VW Amateur Photoshoot

[DubSteve]

Well my fellow vdubbers, as there are a few of us other mk3ers in Sydney and what not I have been speaking to a few of you about having a small photoshoot/ GTG.

After to talking to some of the members we have decided to expand this to all VWs :] Everyone is more than welcome to come, we didn't think that we would have enough guys here from the mk3 forum let alone anyone else that would be interested but a few seem to have taken some interest in it, this has all been taken from the mk3 forum and copied and pasted.

I was thinking of one Sunday during December at Homebush Olympic Park, there is plenty of room to meet and also have plenty of photo oportunities as well.

So if anyone is interested place your name in here and we can get something going! It doesn't have to be big but its something that we can all meet if you guys haven't before and also compare and converse in conversation about our cars:grin:

CONFIRMATION HAS NOW BEEN ESTABLISHED PLEASE READ!!!

Date: 16th December
I posted this date on the first page I think but would like to make it official.
Time: The time for this is 5PM onwards, this allows us time to get there, get everyone sorted out and chit chat and get some light photos before the night ones!
Where: Homebush Olympic Site Carpark not sure what its called but I have met there before for a few cruises and it seems to be half decent! The carpark is on Australia Drive, Off the Herb Elliot Drive, maps powered by google :wink:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/11/Homebush1-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/11/Homebush-1.jpg

Highlighted in red is the area to meet!

Also we are thinking of dinner,so since the meet-up is about 5pm, myself and Raymond was thinking maybe we could all go have dinner afterwards? To cater to everyone's tastes, I was thinking maybe we could go to an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant? One close to the photoshoot would be at Auburn RSL which is off Parramatta Road. I've enquired and they allow bookings - it is $17/person. I could also renew my membership so we could use the snooker/pool halls afterwards.

Also, there are a few that work on the Sunday til 9 so we could probably head out for another quick photoshoot at another location once everyone's ready.

Hopefully this could turn out to be more than just a photoshoot! I really want to get this rolling and since we have only a week left, I'd want to know ASAP if you're interested or not! The buffet restaurant at Auburn RSL can get quite busy on Sundays so ideally I'd want to book in a table (or two!) for us by Thursday.

Here's the list of confirmed people for the photoshoot so far:

mk3vr6 (Steve)
Soundofavr6 (Louis)
Dannylaroo (Dan)
DeemoIII (Demil)
The_Hawk (Aaron)
Kenny 21 (Alex)
RayRay086 (Raymond)
bboyzkids (Lachie)
peedman (pedro)
Lukev85 (Luke)
gpk_gti (George)
1DUB2C (ray)
99gti (Neil)
Fuzion (Pierre)

[peedman]

Put me down for both. Hopefully ill have my window fixed by then too :)

[Lukev85]

count me in

[gpk_gti]

ill come for a look!

[DubSteve]

Bumpo anyone else :)

[BL33SU]

will also come 4 look

[99gti]

I'll be driving by around 9.30-10 ;) I might give you guys a yell and see where you at a pop in for a beer.

[DubSteve]

At the moment looks like there will be a RSL but some will be keen for some more photos after that :)

[fuzion]

seems like my camera might be needed lol .. so ill prob come there providing its free (camera that is, not the night lol)

might have to wash my car then eek!

weathered:-

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/494/sundayweatherag4.jpg

eeek!

[Soundofav6]

LOck and LOad guys .....the SLR camera I mean

[DubSteve]

Louis does this mean you got yours working?

Hopefully the weather will hold out I'm hoping anyway!


seems like my camera might be needed lol


I wonder who could be using it :D

Bump and list updated!

[GermanwithaVdub]

a maybe from me on the photoshoot... i should be the only silver gt tdi there? ive got a canon 10D.. a bit outdated but still takes some nics shots :) so if someone doesnt have a camera they're welcome to it

[Soundofav6]

I am reluctant to buy the stupid battery .. 12 bucks man .. I know I will probably wouldnt use the cam for another 3 years.

