@michael Yes I am a noob
"HERE!!!!!"!!!
Sigh...
I knew what he meant, I wanted him to explain his statement in regards to the photos at the topic of the thread, was he saying that the guy is a bad photographer, are they lousy photos, what poles were he talking about, maybe you would like to answer those question yourself ?????
Anyways, do you seriously think that poles and reflections left in photos were done so by mistake??? Or were they left so on purpose as part of the "COMPOSITION" this guy can more than afford to shoot in studio and eliminate every single reflection.
This car could be shot in a studio as we indeed did on one of the days however the main commercial shots that were done were all taken in a run down industrial estate near to the clients location. We did get some strange looks bringing such a beautiful car into such an urban and rough location, however that was in some respects the whole point as the car was very much in the tradition of the GT40 which was in its time a legend and built very much as a ‘blue collar’ working class hero so the industrial scene suited it well and brought some passion into the work, set the mood if you like... .
In some ways I view each car as a person that has a personality, and the starting point is to understand what the design and overall purpose of the car is trying to put across, the job in hand then is too work out how best to get this message across...
One of the things I taught my graphic students is first learn the rules so you can break the rules! Understand the rules of negative and positive composition, white space....
The reasons I do not get caught in debates about cameras, PS vs LTR, Raw vs JPEG, NOOBS vs VETS, is simple none of these thing mean anything without creativity, sure you can a better picture from a dslr that a point and shoot, but you end up with a bunch of great pictures.
Photography my friend is an ART!!!!