scheduled a photo shoot with him while I was still down in Vegas but unfortunately some things came up and he wasn't able to make it. So I had to make due with what I had.
Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Yes those are Dayton Wires
Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Another really cool and unique car at the show that didn't take any shortcuts.
Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

[JDMexican]

Plus some other awesome cars from the show. This other Ghia was amazing

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

Wuste 2016 by DAAR Photography by David Arellano, on Flickr

[rice4life]

Tone down the contrast and the faux blur effect, it's really hard to focus my eyes on the pictures when some parts look overexposed and the other parts are pitch black which makes detail hard to see. A softer vignette would also give the pictures more of a natural and not so overly edited look.

Content is great though, keep it up!

[JDMexican]

The blur is actually all natural from shooting wide open (either 28mm at 1.8 or 50mm at 1.4). I love the added depth and heavier contrast. I reduced some of the whites and lifted some of the blacks to help with the rich extremes of light (or lack of). The vignette is for the most part natural too due to stacking a UV filter and my CPL (didn't have my camera bag on my in the parking lot to remove my UV).

I appreciate the criticism though! Always good to consider doing things a bit differently for different results.

[rice4life]

The blur is actually all natural from shooting wide open (either 28mm at 1.8 or 50mm at 1.4). I love the added depth and heavier contrast. I reduced some of the whites and lifted some of the blacks to help with the rich extremes of light (or lack of). The vignette is for the most part natural too due to stacking a UV filter and my CPL (didn't have my camera bag on my in the parking lot to remove my UV).

I appreciate the criticism though! Always good to consider doing things a bit differently for different results.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/daarphotography/27524169321/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/daarphotography/27563311386/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/daarphotography/26986836234/

Here's the pictures I was talking about the vignette on, it looks a bit oblong and unnatural, I have use a 28mm wide angle lens for a couple years now on my Cannon AE1 and A1 with a UV filter and a hood and have yet to see a natural vignette like that. Even on my 50mm on my a body cameras and my t5 the vignette is quite slim with attachments.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/daarphotography/27320048710/

On this one you can't really make out the rest of the engine or engine bay, the chrome really stands out, but w/o the rest of the subject clearly visible it makes it hard for the eye to focus on. Your photo, not mine but I just wanted to let you know that most people like to see everything.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/daarphotography/26986562944/

I've never seen a depth of field change so sharp at a point even with a wide aperture on a photo that's why I thought it was done in editing. It definitely could have been the lighting and position.


It's all good, as I am just used to my setups and I understand different lenses and cameras/sensors show images differently than other cameras.