[DaveMack]

I am reluctant to buy the stupid battery .. 12 bucks man .. I know I will probably wouldnt use the cam for another 3 years.

Drive more and keep your camera (out of sight) in your car. :D

Dave

[rayray086]

I'll make the reservation tomorrow. Looks like not a lot of people will be coming for the dinner?

[DubSteve]

Raymond add Cos (Wally to the list) I forgot to add it.

[rayray086]

Oh yes, I met him on Tuesday when heading to Matt's.

mk3vr6 (Steve)
Soundofavr6 (Louis)
Dannylaroo (Dan)
DeemoIII (Demil)
The_Hawk (Aaron)
Kenny 21 (Alex)
RayRay086 (Raymond)
bboyzkids (Lachie)
peedman (pedro)
Lukev85 (Luke)
gpk_gti (George)
1DUB2C (ray)
99gti (Neil)
Fuzion (Pierre)
cOS (Wally)

[DubSteve]

Bump for tomorrow guys anyone else want to come there more than welcome :)

[rayray086]

I didn't book in for the buffet. I guess if people want to go, we'll just rock up.

[fuzion]

wo norrr.. nor buff'ey ...

i dont know if ill be doin the food or not till tomorrow anyhow or infact if ill be alive so that works out well :)

[Water Boy]

Hope u guys get some sweet as pics... Make sure to post 'em up here and on the Tex too to some 'em how we do it down under :D

[BL33SU]

still on ?

[The_Hawk]

Forecast for Sunday
Cloudy with rain periods. Possible afternoon or evening thunderstorms. Light variable winds tending moderate northeast on the coast ahead of a fresh to strong southerly change late afternoon /evening.


I'm still planning on washing and cleaning the car. Unless it's absolutly pissing down I'm planning on being there...

[rayray086]

Yeah same for me.

[Soundofav6]

Drive more and keep your camera (out of sight) in your car. :D

Dave

photography is an as expensive hobby as our golfs.. film, developing. just a few clicks there goes 20 bucks

[Soundofav6]

So let see how this go later on in the afternoon... washed car yesterday and now dirty from the rain again.

[DubSteve]

Its still on and at the monent its only raiining lightly, washed the car and sitting in the garage at the moment lol, I still plan on taking photos! I'd like to get some nice shots in the wet with the car aqua planing :D

[Tim]

wet conditions can make for some awesome photos! u get nice reflections and cool drops and stuff

[The_Hawk]

Rain seems to be slowing down...

Looks like it might have blown over by 5... maybe ;)

[DubSteve]

At my place its slowed down alot hoping for the best :)

[fuzion]

its picking up now in the citY! airport was soaked!

[Spoddy]

Check out this:

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/radar.jsp?lt=radarz&lc=003&ane=1&anf=1&and=1&ana=7&anb=333&anc=3&lya=1&lyk=1&lye=1&lyf=1

[peedman]

pffft u girls im going in unwashed car with crappy headliner or maybe no headliner!!! :D :D

[Lukev85]

hey guys, the parents just sprung the family christmas party on me, cuz came down from queensland so i gotta make the effort and go.

SORRYYYYYY

Cant wait to see the pics

[The_Hawk]

pffft u girls im going in unwashed car with crappy headliner or maybe no headliner!!! :D :D

I'll see you there :D

just packing up the camera now :)

[rayray086]

Gogogogogogo!

[DubSteve]

Gogogogogogo!

As Raymond has said Gogogogogogogogo, even if it rains we can still find somewhere where there will be open and I have a feeling in Auburn there is that Fitness first centre that has underground parking, either way I want to take some photos aqua planing :D

[The_Hawk]

We came, we saw, it rained, then rained some more.

So we took some pictures in the rain before heading off to Rhodes shopping centre for some parking lot photos.

Note to me, remember that the built in flash is rubbish and find the tripod instead, lots of the photos are dark, but can be touched up. If anyone wants a CD of the originals, PM me, or if you just want one or two in full res, PM the file name and I can email them to you.

