Land Rover Discovery & Wales = Awesomeness

[mattf4r]

Took a Discovery Sport home from work for the weekend with a view to head to wales and take some shots, not realising WRC was in town so I ended up going down some crazy routes to get to where I wanted which led to taking some of my best shots yet.

You'll have to excuse the watermark, didn't want the high res files on the internet until they'll be stuck on the works website/social with their watermark.

Land Rover Discovery Sport by Matt Smith, on Flickr

Land Rover Discovery Sport by Matt Smith, on Flickr

Land Rover Discovery Sport by Matt Smith, on Flickr

Land Rover Discovery Sport by Matt Smith, on Flickr

 

[mattf4r]

Rather than start a new thread thought I'd throw some of my new work into here! I really love shooting cars, can be very rewarding to go from an idea to final image. Bonus getting paid to do it!

 

[White16valver]

Nice work

I'd love to do pictures for a job but lack of confidence screws me over... lol


That Merc interior is gaudy!

 

[-Jamie-]

Some pretty special shots right there, Proper advert stuff!

 

[mattf4r]

Nice work

I'd love to do pictures for a job but lack of confidence screws me over... lol


That Merc interior is gaudy!

I started somewhere, I’ve been shooting about 10 years now. Professionally paying the bills with it for 5 years!

Just shoot shoot shoot, aspire to be like the photographers you like, experiment and don’t get sucked into gear whoring or thinking you need to edit every shot. You’ll naturally progress and eventually people will pay you for your work but only if you value it yourself ?

E class is awesome with the ambient lighting, the newer one is a full digital panel spanning the entire dash, mental!!

Some pretty special shots right there, Proper advert stuff!

Thanks! Having access to the right cars help, most of it is just driving around winging it to be honest. I can throw up the RAW shot of the jag if anyone’s interested to compare out of camera to finished?

 

[White16valver]

I'm a great believer in getting a picture right in the first place, rather than relying on software to make it look good lol, so I'd be interested to see what sort of difference there is!

I also am a bit lazy, so straight-off-the-camera pictures are my preferred working style haha

 

[mattf4r]

I'm a great believer in getting a picture right in the first place, rather than relying on software to make it look good lol, so I'd be interested to see what sort of difference there is!

I also am a bit lazy, so straight-off-the-camera pictures are my preferred working style haha

I’m not normally one for such heavy post but I needed to come up with something for the jag and it was chucking down and I was running out of time!

 

[White16valver]

Ok, that is quite a lot different... lol

Good skills! (Although it could be argued as cheating haha)

I guess that if it is what the client wants and they are happy with it, one needs to do whatever it takes!

 

[mattf4r]

Ok, that is quite a lot different... lol

Good skills! (Although it could be argued as cheating haha)

I guess that if it is what the client wants and they are happy with it, one needs to do whatever it takes!

It was nice to stretch my post production skills to be fair as I’m usually very tame, only usually use lightroom but every now and then i go nuts in photoshop haha

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Some nice shots there in both posts.
Not keen on the Red Golf shot though, only because I know the area it would have been 'parked' and the amount of Photoshop it would have taken. I think it's just too clean looking for my taste.
I think the Jag shot is done really well tbh.

 

[mattf4r]

Some nice shots there in both posts.
Not keen on the Red Golf shot though, only because I know the area it would have been 'parked' and the amount of Photoshop it would have taken. I think it's just too clean looking for my taste.
I think the Jag shot is done really well tbh.

? this golf shot? The background was just thrown it to fit a brief!

Glad you like the Jag shot, always a worry something like that looks OTT

 

[c4pob]

I think this thread needs updating...
@mattf4r

 

[mattf4r]

I think this thread needs updating...
@mattf4r

I've not been out very much this year, stuck in the office!! Must make more of an effort