Lake Cuyamaca Meet Photos!

What I usually do is pick a range of settings I know I need to work with to get the shots I need. For this meet I would say 1/100th & f10. So ill use either shiutter or aperture priority and see what the settings it gives me is at. Lets say I use aperture priority and I set it at f10 and the camera sets me at 1/30th. I know thats too low so I turn up ISO and its forced to turn up shutter speed for me.

I totally get what you mean about your lens though and Im having the same issue right now. I bought a Sigma 30mm 1.4 and I want to take advantage of the wide open aperture because thats what I paid for! But it creates such a shallow DOF that it often messes up my shots so I usually shoot at 2.3 for portraits, 5.6 for groups, or 8-10 for wide scenes. Youll get it though!

 

The slammed taco and the older 94ish taco are my favs! unique trucks looking good!

 

thanks and great photos!!!!! at least you can see what the trucks actually look like!!! unlike mine where they look just black

fo sho!! pm me yyour email!

 

Rand nice pictures man.

 

You should have seen his truck in the sand at Fiesta...The 5 lug that runs with the big dawgs!!!

 

Your shots are nice but notice how Jake was dealing with some major shadows which are such a bitch to work with. Your pics are pretty evenly lit and even when there is shadows, the water is able to act as a reflective surface to help light up the shadows via reflection.

 

thats sick. I would have loved to see that. thats a super clean mini, lovin it big time.

 

cool cool. yeah i just need to play with it.... it was BRIGHT too. right when i got there i was at 1/4000 f3.2 lol but the sun moved and i switched it up to like 1/1250 f2.3 i think.... a lotof the photos had a purple tint on them though which i hated!

 

Nikons suck. Canon FTW. LOL. jK. Im shooting with a Canon 450D and I only use prime lenses. I have a Sigma 30mm 1.4 which is fucking amazing, and a Canon 85mm 1.8 which is also orgasmic. Im saving up for a Tokina 11-16mm Ultra Wide.

 

If it's okay with Ryan and Jake I might make a shirt for the lowered trucks

 

Thanks. I just used "auto" with the kit lens. Didn't want to take the time to mess with settings. Had beers and food waiting. Priorities!

 

why ok with me??

 

the purple tint is your white balance being off. I just discovered the use of the white card and, Jake, fucking use it. Holy shit it makes a night and day difference on photos. Colors are 100% perfect 100% of the time. Just properly expose and your good.

Read SirMarlon's post
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/photography/78557-bright-vivid-colors-slr-photography.html

 

ill have to check that out!!!

how the heck do you use it though?

 

Take a picture of the white card wherever you plan to shoot pictures. Then when you get home you adjust the white cards balance on your photo editing program. The photo editing program will ask you to click on a neutral grey or pure white point in the picture and you just click the card and the computer automatically perfect all the colors for you. Then you copy and paste that white balance data on all the other pics and :shazaam: perfect colors.

 

thats sick!!!!!

 

I'm game man!

 

great pics.

 

Hey, I really liked the pictures. A little dark but who cares they were great. A nice group of Trucks and nice people I'll bet

 

ill post my pictures up soon!!! still upload!....sike