I have uploaded all the photos if people want to view them here:
http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b202/Th3_H4wk/Other/2007-12-16%20-%20Photo%20Shoot/?start=all&paginator=top

Otherwise here is a couple for the click lazy:
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/IMG_6122-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/IMG_6153-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/Pan1crop-1.jpg
Full res: http://www.unleet.com/The_Hawk/Images/Pan%201(crop).jpg (1.3MB)

http://www.unleet.com/The_Hawk/Images/Pan%202%20(crop).jpg
Full res: http://www.unleet.com/The_Hawk/Images/Pan_full.jpg (2.6MB)

[Water Boy]

Good effort guys :D

[The_Hawk]

Was worth while, I now have a new desktop background :D

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/IMG_5712-1.jpg

[Tim]

haha thats sweet!

[fuzion]

sorry for not staying around, i had to go back into work to sort some **** out and the rain didnt help the stitch of my car going brown again! lol .. sorry for not hanging around/intro'in properly! some nice mk3's tho ..

nice pix!

[MattyT]

Bummer about the weather, better luck next time!

[joshyd-mk2gti]

bloody sydney weather cancelled the cricket!!! nice pics, cars still look good in the wet.

[rayray086]

Great afternoon/night. It was pouring most of the afternoon in the carpark, and it was a good thing a few brought out umbrellas. Met George in his Mk5 Jetta for the first time, and got together again with some of the regulars.

We went to Rhodes after a good clothed shower to take the excellent shots you see here by Aaron (love the one as your wallpaper). Raymond with his B5 Passat and Pierre in his Mk4 GTI came by as well. Had a bit of a thought about doing an NRMA ad skit (you know, the one with the trolley) but thought twice about it haha.

Some of us went for dinner at Auburn RSL (all-you-can-eat buffet - Louis definitely got his money's worth :D) and then left for Homebush again for some night shots. A few security guards actually doing their jobs came by in their little urban 4WDs to tell us to keep our cars in the parking lanes. Pretty funny really, they just came out of nowhere. Louis took the rest of the pics with his film camera so we're waiting to see how they've turned out!

Again, it was a great session of hanging out and catching up. Doing something like this regularly would definitely be in the works!

[Soundofav6]

HEy hawk, great photos mate. meeting you in person too and vw concert george too.

I will finish the rest of the film develop and scanned them ASAP. Got to invest in a DSLR, you got 150 and I have propbably 30 or so only.

[Soundofav6]

Forgot to mention about the nice pan shoot HAwk .. excellent work !!
Dinner was great the dessert was better :D

The security guard at rhodes wanted to tell us off too, he just didn't know what to say... "everything alright??? ......................long awkard pause ........." than he walked off. LOOOOOOSER.

Hopefully our 1 and only illegal shot turns out ncie, that is.. with our cars on an angle lol, can't believe those guard told us off.

[The_Hawk]

The security guard at rhodes wanted to tell us off too, he just didn't know what to say... "everything alright??? ......................long awkard pause ........." than he walked off. LOOOOOOSER.


I was wondering what he was on about since I didn't hear what he actually said. Just sort of walked up, mumbled something, then kept walking.

Thanks for all the kind words, Some nice shots amoungs the darker rubbish. Some can be cleaned up like this:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/IMG_6221-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/IMG_6221a-1.jpg

Others have no hope :(

Next time it will be better. Next time. ;)

[DubSteve]

Good to see you guys once again to all the regulars, had heaps of fun myself :)

Ray tried some aqua-planing himself in his passat almost worked :D Rhodes car park was good, some good lighting and also some great cars! Dinner was awesome I'm still full and can still taste the Jelly lol. Damm Louis you can eat dude haha!!! The few that were left around went back to Homebush to take some more shots I think there are some money shots, if those stupid security guards didn't come we would have had some really awesome photos I think damm stupid Suzuki Jimny's (they seriously sprung out of know where, and then saying as if he was a cop and above the law "you have to park properly, you need to face the right way, as per the road rules", right-o tosspot!!!)

