Finally got my memory card back, but before I launch into the photos, I'd like to thank Edwin Villanueva for allowing for to shoot for AutoImportCraze[dot]com. It was a great learning experience and I had a lot of fun! Enjoy!!


To see the complete collection, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ro_ja/


THE CARS:






































THE MODELS:
















THE WINNERS:








I didn't upload every single picture to my Flickr, so if you'd like to see more, check http://www.autoimportcraze.com/ for some of my other photos.

 

any more pics of matt powers's car?

 

Not a whole lot of room in their tent...

 

Matt's car is sick, soo effin raw.

Sweet pics Robert!

 

Thanks Kenny!

 

Sweet shots RBJ! Gawd I can hear Tina now...."Pssst, I can do that because I shoot in manual and RAW." hahah You will now be the designated podium shooter.

Nice avatar Kenny. Did you take that yourself?

 

I still haven't even shot in RAW yet.

 

If your shooting in jpg and the pics come out like that, I'd love to see some RAW shots.

 

Review the pics that xknowonex or RnB180 take. I think they both shoot in RAW. It's a format that's best to use with post processing though I think?

 

hahah i wish edwin! They were taking by mrrisk on bbsquad(i'm new there so i dont really know peoples names there yet )

All I can say is that they're RED!!

 

any more of that xB?

Also Matt Powers' cars is so sick

 

I have hi-res if you need/want them.

 

 

Awwwww, RobbyJ's girly crush. You better watch out or she'll think you're stalking her.

p.s. DAMN YOU & YOUR 10-22!

 

Nice Pics!

 

awesome pics.

 

im just sad i couldnt go myself awsome pics though!

 

very very nice!!

 

very nice shots Ro ja, love the blue skies ^^
Id also love to see what you come up with if you decide to shoot in raw :D

p-shooter/bEazy,

an untouched raw shot will not be substantially better than its jpeg counterpart.
The differences between an untouched raw file and standard jpeg is the amount of color information and black level information that can be worked with in raw, as opposed to the jpeg that has the information compressed.

raw and jpeg is essentially comparable to cd wav and high sample rate mp3.

side by side you the biggest difference you will see is that raw files are darker, thats due to the increased amount of black level information.

where raw tops jpeg is that there is a lot more information to work with when post processing a photo, this in turn allows you more flexibility and freedom to process a final image thats closer to what you're artistic vision was when you took the photo.

However RAW format won't be optimized unless you have a good understanding of PS and color theory i.e. understanding color shifts, rgb, black level information and working with histograms. RAW is strictly for those that post process shooting in raw and not processing the image will serve very little purpose and at times even look worse than it's jpeg counterpart, one of the reasons being that the custom NR function is enabled in jpeg mode and you'll find yourself having to remove noise in raw via 3rd party software.

raw is essentially a digital counterpart to a film negative.

I highly recommend any serious amateur/hobbyist to get familiar with raw as a habit
and learning it, its the first step into improving the quality of work. If it's for pro use RAW is an industry practice in a photographers workflow.

all those magazine spreads, fashion, automotive, maxim, weddings, portraiture all of them shoot in RAW and all of them are post processed, some examples are blemish removal, exposure compensation, filters/textures, and in some cases for modeling liquify for creating longer legs, slimmer waist and so on.

 

roja can u pm me a high res of the RSR drift tc?