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AzNKiD

07-24-2007, 04:30 PM

Man, this car was the shiniest car I've ever taken pictures of. At times, even the camera was confused! If anyone needs a car detailed, Paul is the man to go to!

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul01.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul02.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul03.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul04.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul05.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul06.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul07.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul08.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul09.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul10.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul11.jpg

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul12.jpg

GTPAUL

07-24-2007, 04:32 PM

nice!

Spd-Kilz

07-24-2007, 04:51 PM

Sweet pics Kev,

Those last two look straight out of a brochure for Buick

07-24-2007, 05:42 PM

aznkid, you are talented. Awesome pictures! This is one of my favourite cars from the board.

07-24-2007, 06:16 PM

very badass

kingpin

07-24-2007, 06:24 PM

you'll blind someone with the shininess paul.

i was expecting pics of the detailer himself :lol:

GTPAUL

07-24-2007, 06:32 PM

I'm to damn sexy for the camera

AzNKiD

07-24-2007, 06:49 PM

I'm to damn sexy for the camera

I actually have a pic of you 8)

granturismoamericano

07-24-2007, 06:55 PM

Nice car motha fakker :D

GTPAUL

07-24-2007, 06:56 PM

I'm to damn sexy for the camera

I actually have a pic of you 8)

pm only. Its probably the dumbest most unattractive picture of me.

cooneyzteg

07-24-2007, 07:11 PM

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Nice car.

Great looking pics also.

AzNKiD

07-24-2007, 07:12 PM

pm only. Its probably the dumbest most unattractive picture of me.

I beg to differ. Perfect jerk off material for tonight!

Challenger

07-24-2007, 07:32 PM

Holy my sweet fuck...

If my paint wasn't so ugly.. had rubber on the rear 1/4s and some rough spots.. i'd have you detail my car Paul.

GTPAUL

07-24-2007, 07:58 PM

Here's some for the spankbank.

http://www.aznkid.com/misc/paul13.jpg

Andre

07-25-2007, 12:57 AM

Awesome :D

-=M=-

07-25-2007, 01:28 AM

not only does that car look badass it also sounds bad ass, when he pulled into the no limits parking lot for the bbq in May it sounded like a freakin big block.

-=M=-

07-25-2007, 01:29 AM

what does the TC stand for on your plates?

Andre

07-25-2007, 01:43 AM

Totally Cool

Tits & Cunts

Total Cracka'

ccbl

07-25-2007, 02:25 AM

very nice.......GTPAUL, you must be really consistent with cleaning your car, because i hate cleaning black cars, once you take it for a drive or two it looks dirty again

DVS Talon

07-25-2007, 02:25 AM

Geezus!! :shock:

That's probably a thousand times more glossy than when it came out of the paint booth at the factory!

DVS Talon

07-25-2007, 02:26 AM

Oh and everyone knows "TC" stands for "Top Cock"

Andre

07-25-2007, 02:40 AM

:d

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/joly0022/GTPAUL.jpg

DevilOnWheelz

07-25-2007, 02:54 AM

I can eat from inside of those wheels.

I guess cars stay clean when they are slow :P

-=M=-

07-25-2007, 03:02 AM

:d

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/joly0022/GTPAUL.jpg

I think the car just had its first period. :oops:

Spd-Kilz

07-25-2007, 03:45 AM

Were you using a tripod or monopod for the last 2 pics?

I noticed the slow shutter speeds (1/5 and 0"6) and I get 100% blur any time I do that; so is there some kind of trick to it?

Domo

07-25-2007, 03:49 AM

I fucking LOVE that car. *drool*

Nice one Paul! :D

DevilOnWheelz

07-25-2007, 04:58 AM

Were you using a tripod or monopod for the last 2 pics?

I noticed the slow shutter speeds (1/5 and 0"6) and I get 100% blur any time I do that; so is there some kind of trick to it?

I believe it not a monopod nor a tripod used in the last two pictures.

