Matt L

Im exactly the same in the past 2 months alone i have had someone who decided to go the entire way round a roundabout whilst he should of gone left or straight on and i had the option to go straight on (dual carriage way) and right i wanted to go straight on.... how i missed him i have no idea another one coming to a roundabout me in my lane well before the roundabout... no traffic on roundabout so i slow down and just about to get to the round about some numpty in the lane next to me decide they wanted to be in my lane so just pull straight over withouth a signal or even a look thankfully i was going slow enough to stop without hitting them. todays been interesting too... old woman again on a dual carriage way just decided to change lanes without looking whilst i was at the side of her... thankfully a bit of a run off so i could dive over and anchor up. and then there are the usual culprits (sp) who sit in the middle lane when there is absolutely nothing in the inside lane for another 5 years - that really really really really winds me up (only thing i generally get road rage with) and same goes for people on dual carriage ways in the outside lane when not over taking anyone and arent doing the speed limit. (as bad as it sounds and i know i shouldnt do it but in both cases i will go behind, flash repeatedly and if still no movement undertake or on the odd occasion where people pull over i go past and look in the mirror to see they have pulled back out ) and then later on in the day same thing happened again, i really am beginning to question peoples standards/abilitys of driving. [/rant]

this is exactly what i was worried about rwd in snow and ice considering i have never driven a rwd car before and my derv ibiza was bad enough last year on 18's, thankfully reading about this snow sock things has made me feel a bit more confident about when i get my zed in a month or so .

I should be there although probably wont be able to make the friday with work.

Hi all im glad to be a trader on here now . i shall edit the first post shortly with the proper advert in it

Hi everyone, Since doing a shoot for Shire I have now become a trader on here so thought i would start up with a little offer to get you all interested *2011 Offer* 1 hour shoot, 15-20 edited shots on disk, 1 upto A4 sized print either collage style or full shot. all for £30+travel additional shoot time would be charged at £10 per hour *NOW ONLY £20 IF BOOKED BEFORE 31/10/10 Updated - offer continuing into 2011* Normal prices start from £40 and dont include the disks. I am also currently looking into getting a rig made so i can do moving shots aswell and i am fully insured (public liability). Link to my work http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattlindop ... 206017245/ I am based in Stoke on Trent and willing to travel/meet (although problem with meeting is neither of the parties know the location). Shoots based in stoke i will source locations, shoots based at other parties location mean they are responsible for sourcing the location. To book a shoot feel free to contact me on any of the methods below, shoots can only be held week day evenings (after 7pm) and at weekends. I look forward to hearing off you shortly Matt I can be contacted via Mobile - 07811848353 (i can only answer after 5pm but can listen to messages whenever) facebook - http://www.facebook.com/#!/mattlindopphotography Twitter -http://twitter.com/#!/MattLPhotograph also admin if you read this and are interested ill happily become a photographer for the site at shows etc if you ever needed that kind of stuff (or dont already have someone) Website & email are down for a while now so i can only be contacted by the above methods for a while

collage version 2 again james if you want any of them changing or the layout let me know

brembo shot and car park shot are simply amazing, moving shots i like but same problem as i have atm cant get the camera far enough away from the car or dont have a wide enough lens.

Prints + disk will be in the post tomorrow for you . now i have seen the prints im tempted to do some for myown wall

I thought I could see some sharpening and colour alteration going off. I know nothing about this kind of stuff though. Did you take some kind of light on the shoot? What kind of settings do you use on your camera? I'm looking at getting a decent one but really am only just starting to be interested... (sorry for thread hijacking) yeah i have 3 flashguns that i use off camera although for this it was mainly just 2, settings wise i think i was between f8 and f10 and shutter speed around 1/80 - 1/125. If you want i can recommend you some books if you get into it , its what i used to teach myself the basics then just got out and started playing. Yes please! Michael Langfords - Basic photography (there are a few versions of this now and i cant remember off the top of my head which version i got lol, will check when im at home) I do have a few other books that are more for posing models and weddings but i dont think you'd really want to know those (ask if you do though).

I thought I could see some sharpening and colour alteration going off. I know nothing about this kind of stuff though. Did you take some kind of light on the shoot? What kind of settings do you use on your camera? I'm looking at getting a decent one but really am only just starting to be interested... (sorry for thread hijacking) yeah i have 3 flashguns that i use off camera although for this it was mainly just 2, settings wise i think i was between f8 and f10 and shutter speed around 1/80 - 1/125. If you want i can recommend you some books if you get into it , its what i used to teach myself the basics then just got out and started playing.

MattMe - only real photoshop is as per near enough all my car shoots i run them through tone mapping and sharpen them and occasionally tweak the contrast. unbashed - thanks im based in stoke on trent but do travel but obviously travel will be added to the price .

sorry to slightly hijack the thread, would anyone else be interested in having shoots done? just want to gauge interest to see if its worth paying to advertise on here .

Glad you like them , i still dont feel they do your car justice as its just unbelievable. clarkie, yes definatly need to sort that out when you get your center cap .

thoughts are with all their familes and friends. seen loads of people posting about this on facebook as i have quite a few people that new him on there , certainly puts things into perspective as someone has already said, even more so as i drive down that road nearly every night . RIP fella. and to everyone else take care on the roads out there

very nice choice i was looking through at the other day and spotted this (shame i cant get mine till november time ) but looks like you got yourself a bargain, if you ever fancy a drive over to the fun land of stoke Ill take some pictures of it for you

thanks and neither have i just let me know when your ready who knows i may have one by the time haha. Mod cost = well id just have to save for it. To who ever mentioned ins cost why the increase?

yeah i know for a fact the first few months ill be at the petrol station ALOT the noise will be addictive, insurance would be between 50-70 a month depending on who i go with, petrol i imagine would roughly cost £320 :| wow only just worked that out a month hmmm...

thats awesome cheers

firstly i appologise if this has been asked a million times before, I am looking to get a 350 in the near future (unless the part of my brain that controls the common sense kicks in which tbh im hoping it doesnt) once my job has been made more secure (still in the probation period as i managed to find a new better job after being made redundant about 2months ago) but it now means my weekly commute is around 200miles a week (country a roads though) + other driving usually means around 300miles a week now my questions are... does anyone else do relitively high miles each week in a 350? if so what is the average mpg you tend to get? and how much does a tank actually cost to fill? also would like to know general costs of owning a 350 too please eg, tyres, services, mots, common repair costs, tax (pre 06 is cheaper?) (if there are any) and i know it all depends on where you go for the following but just general prices would be much appreciated. car i will be looking to get is 350 obviously but pre 06 because of the cheaper tax? (hopefully find a gt) but around 40k miles hopefully aswell if that makes a diff service wise. thanks in advance

Looks stunning , love the front plate thing though.

Your not the only one .

Cheers, will get better ones too once his car is finished .

Mine are all here Just a few of the ones i took in the link and a few examples below. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Should anyone see any they want in a high res let me know

Stand looked good, will upload my pics once ihave gone through them all and sifted the good from the bad Thanks to who ever i asked to as to which car was clarkies (warren?) Matt

Stand looked good today got quite a few pictures of peoples cars, will go through them all and link them up once i have edited/uploaded them