Car Show Bikini Girls

Trever1t · Jul 15, 2012

I battled blazing overhead sun, huge crowds and a multitude of pushy photogs to get a few shots at yesterday's BLOX show in Fremont CA.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Porn Star Aja' Chuchanhsy

_POR1047 by Trever1t, on Flickr

This woman's skin needed nothing, flawless.

_POR1031 by Trever1t, on Flickr

Model Ashley Vee

_POR1015 by Trever1t, on Flickr

It was sweltering and a bit difficult to get decent lighting. I ran the SB-800 on camera fill.

One thing I noticed were almost ALL the other photographers, some running D3's and such, were using their flashes pointing up at the sky with either bounce cards or diffusers! What's up with that?

cgipson1 · Jul 15, 2012

Nice shots! Lovely ladies...

Do you mean something like this?

On the flashes you saw?

Golfcart · Jul 15, 2012

Can't really explain that except if they were in TTL. I could be wrong here but normally if I'm shooting in TTL and point the flash directly at the subject during the day there is a big chance I will get over exposed images. Were you on manual?

I'm not much of a car show guy, but do they allow anyone to take camera's into these and snap photo's of cars and girls? or did you have some sort of pass?

Trever1t · Jul 15, 2012

No, outdoors it does no good to point your flash at the sky, as if to bounce. (The Nikon Pro flashes have built in bounce cards)

These guys were using 90* of the flashes power to light the sky. When I use on board flash for fill I just point the bare flash at the subject

Fill flash mind you.

More on my flickr if you want to see.

cgipson1 · Jul 15, 2012

Trever1t said:
No, outdoors it does no good to point your flash at the sky, as if to bounce. (The Nikon Pro flashes have built in bounce cards)

These guys were using 90* of the flashes power to light the sky. When I use on board flash for fill I just point the bare flash at the subject Fill flash mind you.

More on my flickr if you want to see.

Really? I use the Demb's I linked a lot... great for outdoor fill. Not as harsh as direct flash, either. If I don't have my Demb's with me, I do use the small white bounce card on the SB-900.... works pretty well also.

Derrel · Jul 15, 2012

Sexist and degrading. Please post more, ASAP!

bunny99123 · Jul 15, 2012

Derrel, that's a double negtive...lol. I like them. Especially the last one. Good job. Learned something, didn't know about bouncing flash off of a card in daylight. Looking that one up.

Trever1t · Jul 15, 2012

I dont recommend using the flash like that. Fill flash direct. Shooting light up in the air outdoors is silly in my opinion.

I like the last one best too ;

Again, I used the flash directly aimed at my subject.....I will bounce indoors.

Netskimmer · Jul 15, 2012

Derrel said:
Sexist and degrading. Please post more, ASAP!

Those poor, poor girls. Someone should ... :drool:

... What were you saying? Nice pics BTW.

bogeyguy · Jul 15, 2012

I want to thank you for putting yourself thru such inhumane shooting conditions to photograph these lovely women for us to view. Your man card is safe for another day. Ooops, by the way, where are the car photos???? Please turn your man card in asap.

Trever1t · Jul 15, 2012

Car photos on my flickr...see signature below for link

Oh, here!

_POR1061 by Trever1t, on Flickr

_POR1057 by Trever1t, on Flickr

_POR1053 by Trever1t, on Flickr

_POR0985 by Trever1t, on Flickr

Crud! I just now noticed the elbow on the frame of that last one...funny, I've looked at it over and over and hadn't seen it before

There are cars in there somewhere