It is a "rig" that attaches to the vehicle.

GTPAUL

07-25-2007, 04:58 AM

Thanks guys.

Challenger

07-25-2007, 05:07 AM

Park Avenue Detailing.

I fucking love it.

VeilsideZ33

07-25-2007, 05:14 AM

sicc

Gamz

07-25-2007, 05:15 AM

Were you using a tripod or monopod for the last 2 pics?

I noticed the slow shutter speeds (1/5 and 0"6) and I get 100% blur any time I do that; so is there some kind of trick to it?

It's a rig shot. Google it to find more info.

The key to not getting any blur is to push the car in neutral, rather than driving it to eliminate engine vibration which translates into blur in your photo.

Here's one I did of my car a LOOONG while back, before I moved to Ottawa.

You can notice my feet behind the rear wheel from pushing the car (I was wearing white sneakers), but no blur or vibration since the car is shut off:

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l297/nltuner/You_Spin_Me_Round_by_Gamz.jpg

Not NEARLY as slick or complex as Kevin's pics, but same basic idea.

Anyway, this is GTPAUL's thread.... fucking sick sleeper! And great pics Kevin!

:wink:

Spd-Kilz

07-25-2007, 05:56 AM

How is that a rig? It looks like it's 2-3 ft away from the car

GTPAUL

07-25-2007, 05:56 AM

How is that a rig? It looks like it's 2-3 ft away from the car

top secret.

and experience.

G-PWR

07-25-2007, 05:59 AM

How is that a rig? It looks like it's 2-3 ft away from the car

how small do you think a rig is?

Spd-Kilz

07-25-2007, 06:01 AM

[quote="Spd-Kilz":3gr36ism]How is that a rig? It looks like it's 2-3 ft away from the car

how small do you think a rig is?[/quote:3gr36ism]

Well considering I have a car mount myself I'm pretty sure I know what they look like.

I'm just saying; I've seen Mani's shots and a few others; but none far away like that.

G-PWR

07-25-2007, 06:04 AM

[quote="G-PWR":f75ih69j][quote="Spd-Kilz":f75ih69j]How is that a rig? It looks like it's 2-3 ft away from the car

how small do you think a rig is?[/quote:f75ih69j]

Well considering I have a car mount myself I'm pretty sure I know what they look like.

I'm just saying; I've seen Mani's shots and a few others; but none far away like that.[/quote:f75ih69j]

what would stop anyone from making one that was 10 feet long?

DevilOnWheelz

07-25-2007, 06:05 AM

[quote="G-PWR":2fj2znc9][quote="Spd-Kilz":2fj2znc9]How is that a rig? It looks like it's 2-3 ft away from the car

how small do you think a rig is?[/quote:2fj2znc9]

Well considering I have a car mount myself I'm pretty sure I know what they look like.

I'm just saying; I've seen Mani's shots and a few others; but none far away like that.[/quote:2fj2znc9]

With my setup, you can make it as far as you like. You can't give a definite answer on how far the camera should be away from the car because it will differ from lens to lens.

Gamz

07-25-2007, 06:10 AM

How is that a rig? It looks like it's 2-3 ft away from the car

The camera was about 3ft away from the car.

The problem is the farther away you get, the more re-enforcement you need to stabilize the weight of the camera (a big consideration, especially for a dSLR, which get pretty heavy with their lenses).

Think about it as a fishing pole. You have one end attached to the car, the other end is a camera, and then all that weight is suspended on one point, usually fastened by suction cups or bungee cords. It's not easy to rig up so that it's steady. If you have say a 1lb camera at the end of a 10 ft pole, its relative weight will be much more than 1lb. IE: It will feel much heavier than it is. This translates the same on the car. All that weight has to be secured to the car without any damage to the car. It's very difficult to use bungees or suction cups and keep that much relative weight steady, unless you're lucky enough to bolt it to something.

