truspeed motorcars
Sunday, 19. July 2009
The owner of one of the dealerships i work for races Porsche cup cars. Yesterday he had a track event so I went out and shot some photos of him in action. EDIT: I added the rest.
my new sti!
Sunday, 5. July 2009
I drove around town trying to find interesting backgrounds. There just aren’t any here in the suburbs. I need to find an area more industrial or rundown.
spot metering & birds
Wednesday, 18. March 2009
I saw these birds in my backyard tree a couple days ago. So I grabbed my camera and my 70-200 f/2.8 lens so I could go shoot them. I took a few pics from behind them and next to them but I still didn’t have a shot I liked. I moved in front of them and when I raised my camera, they flew away! They saw that I was pointing something at them and got scared!
I thought I had missed my shot but a couple hours later, I looked out the window and saw that they had come back. I went out there again and without rasing my camera, I raised my arms to show them I wasn’t going to hurt them. They seemed fine so I raised my camera and took a few photos. Looking at my display, I saw that the camera wasn’t metering the birds correctly because the sun was behind them. (I wanted to keep the sun behind them because it outlined them nicely from the background.) The camera was metering for the whole picture, so when it saw bright light, it darkened the exposure. I switched the camera to spot metering where it only meters what you have in the exact center of the photo, recomposed and took the picture. Voila! It came out perfectly exposed.
Here is the photo with lots of adjustment layers in Photoshop like levels and curves.
another one of my STi
Friday, 24. October 2008
On Wednesday I washed my car and re-shot it with some better light. I also ordered a canvas print of this for an example I am showing at a photo shoot even in November. I hope it turns out cool!
new photos of travis’ bike
Sunday, 12. October 2008
Travis has done a lot to his Honda CBR600RR since you’ve seen it last. I don’t know if I can remember everything, but he’s put on an exhaust, removed the rear license plate/turn signals assembly and replaced it with a smaller setup, replaced the rear seat with a cowl, 4 frame sliders, gold levers, flush mount front turn signals, smoked front windscreen… I think that’s it.
Looks pretty effing sweet, doesn’t it? 
finally, the STi
Saturday, 11. October 2008
I shot some photos of Travis’ motorcycle today and when I was done, I shot my car. It’s been ages since I shot my car!
lyndon’s wrx
Saturday, 9. August 2008
I had a photo shoot this morning at 6AM down at a beach near San Clemente. I took a lot of photos so here is what I’m working on so far. I’ll be editing for a week or two.
x games were awesome!
Monday, 4. August 2008
I got to go to the X Games again this year. It was sweltering hot and I got a sunburn even though I wore sunblock. But it was all worth it. Lots of dirt, fast cars and crashes. I took over 700 pictures so I am slowly going through them all. I’ll keep adding to this post as I edit them. Here’s one for now.
Adam Carolla coming into the Venue through the metal detectors. He had to empty out his pockets just like the rest of us. He only had one dude with him, too. He was going in for an autograph signing we saw set up.
honda cbr600rr
Friday, 11. July 2008
Travis and I bought a motorcycle this week. It’s so exciting! It’s a 2008 Honda CBR600RR, matte black. We got it so we could save on gas and also have another form of transportation. Travis has been working on his car for weeks now (installing a new turbo kit) so I have been taking to him to and picking him up from work. Now I don’t have to anymore, ha ha. He has the bike. When I work up the courage, he’s going to teach me to ride it. WooHoo!
black star canyon
Monday, 23. June 2008
I was really bored yesterday so I went up into the foothills and took some pictures. It has been so hot here lately I waited till like 6 o’clock to leave the house. It was over a 100 but it’s supposed to be cooler today.
wooley’s car at hb speed… update
Friday, 6. June 2008
So this time I was on the ball! Found a good enough backdrop and caught the sun at the perfect time! Here they are:
track day, fun day!
Monday, 26. May 2008
I had sooo much fun at the track yesterday! It was freezing and my face got wind-burned, but it was totally worth it.
My new lens was great but I learned a few things during my first time out with it. One, Image Stabilization doesn’t help very much when it’s crazy windy! ha ha. Myself and the camera were all over the place. Two, apparently it’s hard to track and keep in focus white cars. A lot of my white car pictures were blurry. And third, I really need a monopod. I think it would have definitely kept the number of blurry pictures down in the wind. But it will also help with the weight of the lens. I didn’t think it would be a problem. But after holding it up for an extended period of time, my left wrist really started to ache.
Here are a couple pictures of Travis and our friend, Ferdie.
happy birthday, milo!
Saturday, 24. May 2008
Today is Milo’s birthday! She turned 4. I’m kind of a crazy cat lady. I sang happy birthday to her today. I think she liked it. She didn’t try to squirm out of my arms while I was singing.
I’ll be waking up at 3AM tomorrow morning to go to Willow Springs Raceway. I should probably be in bed right now but there is still so much to do. Travis has to put his car on the dyno and we have to go shopping and pick up water and snacks to eat while we’re at the track all day. I’ll be using my new lens to take pictures of cars on the track. Wish me luck and hope that I don’t suck too bad! I’ll be selling these!
my new lens!
Tuesday, 20. May 2008
If you’re a photographer and you’re reading this, then you know what the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM lens is. Well, I bought one. HOLY CRAP! I can’t believe that I actually have one now. It got delivered today and I had to run out and take some test shots. These are SO not exciting but I had to practice my panning. I went to the park by my house and took a few sniper photos. I want to sleep with the lens next to me in my bed, that’s how much I love it!
And then this lady… I took a picture of her, and then all of a sudden she was in front of me! Apparently, she turned her car around and asked me what I was taking pictures of! I told her I just got a new lens and I was practicing taking pictures of moving objects. She was like, “OH! I thought you were taking radar pictures or something!”
See, this lens commands respect! ha ha ha. WHITE LENS TILL I DIE!