I'd be interested if we could get some shots on a regular occasion going even some for the revamp of the forum, good to see everyone once again:)

[fuzion]

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7646/redonebl8.jpg

that a bit better?

has that front guard/bar been sprayed recently? :P

[velly_16v_cab]

for the best effect at night it to try and have a long exposure and no flash.
some times "night" mode on a compact cam will be this
its amazing how much light you will get even tho it is dark! :)

[The_Hawk]

for the best effect at night it to try and have a long exposure and no flash.
some times "night" mode on a compact cam will be this
its amazing how much light you will get even tho it is dark! :)

The photos were taken with a DSLR which has a "no flash" mode which I don't use unless I have a tripod. The better photo's were taken with a borrow tripod on the night using that no-flash mode which as you say uses a lower shutter speed and a wider aperture.

Sadly lots of the pictures looked OK on the little screen after being taken, it wasn't until I got them home and looked at them in all their glory they looked so dark.

Like I said, next time I will be more prepared with the tripod.

[VW Convert]

The few that were left around went back to Homebush to take some more shots I think there are some money shots, if those stupid security guards didn't come we would have had some really awesome photos I think damm stupid Suzuki Jimny's (they seriously sprung out of know where, and then saying as if he was a cop and above the law "you have to park properly, you need to face the right way, as per the road rules", right-o tosspot!!!)


They probably sprang out of nowhere because the whole Olympic Park area is monitored by CCTV, I have no doubt they would have seen us standing like drowned rats in the car park early on! Even the walking tracks in the parklands are equipped with detection devices to pick up any cars that may somehow find their way past the bollards at night.

It was great to finally catch up and say hi to you guys and put faces to the names. Sorry I couldn't hang around but I had a family commitment, hopefully I'll be able to catch up another time.

Cheers

George

[velly_16v_cab]

yeah tripods are a must!!!

either that or its a pain trying to find somewhere to mount your cam.
its a big learning curve when you start with DSLR's, we was in torquay on saturday and my mates pic of the sunset is better on his compact than mine off my D40 (tho we was abit drunk at the time lol)

[peedman]

Good to catch up with everyone again! My dslr shots also turned out dark, well the ones before the battery died anyway. I got a couple phone shots of louis and his photography dedication if everyone wants to see:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/DSC00020-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/DSC00019-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/DSC00026-1.jpg


LOL!

[velly_16v_cab]

the sillier you look the better the pic lol

[rayray086]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/DSC00026-1.jpg

Haha Louis definitely busted his ass getting some super angles. Can't wait for your results Louis!

[DubSteve]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA sorry Louis the last one I have to laugh and thanks for all of your hard work mate hope those photos turn out awesome :)

[Soundofav6]

peedman !!! You got me big time.. lucky you didn't catch me flashing my crack !!

[kenny21]

Hey guys sorry I couldnt make it. My mates Vr6 i was gonna bring had run outa rego so I thought i know ill bring the beast (Jag XJS 6L V12) but of course after i dropped my gf off, the central locking remote decided not to work and i couldnt get into my car because if i use the key to get in a) You get a headache and go deaf from the 130dB alarm inside the car and then the car wont start anyways so by the time i got all that sorted out I was a bit late haha.

So ill def try again for next time to come meet u guys.

Cheers

Alex Kenny

[DIDZ]

Just wondering how did these photos come out ?

Been busting my chops at work over the last month and just saw this.

[rayray086]

I've scanned the developed photos on film and currently in the process of cropping. They didn't turn out good at all, my scanner is approaching its 10th birthday! My photoshop skills are very limited too, and I've just been using the auto adjustments to try and breathe a bit of life into them. The developed photos themselves are actually pretty good, though Louis says they're slightly hazy. I'll try and get them online ASAP.

[Golf Houso]

Send some of the better ones over here if you need, I'm pretty good at 'shopping stuff.