A few of Alloyguitar's (my) photos...

[alloyguitar]

Alright, so after seeing that a few other users have started photo threads of their own, I figured I'd hop on the bandwagon and throw a few together...

...these aren't really in any particular order or anything. Just shots that I enjoyed taking/liked the outcome of.

-Devon Goodspeed (alloyguitar)

Piece of a studebaker lark.

'84 les paul studio

four guitar-exposure. Taking using a hand-fired flash. Not photoshopped.

Same les paul again. 30sec. exposure using hand-fired flash to illuminate specific parts of the guitar.

Same lark...again.

Yes, that's real fire. No photoshopping (except to alter colors and such).

This much snow usually doesn't occur in East Tennessee (Jefferson City, to be exact) very often.

Couple shots of a statue on UTK campus...

 

[alloyguitar]

...and more....

World's Fair Park. Specifically the sunsphere. Knoxville, Tn.

I bought a DSLR because I always wanted a lightning shot.

...since I know you guys love supras....:icon_bigg

Another Studebaker. My dad's a bit of a fanatic.

You guessed it. A Studebaker.

I didn't put that there. I just took a photo of it.

Pretty self explanatory. Water coming out of the ground.

A chain....and vines.

More water exiting the ground.

I work at a ski resort (as a snowboard instructor) and it was a slow day...pulled out the camera.

 

[alloyguitar]

and some more supra shots, just to appease you people...:icon_bigg

again, real fire. Not photoshoppery.

The gas door bothers me in that photo.

Smoky Mtn. National Park.

A gear from the inside of an old SLR.

For some reason, the colors on this image were much more vivid before I uploaded it. Strange.

Went spelunking the other day and managed to take ONE photo before my camera crapped out on me, and that's it. Jan '09

...Bored. Waiting for paint to dry. 2/10/09

 

[ForcedTorque]

Very Nice Photos! Cool use of fire! Awesome Supra! Cool guitars

 

[suprarx7nut]

Very cool extended exposure shots. I really want a DSLR.

 

[Clip]

love that chain

 

[alloyguitar]

Thanks guys. I'll try and post more when I get a chance.

 

[GuNDeZZZ]

Ugh I want that les paul...


Nice work man!!!

 

[alloyguitar]

Ugh I want that les paul...


Nice work man!!!

I actually have two of 'em. That one was given to me as a gift. I ended up rewiring it and throwing a set of EMG Zakk Wylde pickups, Grover Tuners, straplocks, and a bone nut that I had an old guy that worked at my local music store make for me in it, then sanded, stained, and smoothed the neck with steel wool to make it super fast.

It's a super nice guitar, but it doesn't do clean sounds very well, since it has active pickups. For that I usually go with either a '72 tele deluxe or a Schecter C1-elite. Both are very nice sounding instruments.

 

[ERA]

Whoa, sick Supra. Carbon fiber hood with headlight covers to match is teh dope.
Love the snowy pic (Last pic in your first post)

 

[tbcmorris]

Nice use of exposure

 

[IJ.]

Explain the water coming out of the ground please
(great shots thanks for posting them)

 

[alloyguitar]

Explain the water coming out of the ground please
(great shots thanks for posting them)

It's in Knoxville, Tn (Where I'm currently attending college) at a small park near the river...

...There are a number of them, like fountains I suppose. Of course, they always kinda seemed like an overflowing manhole to me, hence the amusement.

 

[IJ.]

I was joking hence the ""

 

[alloyguitar]

Lol, well, it's not something that you see on a regular basis, so I figured I'd explain it anyway.

...added a couple photos the post number three. Nothing spectacular, but they're there.

 

[Suprapowaz!(2)]

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...since I know you guys love supras....:icon_bigg

Yeah, we love supras........... just not that one! :sarcasm:

j/k Nice photos. I'm a noob at stuff like that, but how did you do the fire? I know about long exposure, but did you walk with a torch around the car? I don't see anybody in the pic.

 

[alloyguitar]

Yeah, we love supras........... just not that one! :sarcasm:

j/k Nice photos. I'm a noob at stuff like that, but how did you do the fire? I know about long exposure, but did you walk with a torch around the car? I don't see anybody in the pic.

More or less. It was a super long exposure (30 sec or more) on a self-timer. I had a phone book on fire on the ground to light a spray paint can torch off of, then walk around the car...

...and, before anybody asks, the paint WAS directed AWAY from the car, and it wasn't windy at all, so the chances of paint landing on the car were slim to none.

If you plan on replicating that yourself, set your aperture as high as it will go (can't recall what mine was at) and set your exposure to 30sec and just play around with it.

It's also a good idea to wear black (or dark) non-reflective clothing, so you tend to disappear into the background. Gloves are a smart move, too.

Props to Adam Shelton (supranforever on here) for the use of his car...which was not harmed at all during the shoot.


...Oh, and don't light the car on fire. I don't want to see another "my car burnt to the ground" thread in the "for sale" section. :icon_bigg

 

[alloyguitar]

...and what's wrong with that supra?

;-)

I love the way it looks with the carbon hood/lip/headlight covers.

I don't like the wheels, I'll give you that. They look tiny to me, even though they're 18's.

But, all in all, I thought that the car looked pretty good.

Of course, I do have a lot of time invested in it (even though it's not mine), so I guess I'm kinda biased.

 

[ERA]

Rota D2s ftw.

 

[alloyguitar]

Yep. Ssr sp1-knockoffs, basically.

Nice wheels, just seem a little small for the car, for some reason. Probably because of the shape of the lip.