Comments on: Ferrari, Bugatti, An Air Strip, And Heat Stroke – Crazy Fun Photoshoot

By: Justin Paguia

Justin Paguia — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:06:00 +0000

lol, what can i say, i get paid to make real cars look fake, and fake cars look real. welcome to car retouching playboy

By: james taylor

james taylor — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:54:00 +0000

Thorbjorn, I fear you’ve missed the point, if you like your cars to look fake and that make you happy thats fine. However, in that case you don’t need to see photographs the cars at all to be satisfied. One could make a CG shot of all the greatest cars ever made then you would be really happy. :)

But these are real photographs of real super cars. The beautiful design, expertly crafted metal surfaces and flawless paint, don’t deserve to be over Photoshopped in a manor that reduces them to looking like fakes. Regardless of however many people, (clients included), personally like this over retouching, this will always remain true.

Then again maybe I’m just jealous I don’t get paid to photographer supercars ;)

By: Thorbjørn Flinker

Thorbjørn Flinker — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:53:00 +0000

futuristic car deserves futuristic retouching. :) I like it. that makes your statement not matter :)

By: August Young

August Young — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:07:00 +0000

looks fake… stop over photoshoping everything ppl!

By: Anthony Chopin

Anthony Chopin — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:12:00 +0000

Touché Michael!!! I have noticed that spelling corrections have been made in the post now though, so my pride is totally still in tact! :D

By: Michael Miller

Michael Miller — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:03:00 +0000

I like hanger better because you knew what I meant.

By: Thorbjørn Flinker

Thorbjørn Flinker — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:36:00 +0000

for your taste. It’s very important to write that, imho. ( in my humble opinion ). Sharing your work with so many is really brave. Because you are feeding trolls at the same time :) I like cars, and i like what you guys did here :) It struck my taste. Good Job

By: Thorbjørn Flinker

Thorbjørn Flinker — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:36:00 +0000

By: Anthony Chopin

Anthony Chopin — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:39:00 +0000

HANGAR people HANGAR!!! A HANGER is something you put your clothes on!!

By: Michael Miller

Michael Miller — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:43:00 +0000

I happen to shoot a lot of automotive and yes the retouching is very heavy handed and kinda unnecessary fore my tastes, but that’s for my tastes. There are a million different ways to edit cars. Many people will be very crucial on photographers when they are heavy handed on cars we happen to love. The fact these gentleman gained access to these types of cars, shows they not only have the skill but the reputation to boot, thus allowing them to shoot such rare automobiles.

Are there other ways to shoot these two cars minus the lights and hdr exposures, sure, but at the end, these are for the client and not personal work that these two will remember long into their impressive careers. They got the job done and that’s all that matters to me.

On an open forum like this, I feel people should be allowed to comment as they please but I also admire the way these professional photographers respond with respect, and grace. This to me speaks more about their professionalism than their work shown here.

The airport hanger and Ferrari image are spot on perfect.