[ratpack] Re: Car show photos
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 07:25:10 -0500
Thanks Nate,
I'll be out there for World of Speed in September. Don't know how many Rat
Pack Members will be around, but I would love to put faces with the names.
JC
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Nathan Nickerson <natenick67@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Ray,
>
> Great explanation! You're nuts, but in a good way! Awesome dedication, I
> learned a few things reading your email. Thanks John for the link to your
> site, excellent work. You can appreciate what Ray is doing day in and day
> out, along with building a racecar. I admire both of your work, it's
> interesting to see individual styles approaching similar events, that's what
> I love about photography!!
>
> It's a good day to be a Rat-Packer.
>
> G'night all,
> -Nate
>
>
> --- On *Thu, 6/30/11, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ratpack] Re: Car show photos
> To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 9:22 PM
>
>
> Thanks, Nate. Yeah...I have a saying: "If it's worth doing, it's worth
> overdoing." I guess that counts as heart and soul. :)
>
> I do what John mentioned. I shoot the entry card of every car that I
> photograph. If I somehow miss it, I know what most of 'em are but I also
> have a pretty big collection of reference photos so I can go find something
> that looks like it. However, at the VLV show, there WERE no entry cards,
> since there are no prizes, classes or trophies. Just a lotta gang fights.
> :) There are a coupla years of cars that are REAL hard, if not impossible
> to identify. 1928 & 29 and 1930 & 1931 Model A Fords. The two types are
> easy to differentiate (unless it's a '29 Briggs Steelback Sedan...then it
> looks like a 30/31...ya gotta go by the grill) but I just resorted to
> guessing if there was nothing like a license plate or graphic on the car
> or.... Anyway, that's the easy part. I can usually get the photos renamed
> by the time I go to bed the night of the show.
>
> Preparing 'em for the web is another thing. I found that if I do the
> framing of the photo so that all that needs to be done is resize 'em...well,
> then there isn't enough vertical dimension to prepare it for an 8x10 or
> 11x14 print. So I have to shoot for print size, then crop for web
> size...and do any color correction, sharpening, etc and add a watermark.
> Then I run Thumbs Plus to create the thumbnails and web pages, but there's
> still a lotta HTML coding that has to be done. I guess you could say that
> I'm a glutton for punishment. :)
>
> Here's a couple more little deals: I'm getting rid of all my Epson printer
> stuff:
>
>
>
> There are the 3.5 printers shown, a Continuous Ink System, chip resetter,
> many cartridge sets (mostly full) and much more. I'm gonna ask $400 or
> reasonable offer. Ohh...none of 'em will recognize a cartridge as being
> valid...even a refillable cart that's been reset. I'm also sending a 2nd
> CIS back for a refund cuz it kinda blew up when I tried to install it, then
> didn't work...might be the printer and not the CIS's fault, but I'm sending
> it back, nonetheless:
>
>
>
> I spose they spewed ink cuz of the altitude (it was shipped from
> California), but I didn't appreciate the mess it made. I figgered the first
> one was a fluke, but after the 2nd one I had a paper towel (ok, almost a
> roll) over the opening when I removed the shipping plug to install the vent
> plug. Grrrr....
>
> This is what's replacing it:
>
>
>
> A Canon PIXMA Pro 9000 Mk II (sounds like a spaceship or something) that
> was considerably more expensive than the Epsons. Now I can't get the damned
> thing to print 11x14s, since that's not one of the options for print size.
> I've been messing with custom settings and haven't found it yet. I'm afraid
> that I'm gonna use all the damned ink with test prints. Btw, it prints on
> Epson paper just fine, but ya gotta juggle the settings a bit.
>
> So that's what I did on my summer vacation...or something. Tomorrow I
> should be able to get my 18-200 lens back from Steve Kew...$200 to repair
> the damage from when it tried to commit suicide by leaping off the tripod.
> Yeah, I know. It was my fault.
>
> Saturday I'm going to Logan for the Cache Valley Cruise-in, probably the
> biggest show in the state. It's all in the fairgrounds with hundreds of
> trees and variegated light, which makes it a bitch to shoot. Seems like the
> only way to get a decent shot under those conditions is to shoot from the
> completely shaded side and use a flash. So I'll put the flash on the 40D
> and use the 7D for other shots. I know when it's time to leave that show.
> It's when I wanna start using the camera(s) as a weapon on the ill-mannered,
> grubby-mitted curtain climbers (and their brain-dead parents) who keep
> walking right in front of my camera. Then I go get in the Burb, drive to a
> convenience store, buy a Gatorade and head home. I've never made it to the
> end of the show in all the years I've been shooting it. :)
>
> Enuff babbling from me.
>
> r
>
> On 6/30/2011 4:19 PM, Nathan Nickerson wrote:
>
> Nice, Ray, nice. You do an excellent job! I can tell you put your
> heart and soul into everything you do. Labeling alone has to take a ton of
> time - and that's after documenting everything at the show, huh? I hope you
> see the rewards from participants following up with you!
>
> Keep up the strong work.
> -Nate
>
> --- On *Wed, 6/29/11, Ray Buck
> <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx><http://us.mc367.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> * wrote:
>
>
> From: Ray Buck
> <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx><http://us.mc367.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ratpack] Car show photos
> To:
> ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc367.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 11:28 PM
>
> http://www.chevyasylum.com/cruisin/cruisin2011/20110625/Welcome.html
>
> These were shot at the Angel Hands charity car show last Saturday. The
> light was great with minimal shadows. No "under the trees" stuff. My
> daughter-in-law and granddaughter showed up and we had a great time.
> There's a photo of them on the last page...and I think there are a couple
> where they're in the background. It was a lotta work, and I was totaled by
> the time the shooting was done. But being fresh outta working printers, I
> couldn't even make the prints that I'd offered as raffle prizes. They're
> ready to print, just waiting on the new Canon printer to arrive (sposeta be
> tomorrow) so I can see how well things work with Epson paper and Canon
> printer/inks.
>
> r
>
>
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