Kenchan and I decided to take some pics of the "twins" today. I must say that Ken is a cool dood in my book

Here are some of the pics we took today. Comments are welcome

Enjoy!

 

Those are some awesome pics.

 

--I second that! Was that a pro photog? Purrrty darn nice!

--pyratio

 

Awesome pics guys!!

When did you get the new rims 2per? and what kind are they?


Lyle

 

Awesome pics, definitely! I second Lagston's compliment on the rims... those are sweet! And, they look awesome on your MINI.

 

The second to last pic almost looks like a couple of models! Just the way the background colors and patterns are so sharp and pop it makes the cars really seem surreal.

 

you're going to hate me for saying this but every picture is a little too underexposed and/or too high of contrast. i can't tell if you jacked up the contrast on purpose or not. it seems like it but it's hard to decipher as it could really have been that bright that time of the shoot. but that's what is unfortunate because the cars and your wheels are so dark you just can't see them clearly (at least on the screen i'm looking at). sorry if this sounds harsh, but it's really dark to me. i know you have black wheels and those are hard to make shine, but the door and the front of the car is just as black as the wheels.

compositon, i like. i have to tell you, the first pic with the closeup of the wheels I THINK ROCKS! very, very cool picture!

you should convert some to b/w and see how they turn out. manually blurring out the backup trying to imitate real depth of field never comes out. i've yet to see anyone who can successfully re-create this. i've tried and i'm horrible at it too.

your angles are a little too steep, but it's bearable.

go back there at night if that parking lot is well lit....or at sunset but don't worry about shooting the sunset, just get the cars to be brighter.

overall, pretty darn cool shots and with some addtional post-processing, you could make several of them be absolute standouts!

the 6th pic reminds me of one i took:

 

hafid-

no hate here! I totally welcome all critiques of my work, both good and bad. I must say as a novice photographer those comments are great and shows I need A LOT more practice. The whole time I was trying to achieve a "standout" type photo. Trying to get the "lights" to stand out more than the "darks." I did turn up the contrast since there were little bit of clouds that day.

Thanks for the comments. I really appreciate them

-Chris

 

Great pictures, Like 2 peas in a pod.

What's up w/ the IB w/ black rims, is that an "S" or a Cooper w/ an "S" bonnet?

 

I don't really like the location, there's too much distraction between the buildings and lamp posts in the background. When you set up a shot don't just think about the cars (you've got that down great) think about everything, there's the rule of thirds. Keep the photo too 3 things (i.e. objects and how the shot is set up), I'm not sure how to explain it just keep your background items low and place them in thirds, like a tall building on the left and a Mini staggered semi infront of it with maybe one other thing at a different depth of feild. Keep it simple, you don't want the viewers eye to be looking everywhere and never figure out the focal point.

I'm totally digging #7 as well, It's an awesome picture and is by far the best out of the group.
Hope this helps :D cheers

 

We should refer all the "should I get black wheels?" questions to those first three shots -- they really show the impact of black vs. "silver" wheels on the overall look of the car. :smile:

 

Yes we should... I love that black look. It certainly toughens up the car quite a bite especially with the blue. What color? Hyper blue? Very nice shots. What brand/model wheels?

 

I didn't get new wheels, I've had those wheels for a while. I got them when I first got the MINI. Then I got the Enkei RPM2s, then I sold the Enkeis and put these wheels back on. Btw, they are 16" Rota Circuit 10s.

I put the Rotas back on because I have a set of 18" JLines that I'm still debating whether to put them on or not...to make a long story short, I don't know whether or not to sell the MINI and get an E46 M3.

The 18" JLines look like this:

 

it's what I call a SOOPER

 

The name of the thread is IB/B Twins..IB/B mean Indigo Blue/Black

 

Well I am not a pro on photo deal, however those are some killer pics. Great job More please