hello all,

Ive had my DSLR for around 3 months now and really getting into Motorsport Photography

i use a canon 350d with 18-55mm kit lense and 55-250mm is lense.

here are some images:





















enjoy!!!

Im in the process of completing my website/blog which can be found at www.matthewmead.net and will be completed in the next few weeks and will see regulary updates.

more of my work can be found on my Flickr portfolio at http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewmead/

i hope you can spare some time to check them out.

thank you

Matthew Mead

Ahh I have wondered if that hot4's guy ever bothered to rebuild go180. Looks good.


Nice pics, plenty of nice pics in your gallery, so much so it got boring because they were all decent . Nice low shutter speed getting the feel of moving, blurred wheels etc, nice shots of the smoke and the fezza. Good work.

hahah thanks mate...you think there are alot of pictures in my gallery u should see my hard drive..

thanks for your kind words

Great pictures champ Keep up the good work!

thanks mate

You should keep the exif data in your shots so I can read it and learn.

That’s weird i do!! i got nothing to hide and plus thats how i learn as well.... i use this program to look at exif data: http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/index.html.

Also if you dont want to do that, you can look in my flickr. You just click on an image and on the bottom right hand side where it states what camera i use, you can click on a heading called "more properties" and it will have all the information in there aswell let me know if you have any issues

Also I have updates my website, just need to update the “contact” page and “about” page.

You can find the link here www.matthewmead.net

And please let me know what you think!!!! cheers

any comments??

nice website mate.

It goes to show that the photographer not the equipment makes the photo. You've got some professional looking shots and panning skills are great.

Keep it up

thanks mate ive seen some of your work on dieselstation no wonder your shoot for hpi... amazing stuff

Some of my photography has been featured on an online blog...which im really excited about.

here is a screen shot:


And the full article can be found here:

http://kultivate.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/australian-180sx/

awesome pics mate

Nice work!


Read the blog and watched the video, this guy as really quick, you're lucky you can pan with him and still focused photos!

thanks guys im pretty sure some more of my photos will be featured on there in the next couple of days..

im going to a state motorkhana round 2morrow so i s hould have some more pics then aswell

Well the last two shots you posted are extremely good, great angles and shutter but all your photos seem very blue i don't know if it's a editing thing but yeah.

I am guessing white balance.

Thats what i thought but he has Auto WB and i would think that the camera would'nt be so blue.

yeah i have noticed this aswell... i think its due to using to much contrast..in pp and alittle bit of wb aswell... its something i have to work on

Nsw state motorkhana..

I was actually competeing in this event in my own car.. but i thought i would take out the camera anyway and see what i could capture.. i ended up taking 160 odd photos lol.

ill keep it down to only a few images ...but these where taken using canon 350d with 55-250is lense..

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rest of the images can be found here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewmead/s...57604410534983/

hope you like and let me know what you think!!

Only thing I can see wrong with those pics is a lack of a polariser, the panning is great, focus is spot on. Nice work.

#8 is a killer shot.

thanks lance much appreciated... could u briefly explain the effects of a polariser and the benefits of it for this situation still kinda new to all this ..

cheers mate

For out door shots, your going to end up having the sun bugging you for some reason or another... There are lens filters which go over the top of your existing UV Filter or the like. You can buy them from pretty much any camera shop, but if I were you, id buy them from ebay... You just put it over the top and the twist it for more or less polarize

Let me know if you need any help finding one

Great shots mate

oh ok but what real effect do they have?? stop the sun fro washing out the colour in the background??

i never really take consideration of where the sun is in my pictures...i now know it washes out the background...so i think i need to take it in to consideration...maybe ill get a polarize when im forced to shoot into the sun..

Yeah they basically kill reflections and glare like sunnies so most of those photos would be clearer and you'd have a blue sky, not a white, burnt-out sky. I guess they're really a must for this type of photography as they'd probably make your shots a lot better.

Circular polarizers are the best I've been told, and I too agree with the eBay type, they can get pretty expensive when you are buying 2 or 3 to suit your different lens diameters. I too am yet to buy them for my new lenses. I believe a quick work around is shooting a stop under-exposed and bringing it back with raw saves some colour, yet to see if that's true or not, just something I've been told.

I think your shiz it tops, I'd be stoked if the only thing I had to improve on was something as simple as getting a polarizer.

Oh ok thanks for all your help guys...im going to sus it out and see...might buy one this week to test out this weekend at a skid pan day...

trust me nick i still have heaps to learn but thanks for your kind words

I use a Cokin 77mm Cir-Polariser, Cost me $113 but worth every cent. Although, I think I might be getting a B+W Cir-Polariser, and some ND filters for my landscape work.

