What kind of photographer are you?
So last week I got this call from Ian Luff motivation asking me to come out and shoot a driver training day that they were putting on. Details were a little sketchy, and the offered fee wasn’t so good, but I decided to do it because there was a bit of an opportunity to get my name out there with a few people in the bizz. The problem was, I had never ever shot anything like this before in my life and, now that I am half way through processing the photos, I’m starting to think about what kind of photographer I am, and what kind of photographer I want to be. Read the rest of this post »
Saving your butt with photoshop…
Now, I’ll be clear from the start that I’m not really one of those “I’ll fix that in Photoshop” types. In fact most of my automotive work never makes it out of Lightroom2 where I will usually only alter simple things like the tone curve, clarity (for that edgy look I like) and ‘maybe’ do some spot healing to get rid of dust spots from my (currently) uber grubby D700 sensor.
Occasionally though, you just don’t have a choice if you want to get the shot you want…
New disciple of the real estate photography game…
So there I am, a predominantly Automotive photographer sitting in an office full of Real Estate agents for reasons I’ll leave out for now, when I let slip that I sorta know how to handle a camera. Next thing I know one of them is convincing me to shoot their next listing. Not taking it too seriously, a few minutes later I happily forgot the whole conversation.
Fast forward a week to this morning when I get a phone call from said real estate person, asking me if I can shoot a property for them THAT MORNING. Read the rest of this post »
Panning vs. The ‘Rig’ Shot
Rig Test #1, originally uploaded by .Jazz.
The in ‘thing’ at the moment in automotive photography is, “the ‘rig shot”. For those that don’t know what a ‘rig shot is, it’s very simple. It is basically just a camera mounted to a car and using a long exposure technique you’re able to create some pretty cool motion blur while keeping the car itself crystal clear. Read the rest of this post »
SDISTC – Behind the scenes of an automotive feature shoot
I thought it was about time that I wrote down some words on how all this photography stuff started to become a serious enterprise for me. So this post is part of a little bit of back-story on how I came about getting involved in the automotive stuff I like to shoot today.
Part of the club : Now an AIPP Emerging member!
Today I officially become part of the club. I’m now an emerging member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography. Don’t know who they are? Check them out at www.aipp.com.au.
It’s a pretty sweet deal.
Light at the end of the tunnel…
This running a business stuff is hard work….
And the worst part of it is, I haven’t really even started yet. I’ve been doing more business related setup over the last few weeks than I have been taking photos. In fact, until last Sunday I hadn’t taken ANY photos for weeks! How can this be the life of a photographer? Dealing with websites, blogs, business cards, accounting software, meetings, pimping myself out, etc. When do I actually get to take some photos!?!?
There is, however, light at the end of the tunnel…
My website is live!
Well, it’s taken a while, and I have no idea how I managed to do it, but my new website is now live! It’s not quite finished just yet, but it’s good enough for me to publish by my deadline of Today.
So, check it out at: www.jamiecarl.com.au
The Back Story
I was shopping around for a nice flash-based website to use which had a good gallery function to show off my portfolio. Unfortunately, as seems to happen a lot with me, I wasn’t able to find anything that I liked for what I was willing to pay, so I ended up writing my own. What was cool about this was 2 weeks ago I didn’t even know flash. 
The funny thing is I’m doing the same thing with accounting software. I wasn’t able to find a job management/account package that did everything I wanted and wasn’t aimed at 25+ people studios and agencies and cost an arm and a leg, so I’m writing my own. I’m keeping other people like myself in mind as I do it though and I’m hoping to open it up as a service or saleable product. More info coming on that soon.
For now, check out the new website and have a poke at some of my favourite images. And, if you feel like it, shoot me a message through the contact page and say hi!
Jamie
In: General Photography
Welcome to my blog!
Well, it’s been a long time coming, but this is it. Today I launch my new website and begin my journey into a new world. A world without cryptic codes, bad software specifications and a steady diet of red bull, pizza and $2 chocolate bars. A world limited only by my imagination and how much photography gear i own! 
Hopefully I’ll be able to keep this website up to date with stuff like behind the scenese photos/videos from shoots, tips on photography and photoshop and really anything else I can think of that might be interesting. At least, I hope people will find it interesting.
So thanks for stopping by. Come back soon (or even subscribe to my RSS feed) and there should be some new developments!
