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wow what a difference, even more so than i was expecting

Light hits those rain drops and sends it everywhere. If I didn't have that back light gridded, it would have been a mess.

Thanks, Erik! And I did! I really love this image, but it's far from perfect.

do you have a shot that wasn't lit from the back and just from the umbrella I'm curious to see the difference

Here you go.

Without gridded back light:

DSC_6373.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr

With gridded back light:

DSC_6374.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr

do you have a shot that wasn't lit from the back and just from the umbrella I'm curious to see the difference

yeah, I'll upload one tonight.

On the fly. During the reception, I try to brainstorm quick portaits where I can pull the couple away for a short amount of time (5-10 min tops). Rain moved in and I had to think of something. Had to root around my gear to find the black cover for the 60" umbrella, but luckily I found one. I had a 30" umbrella in my stand bag w/ the cover, but it wouldn't have worked as well. Shot the first image with just the umbrella and built from there adding the back light and adjusting the position of the umbrella. Took about 5 minutes to get the shot. If you're ever shooting in the rain, rain drops/water always looks best back lit.

Assuming remote strobe?

Sb80 on an umbrella adapter inside umbrella, then an Elinchrom Ranger Quadra with 7" parabolic reflector and a 30* grid behind the couple.

DSC_6374.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr

This happened once before a few months back. If her name is on the title than yeah she can do whatever she wants.

In MD, if both parties names are on the title, it can't be sold w/o signatures from both parties. If one is dead, proof of death has to be provided.

I was more worried that this guy would be illegal and/or not have insurance. He fumbled around in this car for 15 mins trying to find his paper work. Glad a I called a cop because when he said it was the other guys fault he was not happy.

Did you spit on him?

Can I get in early, aside from helper glasses I'm there.

I'm pretty much there as well.

So are you going to trade him?

I never specified which 142. So, sure.

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?p=4682746#post4682746

A reflector would be even better.

I'm with Greg on the Gullwing but I much prefer it with the red interior. Though if I was going to spend $1 million plus on a classic then I would go for the Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato:

RM is selling your car this weekend.

http://www.rmauctions.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=1061674

Karl and Alex made me two sizes of stacks, did a quick polish on one last night to see about finishes. Definitely sending them out for plating.

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Throttle bodies showed up. They look awesome. Have two different lengths of stacks to choose from. I'll be installing this winter and hopefullly bagging the car too. I have to send some things out for plating on the ITB's before I can install them, so I'll be boxing them up next week and sending them off.

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1938 Bugatti 57-SC Atlantic:

I'm with Josh on this one, even if I'm a complete sucker for XKE's, the Bugatti takes it to a whole other level.

The 300SL Gullwing is a top 2 car for me. My buddies dad had a silver sports edition w/ the plaid interior, it was drop dead gorgeous. The bugati is gorgeous, but I'd take the Talbot-Lago T150 over it.

Werd up.

Wish I had known, Erik! I was in at the national history museum on Monday w/ the kids.

Where in alberta? I'm shooting a wedding in Canmore next month.

I hate that they are so expensive now. Daddy wants.

WTF is up w/ all the kids saying "ratchet" now?

I've super busy this past year. No time for pics that don't pay. :/

Sacha's not really taking any new Vanilla orders now so the wait is currently..... forever. He's stated he wants to work down that backlog of Vanilla orders before taking new orders. You can still get yourself a frame/bike out of the shop though in the form of a Speedvagen: http://speedvagen.com/. I've been to their shop and spent a couple hours there with the guys. Sacha, and the handful of other folks that run Vanilla/Speedvagen are great -- really nice, amazing craftsmen, and really passionate about what they do.

They certainly do -- but so does the entire handbuilt custom bike market. Guys like Richard Sachs have 7 year wait lists for $4500 framesets. Same story for dozens of builders around the country.

Did he find his way onto the Volvo forums somewhere yet? I've been lending him some advice here and there for his 142 since he got it but wasn't sure if he'd delved into the online Volvo world yet.

He like bombed me on instagram, that's how I found him.