hello hello, so for the pass month i've been feeling... hrmmm... how can i say this 'artsy'. im actually INSPIRED to go out and capture what i can. so i offered to do a shoot on Juls semi-new whip (iLLiana). of course he was stoked right-a-way thats cuz WHEN I 'feel' like shooting, he knows its not half-assing and that i'm going to experiment. so what great way to practice for myself and he gain in photos of his car. lol. its a win win situation. so there were a couple different locations i shot at. lets start in order shall we.
1) Target parking lot at Tanforan
whiles Juls was wiping down his car i copp'd a couple photos for fun. he havent got a chance to wash his car, busy busy bee he is. now of course i had to get one of his
EMBLEM so no one will mistaken its a 350 or even worse a 250. it's a
Lexus ISF people!!!! gawddd.
FRONT HEAD LIGHT and oh yea our homeboy Kevin was with us at the time, so i thot i throw a photo in with him.
HAH. not a very
CLEAR one of him, but then again the shoot isnt for him (sorry kev! maybe next time).
lastly a quick one of Juls
GROUP '
SFMODS' + Juls. i don't think he even notice i captured him along with the photo.
can you see the
CUPS? and i dont mean my titty cups nigga. but they do make a great home for my
OWL dont they? haha...
2) Costco at El Camino
so Juls
BEEN wanting to shoot here cuz their lighting is hella bright. i personally wasnt feelin it, but i guess it turned out not that bad. just the fcuking carts were all piled up right next to the car which made the photo kinna whackkk.
BUT i guess it'll do. here is a side far shot with a bit of the surroundings.
follow up a close up without the surroundings.
SIDE ANGLE (i really dont know what thee bf was doing with his wheels, he kept goin in and out of the car turning the wheels. i think it would've been fine just straight with the car) gotta give the boyfriend what he wants. lol
REVERSE side angle (btw, his front windshield was startin to
FOG up -_-* cuz he kept goin in-out of his car)
3) Alemany street Pacific Super parking lot
HONESTLY there was only
ONE photo that i am satisfied with here at this location. i think i need to go back there again. but yea, i did a shot of my ride here one time and Juls really liked it; so he wanted to come to my location for a shot of his whip. which we did. here was
mine.
and this is
his. his was way better than mine.
4) Vanness under the highway right by Bmw San Francisco
i've
BEEN wanting to come to this spot for the
LONGEST of long time because it has the
PERFECT one spot lighting for
ONE RIDE. it is
PERFECT, the
ONLY thing is that bright fcukin yellow Cash&Carry banner in the back. i had to photoshop most of it out, but a couple of photos i left it as is for the '
STREET' feel. because the city streets
DONT HAVE perfect lighting and perfect spots, always some shit around rather it be pot holes, bums, bright fcukin yellow banners, cops, and etc.
OUTTER RANGED Semi-Angle view
CLOSER up view, no head lights on
REAR end
close up of rear,
BREAK LIGHTS off.
VERTICAL cut view, less surroundings
HORIZONTAL width view with headlights on, closer.
plus it gives it a
GANGSTA feel. hah. instead of
GRAFFITI backgrounds like
EVERY OTHER freakin car does, i like this better. because when there is
A LOT going on in the background it disturbs the
MAIN subject in the photo. too much color makes the photo down graded from the
CLASH of confusion to the eyes (trust me i did take many photo classes), because the
USUAL viewer(s) don't have
THAT sense of separation; so when you have a photo and the subject is the car you can't have hella
SHIT around or else viewers
WONT TAKE notice of the car
SPECIFICALLY (prolly a good 98% looks at the other bullshit in the photo than the main subject to the photo and that other 2% looks at the car is because
1 they are car fanatics
2 they have a sense of
ART at heart). i.e. try to notice
BILLBOARD ADS, most of them have either a
BLANK canvas with the subject straight up
POPPING out to catch your eye
OR they just
USE PLAIN WORDS cuz they're lazy fcuks who don't want to bother thinking and coming up with a
CATCHY ad. but dont get me wrong
SOME word ads are the shit. but others are just
BULLSHIT. but even tho they are bullshit
TAKE NOTICE the background to the word ads are still either
ONE SOLID COLOR or just blank backing!
THAT IS BECAUSE while you are driving or biking or however the fcuk you are getting around town, they know they're at a time limit to
CATCH YOUR EYES with the quickness. what other way to capture you and have you remember their ad than to
GO STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN POINT, no
other disturbances. ya feel me? alright alright. i think thats it for the lesson today people. hope it makes sense and helps you out in the future somehow someway whether you in advertising, photography, art; doesn't hurt to gain more knowledge (:
- LOVEVA
