Learning Curve

**littlemissGTO** · 04-15-2010, 11:30 AM

So after hanging out with my kids for a bit I got a chance to take my birthday present (a D90) out for a few shots. It's going to take me a little bit to learn this one. I must day I do like it a little more than my D60. Shutter speeds and focusing are so much faster. Should be a fun year for photographs. Anywho here's what I took last night.

**FlyLike** · 04-15-2010, 11:43 AM

very cool pics.

***Hugger Z*** · 04-15-2010, 12:24 PM

Dayum that thing is shiny!

**Pure84GTT** · 04-15-2010, 12:31 PM

were those pics taken in chi town ? "made you look" writes in chicago a lot

**Cbacarella** · 04-15-2010, 12:56 PM

I will say you picked a PERFECT time of day for photographs! Shooting with direct sunlight is always very nasty so great time to go out shooting! The golden color from the sun at that time is the most faltering color on anything whether its be a person or car.

I hope you dont mind if i provide a couple helpful tips..

I also feel like you picked some neat locations. One thing to remember is that you took your car out to get photos of it. So take car photos. Showing some environment is great, but make the car the center piece of the photos. Use the awesome graffiti wall but maybe not show all the words. Stand back and zoom in so you have the car is most of the frame. The car then becomes the center of attention...and the graffiti becomes a cool background! Only other this is to use reflection to your advantage by making the car look real nice and shiney (which it is btw..haha..it looks great!) but look out for reflecting images on the car that will make it look funny. Hope this helps a little bit with the next time your out!

Awesome first job i will say though..and you have a nice camera to learn with!

.Chris Bacarella

**rockthemullet** · 04-15-2010, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by littlemissGTO

I REALLY like these two, great job.

**littlemissGTO** · 04-15-2010, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Pure84GTT

were those pics taken in chi town ? "made you look" writes in chicago a lot

No, all of these pictures were taken in Downtown St. Louis. We have a flood wall along the Mississippi river that the mayor allows graffiti artists to come "decorate" if you will.

Originally Posted by Cbacarella

I will say you picked a PERFECT time of day for photographs! Shooting with direct sunlight is always very nasty so great time to go out shooting! The golden color from the sun at that time is the most faltering color on anything whether its be a person or car.

I hope you dont mind if i provide a couple helpful tips..

I also feel like you picked some neat locations. One thing to remember is that you took your car out to get photos of it. So take car photos. Showing some environment is great, but make the car the center piece of the photos. Use the awesome graffiti wall but maybe not show all the words. Stand back and zoom in so you have the car is most of the frame. The car then becomes the center of attention...and the graffiti becomes a cool background! Only other this is to use reflection to your advantage by making the car look real nice and shiney (which it is btw..haha..it looks great!) but look out for reflecting images on the car that will make it look funny. Hope this helps a little bit with the next time your out!

Awesome first job i will say though..and you have a nice camera to learn with!

.Chris Bacarella

I appreciate the tips. I'll more than likely end up using a couple of them the next time I go out to shoot.
Tonight I get to shoot motorcycles. I think the tripod and external flash are going with.