My advice is buy Cokin or Hoya. Worth the money.

hoya all the way

Was bored so went out for a 6pm panning practise session... used high ISO and low shutter..so there is abit of noise.. not the best of conditions... going to go to the same spot on saturday during th day i think..


Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 123 mm
ISO Speed: 800


Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 154 mm
ISO Speed: 400


Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 131 mm
ISO Speed: 800

handheld or using a mono pod? The one of the van turned out real well.

Last pan is extremely good for 1/30th.

Picture of the van turned out really well mate!!!
Rear of BMW bit blurred, Mazda and Berina turned out okay too

Ill be very interested if you pulled the shot of the van without a tripod/monopod

thanks guys...all handheld i was actually testing out my new battery grip...and the extra weight makes it easy to get good pans happening..

ive never actually used a monopod.. i think it will just get in my way..

the cars where going along a highway with an 80km/h speed limit...its a perfect spot to practice panning...im going back on saturday to try in the day...

also note... that out of the 250 shots that i took... only about 50 where worth keeping...but that was mostly due to the poor lighting... i think ill be more successful during the day

Abit more practice of panning today...i have a big weekend coming up, time attack event at oran park on saturday and historics at eastern creek on sunday...cant wait

anyway, success rate was alot better today id say 80% came out good, all handheld..



Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 70 mm



Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 146 mm

this one turned out funky lol



Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/20
Focal Length: 179 mm

Some awesome photos there mate. Nice work!

Went out to Oran Park to take pics of the Time Attack event that was ment to happen, but didnt for some reason?? Anyway the boys at Hi Octane gave me something to take pics of... All i can say is this car is amazing to watch...hope you like

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There are over 160 images in my Flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewmead/s...57604618478244/

And please check out my website to see my previous work:
http://www.matthewmead.net


Let me know what you think

I really like your stuff mate, you always seem to get a nice picture to me, the tone and contrast seems to be a little dark but for some reason, that too, I like.

My picks are 8 & 9, 8 is good because it kinda makes you read the picture, imagining the skyline tear-arse down the dip. 9 is good because I like the mechanical body-language of the skyline, the camber on the right rear shows it's really tearing through that corner.

thanks nick really appreciate..ur right about the contrast...i play with it to much...for some reason i like darker pictures aswell lol

i went out to the historics at eastern creek, i didnt get to many pics due to the rain but was a great day out...

Here are some action ones:

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Rest of the images can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewmead/s...57604640476045/

hope you like

Awesome stuff dude!

Some more of my work got featured on Kultivate Web Blog. Real honour once again and this leading to some more work from him as hes getting involved in another larger project soon

heres a screen shot:



and here is the link:
http://kultivate.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/...ime-attack-r32/


and be sure to check out his blog regualry:

http://kultivate.wordpress.com/

Nice! I definately think your stuff is print-worthy.

Here are two teaser shots from fridays actions

both shot 1/60th handheld

#1 is a fucking awesome shot, great comp - leaving room at the front of the car is how it should always be done. All I could suggest would be a little bit of contrast and maybe some saturation . Only add saturation if it was shot in RAW though - if it was JPEG it'll look shit with too much extra sat. That horizon also needs to be straightened. Oh and clean your sensor, you're getting spots at really small apertures.

#2 is pretty average, comp is wrong - should be more space in front of the car than behind. While I understand the panning was at a damn slow shutter speed I think 1/80th (like #1) seems to be slightly more manageable, you haven't quite pulled 1/60th off.

I'm just being nitpicky - I hope you like C&C otherwise you're gonna be PISSED when u read this!

Harry

PS: If you don't like my CC, please tell me and I'll stop doing it on this thread and I'll delete this post. I don't want another shitfight over it!

1/60th is definately a hard shutter if you get a keeper it's gonna look awesome or just plain shit.First photo is very good as Harry has said great comp to me though it looks a bit dark maybe just play with the exposure just a little, i even think a desat of the pic would look sweet.
Second pic i dunno unless you where going for more of an arty look then cool but if not then to me it just looks like a bad pan.
Just a side note but do you desat your pics when you do your pp? i would just like to see more colour. You definately have a lot of skill and i enjoy your posts can't wait to see more.

It's a 350D - you don't need to desat, it does it for you!

lol

thanks guys for ur comments... ive re pped those pics once i slapped them on the 22inch screen on the desktop..they look at lot different...im really pissed of about my sensor being dirty..i thought it was clean...ive spent all arvo going through them trying to touch them up...lol

no.2 i was going for the arty feel..i liked it lol

fisher i like ur harsh CC..i think everyone should do it..only way i will ever learn i really appreciate it..

No probs mate, that's exactly what i think of it.

I don't think it's harsh at all, he's just telling it as it is but some how at the same time still being polite. I think it'd start getting harsh if he was saying "GIVE UP" etc..

I got the civic was arty too

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Go buy one!