I’ll eventually run out of appalling puns where I try to replace any word with something involving “rig”, when this happens either;

- The world will end
- I’ll have to start taking photos of something else

I don’t like to overstate my powers but I fear it will be the first, so any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Moving swiftly on, any day that has a “y” in it’s name is a good day for taking photos, and as I’ve proved before I’m a one trick pony most of the time. My new trick is using my whizzy new rig to photograph cars travelling at break neck speeds.

By “break neck” I mean an insane 1mph which is the fastest I can push the car when I’m on my own. I know, pretty fast by anyone’s standards.

I will now promise that the next rig shot I post wont be of my car. By promise of course I mean that I’ll maybe post a different car, but probably not. I’ve been thinking about ways I can attach the rig to a dog, but apparently stuff like that is cruel, so I’ll attach it to a person instead.

I went out and had another go with my new rig last week, the intention is that I learn and make mistakes with my car, rather than when I’m doing a shoot with someone else’s car.

This time, I was much more careful with the rig placement – this meant that when processing the shot I didn’t have to do nearly as much post processing work as the first attempt.

Issues:

1.) The rig isn’t long enough. I’ve got some extension poles being delivered tomorrow which should take car of that problem, as long as they fit!
2.) The car isn’t lit as well as the first attempt, so it’s a much less dramatic photo.
3.) Huge problems with odd speckles and highlights all over the frame. Some research suggests this might be due to dust/dirt on the lens elements. A retry will confirm this.

So, progress of a sort, I’m almost ready to start sticking it onto other people’s automobiles and see what happens!

I’ve also got some Cokin ND filters on the way, which should help me with using the setup in daylight, proving that as with everything else photography related, the first purchase is really only the tip of the iceberg. And my iceberg is melting…