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Awesome shots! Last is my fav for sure. Haven't made it over to Hoover in awhile but good to see the Eagles are hanging around since they never do at Alum once spring rolls around. Jeff

See you there Oh, and let me know if you want me to bring anyting else. I am Nikon but you are more than welcome to try out whatever you want. Jeff

I skip the middle range and go wide (I use the Tokina 16-28/2.8 on full-frame) or then long with the 200/2. Those are my two favorite ATM. If I was shooting at the track I would bring along the 70-200/2.8 for sure. I will be shooting Mark's car at Norwalk this weekend and will be using those three 99% of the time. Oh, and my answer varies a little depending on if you are talking about a "Shoot" Vs track-side shooting. For a planned shoot I would get lighting and a Rig first. For track-side shooting the 70-200/2.8 is what I would add first. Jeff

We hiked alongside a gentlemen a few years ago that was on his way up to Mt. LeConte. Our trail ended about 5 miles in but since he had reservations that day he and his son went the rest of the way up. He had gone 27 years in a row and told us all kinds of cool stories. Once the kids are a little older I look forward to seeing it in person. Jeff

We were there the first weekend in April. It was in the high 20's that morning with crazy wind. I left the camera on the tripod and jumped in and out of the car to warm up. Thanks everyone! Jeff

Nice pics! Love the '99 VR4 and any White FD. Jeff

Few pics from a sunrise on Clingman's Dome in the Smokey Mountains: JMY_5480 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_5493 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_5545 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_5599 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_5607 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_5640 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_5739 by JMYphotography, on Flickr

It is dead in here so I will toss one up from Easter. Took far too many but I think this is my fav: JMY_6934 by JMYphotography, on Flickr

Thanks!

Thanks! My fav as well (From yesterday). Jeff

Thanks! I drove by that standing water and with the sun where it was pulling off a good reflection wasn't quite as easy as I was hoping. Shooting though the weeds was the only option for this one. Jeff

JMY_7090 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_7113 by JMYphotography, on Flickr

As seen on a Corvette JMY_7769 by JMYphotography, on Flickr

Had an hour to "Drive around" yesterday late afternoon so I brought the camera along. Stopped by a few places that caught my eye from the road and snapped a few pics. Black car in direct sunlight was far from ideal but oh well: JMY_7792 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_7751 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_7807 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_7671-2 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_7699 by JMYphotography, on Flickr JMY_7842-2 by JMYphotography, on Flickr Taking a break from posing before heading back home: JMY_7815 by JMYphotography, on Flickr

Alex's Supra is my fav -- nice pics! I wanted to come out for a bit and add to the collection but between the rain in the morning and then setting up for our Open House I didn't have any time. Jeff

My camera isn't fast (FPS) but it is great in low-light (IE: Inside the house). My favs of my kids are always of the non "Staged" variety. Get down at their level and let them play and catch natural laughs / smiles / etc. I love shooting at f/1.4 -2.0 (Depending on the lens) but with that shallow depth-of-field there are far more misses than hits Jeff

Same here. The vast majority of what I shoot now-a-days is my kids and/or their friends. Nice pics! Jeff

Eric S. at IPS Call me Monday at 740-657-3278 if you want to get a quote or ask any questions. Jeff

Thanks!

My 2-year-old behind the house last night. She was all dressed up anyway so I talked her into getting outside to enjoy the sun for a few minutes:

I'm still very much of the opinion that his "Soft" isn't talking about actual sharpness. Even a full page lay-out in a magazine is small enough for it to not matter unless something was REALLY out of focus. I have never seen this magazine before but maybe see if you can look at the back-issue pics online and get an idea of what he is used to seeing? If you haven't, look at threads like this to get ideas on how far you can go with just the processing side of things: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1007907

I personally don't see them as "Soft" but to be honest in this size on the web you would have to be noticeably out of focus for that to jump out IMO. From a framing stand-point the first image you posted jumps out as being way too tight (Crop) with nothing helping it at all in the back-ground. Obviously you want the back-ground blurred but if you look at the pics in the "Rig" link I posted it always adds to it if you can get a sun-flare or lights or something that just makes the image "Pop" a bit more. With so many rolling shots done on rigs now, I think your higher angle and tighter crop make it look a little odd as compared to a low and wide-angle rig shot "Look" that is such the norm now. To do this type of shot w/o a rig IMO you need a golf cart, a wide-angle lens, a slow shutter speed, and as good a background as possible. You don't have to go fast at all to get the sense of motion (Technically speaking if you are good at PS you can make the car look like its moving while sitting 100% still) but it's more of the wide-angle "Look" that I typically see a lot. Jeff Disclaimer: This is based around submitting them to a magazine and not what would pass as being perfectly fine for many other purposes.

How much did you pay for yours (Pics)? If you don't want to say shoot me a PM. Most decent kits are minimally a grand and even though I could see it lasting forever I am not convinced that there is enough of a market to justify the cost. The results look great though so I dunno. Been kicking it around for awhile. Jeff

I don't like this pic because you can't see the entire tach sweep (I had to take it a weird angle because I was trying to do this in 5 minutes and my two kids seats made me getting in the back-seat impossible) but I was thinking something darker like this for an interior shot: No flash. ISO 100 and a few second exposure. I just lifted the garage door up half-way to get a little light in (Otherwise garage dark). Jeff

Or you can just buy a rig and let them roll a few feet and get the same / better results I am still on the fence about purchasing a kit but they certainly make life easier as explained above. Jeff PS -- For those not familiar: http://www.slrlounge.com/long-exposure-auto-photography-using-rig