Keep in mind, the farther out you go, the more unstable it becomes because of wobble from the actual rig, since the relative weight increases the farther out you go.

If you want to get any farther away than 3-5ft, you need something very strong. This is why my photo is only a few feet away, because the weight made the rig touch the ground. For this shot, the camera was literally a centimeter away from the ground due to flexing. It was the best I could do.

You can't buy a rig, to the best of my knowledge (correct me if I'm wrong). It's up to the photographer what they want, how much weight it needs to hold, how far it will telescope, etc.

It's very hard to get farther away than a few feet without serious materials. So I'm a little curious what you have that allows you to go as far away as possible.

Also it takes an awful lot of post-processing in Photoshop or whatever to remove the boom from the picture.

There's a lot of work that goes into those motion shots.

At least that's my limited experience working with these kinds of shots. Kevin can come in and blow my post out of the water :P

DevilOnWheelz

07-25-2007, 06:58 AM

How is that a rig? It looks like it's 2-3 ft away from the car

You can't buy a rig, to the best of my knowledge (correct me if I'm wrong). It's up to the photographer what they want, how much weight it needs to hold, how far it will telescope, etc.

You can buy rigs from several Film making companies, but the price is quite steep. That is why a lot of the people make their own rigs.

I don't think anybody would say exactly what their rig looks like and how it is made.

Gamz

07-25-2007, 07:01 AM

You can buy rigs from several Film making companies, but the price is quite steep. That is why a lot of the people make their own rigs.

I don't think anybody would say exactly what their rig looks like and how it is made.

They don't, trust me. I've done a fair bit of research on it, and photographers are generally very protective of what they use to earn their bread and butter.

As for rigs you can buy, yeah they are usually pretty expensive. I've seen some that are used for movie productions, that involve huge booms, and camera platforms mounted on wheels with liquid dampening systems to eliminate vibrations, etc.

DevilOnWheelz

07-25-2007, 07:03 AM

I don't think anybody would say exactly what their rig looks like and how it is made.

They don't, trust me. I've done a fair bit of research on it, and photographers are generally very protective of what they use to earn their bread and butter.

Been into it for quite a while, I've been looking into rigs since '04. I've only seen 3 to 4 photographer who actually don't mind talking about it. I've talked to Wynn Ruji about this and he's helped me out, great great guy.

But then again it is said to be a "trade secret"...

Method

07-25-2007, 07:20 AM

Only regal in town with a gauge pod in it! :lol:

JDM EG6

07-25-2007, 07:31 AM

lol. Its a home made rigg, it works, that's all tha matters!

G-PWR

07-25-2007, 07:34 AM

I just use a plunger ($5) and alot of elastics (free from office supply cabinet)

AzNKiD

07-26-2007, 04:05 PM

The key to not getting any blur is to push the car in neutral, rather than driving it to eliminate engine vibration which translates into blur in your photo.

Most of the times, it's not really convenient to push the car... I guess if you have 3 guys it's possible, but 90% of the time, it's just me and the car owner.

kingpin

07-27-2007, 04:51 AM

Yodums

07-27-2007, 08:13 AM

Nice shots. That paint is flawless.

07-29-2007, 03:27 PM

Well considering I have a car

you liar.

Spd-Kilz

07-29-2007, 03:45 PM

Well considering I have a car

you liar.

Huh? Misread what I said?

Well considering I have a car mount myself

07-30-2007, 08:48 AM

rofflecopter.

07-30-2007, 09:02 AM

hey paul, whats your secret to keeping the car so shiny?

07-30-2007, 09:06 AM

not having a job

figo

07-30-2007, 10:15 AM

Looks very clean Paul, great work.

Your pictures are always great Kevin.

boostedd15b

07-30-2007, 01:08 PM

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Here's some for the spankbank.

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http://www.gtpaul.com for Detailing, PM for Detailing...

ummm vendors account?

oh and is that factory orangepeel?

GTPAUL

07-30-2007, 04:42 PM