decided to try my hand at photography

[kbuss]

If you want to get better at photography, don't use Instagram filters. Try an editing software and just tweaking little things here and there to bring out the details.

[Belvader]

ya sorry about that lol, i have been looking for some good quality stuff that doesn't cost a shit load and instagram filters aren't the best but it turned out pretty damn good for just being what it is

[Belvader]

so now i think i have something pretty good, i found some ok software so ive been working getting a mixture of working focusing and the filters so here we go

[Belvader]

only one photo but after a long day i decided to take a breather and to something worth while, hope you guys like it

[Belvader]

a couple from the shop


i'm not sure truly whether the quality of the pics are getting better or worse... i think they were looking better with just the instagram filters

[kbuss]

What are you shooting with? The filters aren't helping IMO.

[rice4life]

Yeah, tone down on the filters, first set of pics look great.

Get GIMP, it's like a free basic version of photoshop.

http://www.gimp.org/

then watch

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSNi0r3YLHM"]How to enhance an image on GIMP (FREE Photoshop Equivalent) - YouTube[/ame]


Hope it helps, once you get the basics down you can start making photos like the ones I sent you.

[Belvader]

What are you shooting with? The filters aren't helping IMO.

iphone5 i have a legit camera it's just a standard nikon though and my phone has a higher resolution anyway i know those last couple of photos sucked ass but i'm still working out some kinks sorry to all of you that had to look at them lol

[Belvader]

Yeah, tone down on the filters, first set of pics look great.

Get GIMP, it's like a free basic version of photoshop.

http://www.gimp.org/

then watch

How to enhance an image on GIMP (FREE Photoshop Equivalent) - YouTube


Hope it helps, once you get the basics down you can start making photos like the ones I sent you.

thanks man, i got it now i'm just playing around with it i'll post some pics once i get something alright

[Belvader]

here's some pics with no filters just because i want to have nice pictures without gumming it up with filters and focusing stuff. don't get me wrong i have nothing against filters, i just want to have a nice photo to begin with










thoughts? concerns? ideas?

[Withers]

Need to work a bit on your exposure. For most of those shots you're exposing correctly for the sky, but the truck is the subject and it's underexposed pretty significantly.

[Belvader]

now some that i did with just a filter and nothing else


took these on the way home from slam session so that's why it's dirty

[Belvader]

Need to work a bit on your exposure. For most of those shots you're exposing correctly for the sky, but the truck is the subject and it's underexposed pretty significantly.

thank you, and that's sorta the look i was going for where the truck was of to the side more and it's treating the view as if the truck may or may not be the focus that sounds weird but i like it not completely on my truck.... if that makes any sense and to everyone who watches this thread sorry that i keep doing photography on just my truck, i just only know stuff on automotive photography and getting anybody else to let me shoot their ride is difficult

[K.Stockdale]

Get filters out of your head, completely, stop using filters. Just start color correcting in some sort of software. You can torrent photoshop or lightroom pretty easily. Also, do less. Less is more.

[Belvader]

aight, thanks man! and i know i use too many photos but i am thinning the masses down alot before i post them haha i get on average 100 or so photo's from each location i go, then i narrow it down to the best 20 or less , but i will start posting less photo's. and to all of you idk when i'll be able to go by there but i found a new place when i was on the way home from the show this past weekend, it's a rundown school on the outer section of town so there's gonna be more pics soon