Recap PT.2 ( Imagery: A day with EK9s)

This post should date back since last year LOL, but as you already notice, I haven't completely gotten the chance to be completely dedicated to blogging about my shoots since I usually schedule more than one on the same day.

December 11.2010

I'm sure it's pretty obvious how much I love cars and automotive photography by the past posts I've done about them. I'm totally hoping that by the time I move to Georgia, I can focus on this field of photography more often. There's just something about cars that gets me all excited, every time I see some sick looking ride, I get all giggly XD.

Anyways, the photos below were all taken on the same day. This was also the 2nd and 3rd automotive shoots I've taken with my DSLR. I'm completely new to automotive photography, but I'm super happy with the results and the compliments I've been getting about them.

The first shoot I did that day was of a blue 98 Honda Civic Hatch owned by my friend Lance. He owns one of the sickest looking hatches on island and it was a joy to shoot it. The weather was being lame though. He actually got it all cleaned up, when minutes before the shoot, it drizzled.On location was my trustee assistant/personal model Jacky, with her friend Ericka to accompany the sweet ride. They did a great job on helping complete the whole import look of the overall image.


The second half of the day was a duo shoot with my close friend Marv's and his car club's leader Chris's EK9s.
These two also own the only few Civic Hatches on island that deserve respect and it was awesome to shoot 'em as well.Again, completing my whole import vision was Jacky, Ericka and another personal model and good friend of mine, April. They did such a great job and a suggest you all click the photos to see more =D

Drive Safely :)
-Nix




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Vectors

I always loved digital arts, when I was introduced to it in high school, it was all I wanted to learn and do. I always took pictures, but I never called myself a photographer. Not because I didn't want to be one, but because my passion was more focused on a different field.

I got into graphic design in 07 all through the influence of Myspace. My first graphic works were just on my own photos, customizing and changing backgrounds, adding texts and special effects. Soon it became a mini job I had over the summer, and something I based my AP Art portfolio on. When I finally got used to all the basic techniques, I started trying to create bigger digital graphic based artworks. I did layout backgrounds, banners, cd covers and invitations, but by the time I got a job in a big corporate company, I started to learn the more difficult techniques to get a unique design.

Digital art and it's current stages are not common here on island. People who does it are either hiding or are only stuck to the basic simplicity of corporate design. I on the other hand wanted to change that. When I started designing for the company, I made sure it called out to their main and biggest customer base and what their products represented. I made sure I changed up how advertisements looked and feel.

After introducing my new designs and after a few tweaks here and there, I finally had a huge outlet to show off my work and skill and give a company an upgrade.
Because of the 3+ years I've been here doing graphics, I've earned some wonderful time to polish my skill and reach new levels. I made sure to research and study what techniques were gaining popularity and how to master them.

One of those techniques was vectors. It's were you use vectorized shapes to create a masterpiece, a whole different medium within digital arts.


In the beginning I got really frustrated because it took me some time to get used to how you had to create them, but I couldn't give up. It was one technique that would help me greatly especially because I do a lot of advertising work.

Now a days, creating vectors is easier for me. I'm still at simple stages, but I've really enjoyed seeing my progression. =D

Hope you guys liked this!
Stay creative ^-^
-Nix




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