for you top gear fans who saw the review of the 458 italia recently, all i have to say is "clarkson is off his rocker". this car is gorgeous. pictures really don't do it justice. regardless, here's the album:

Ferrari 550 Marenello Shoot - 1/23/11 - JPMcG Photography

fav's:

1. 5.5 liters of pure v12 bliss


2. detail of the crackle finish on the intake


3. i could die in a car like this


4. carbon fiber seats FTW


5. wheel detail


6. low and wide


7. that's table rock in the background, btw...


8. pure class


this particular 2001 model belonged to R&B recording artist Pharrell originally (see "Frontin' " video, about 1 minute in) and has less than 4k miles on it. the car is for sale for those who have the means

 

#7 is your best shot in this series. #8 is close, but i'd push the exposure a tad.

 

Great lighting on the interior shots. Only thing I would have done differently is remove the shadows by compositing multiple lighting arrangements.

 

I think they are both a hair underexposed, metered for the ambient light in the background. There are many fixes to this including a ton of photoshopping, compositing, use of a ND Grad filter, or use of flash strobes. Personally, I'm partial to the compositing of images because it can be made to look perfectly natural. Looking at the quality of the others shots I would assume you know these tricks, any reason you didn't use them (just preference)?

 

Love that interior, what year is it?

I never realized, maybe Im the only one, but those last three shots give me the feel of a supra for some reason

 

that interior is immaculate

 

Great looking cars still even with the new style direction of Ferrari. Just needs to be lowered.

 

i should have used my graduated ND filter but i was in such a hurry to take some snaps before the sun went down all the way so i didn't have time. my camera bag was all the way across the tarmac at the time so it would have taken 10 or 15 mins to walk back to it and get back to the car. i shot them a tad underexposed on purpose to give it a cool feeling and to keep the sky from blowing out. i did take one two clicks up on exposure and the sky was pure white. it was almost completely blown out in 7/8 in the ones i posted but i did some selective burning to bring it back a little and get some color back in it. compositing the interior shots with various lighting differences sounds like to me. i shoot these in a way so that i don't have much post work to do. i'm not saying they could be improved, i just prefer the "pretty much straight out of the camera" look. that's just me tho

 

LOL, we've all been there. Looks good regardless.

 

lovely!

 

Damn, so that's Pharrell's Ferrari huh? I only found out about him after I saw Despicable Me. lol

Very immaculate Ferrari and one of the few that still has the traditional gate manual transmission.

 

Beautiful car. Good pics

 

yup, he had it for ~1k miles iirc

thanks graff

 

color combo straight sillayyyyyyy

 

don't.......... just, don't

 

looks good

 

I'm pretty sure that the underexposure CAN be corrected with some PP. give it another run with ps or lr.

 

Love that color combo. Interior shots are awesome.

 

Surprised I didn't see this thread. Beautiful car and awesome shots, Synth.

 

gorgeous car, you got some camera skills