to my personal blog. Here I post examples of my photography and writing. I specialize in making unique and highly detailed photographs. Notice I said making and not taking. Yes I take photos but a lot of time and work is involved in pushing and punishing the pixels in my images to achieve the look I like.
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Monday, December 6, 2010 at 9:35PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Creative, Downey, HDR Here's another shot of this amazing green Chevelle I saw at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler. This side view better shows how reflective this car is.
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 11:13PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR When I first saw this '65 Ford Fairlane I immediately noticed it's paint was reflecting the car next to it like a deep blue mirror. The clarity of the paint was evident even under the yellowish overhead light of the Bob's Big Boy Broiler in Downey. Cars like this just can't be captured with a single photo. Only high dynamic range photography can do them justice.
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 9:28PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR "What a pleasant surprise to discover that you can run the new 1954 Chevy Belaire with the kind of money that fits a young man's budget." This absolutely clean 1954 Chevy Belair was parked at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler's Wednesday night car show in Downey. I was really struggling to get a good shot of it. First people kept walking through the shot and other cars arriving and leaving swept their headlights over it during the long exposures. I do like how it turned out though. The paint was highly reflective and I'm sure even more spectacular during daylight.
1 Comment | tagged Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, Chevy, Downey, HDR | Share Article Permalink Email Article Friday, December 3, 2010 at 11:39PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR, Night I think this is a Chevelle but I'm not sure what year. Kathy and I went to the Broiler on Wednesday and I met several members of the Sultan's Car Club from Long Beach. This was one of the Sultan's cars. This was a tough shot because people kept walking through my long exposures. I had to wave several people away but not everyone heeded my wishes.
Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:13PM | in California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Whittier This is a beautiful Chevy Bel-Aire station wagon. Not sure what year it is but maybe 1943 or so. Anybody know? This 10 shot HDR was taken at the Ruby's car show in WhittierCalifornia. I got there late and the sun had already started to set casting nice golden light around this very reflective car.
2 Comments | tagged California, Car, Car Show, Chevy, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Whittier | Share Article Permalink Email Article Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 11:04PM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR So this is Bob's Big Boy Broiler back lot. There was a car show that was sponsored by a Corvette car club so I didn't really expect to see this beauty sitting here. Even though the sky was almost completely covered by clouds, this Olds 88's paint job was still stunningly beautiful, reflecting everything that surrrounded it. I spoke to the owner who was cool and I sent Kathy over to give him her card. She took a much better shot of this car and you can see it on her website here.
1 Comment | tagged Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car, Car Show, Downey, HDR | Share Article Permalink Email Article Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 11:51PM | in Bokeh, California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Pontiac Hood Ornament, Whittier My personal blog, www.bigpixelpushing.com is now over a year old. I want to thank all of you who visit and enjoy my photography. Having a blog has been real commitment in both time and effort. When I first started Big Pixel Pushing, I typically posted a new image every few days.
I began to wonder if I could manage to post one image per day, everyday without fail. Weekends and holidays included. Sounds easy I know. But keep in mind, there are quite a few steps involved in posting what is hopefully an interesting and compelling image. First I have to take a lot of images or image sequences if I intend to make an HDR. Next I have to sift through all these images to find one I think would make a good post. I then have to process the image sequence. This consists of making an HDR merge, tone mapping, post processing, watermarking, posting and finally writing a description.
A few months ago I decided to try. So for almost 100 days in a row, I processed and posted a single image each day. Now I know that I can do it. It can be done. However, this diligence left very little time for anything else in my life and therefore is not sustainable.
I decided to take a break from photography and posting. I got a handful of questioning emails. A few were concerned (thanks), but more were pissed which was interesting and unexpected. While the site gets a good amount of traffic, (in August there were 48,080 page views and 18,953 unique visitors) it gets almost no comments.
I love blogs and read several everyday. I comment on blog postings when I think I have something relevant to say.
You would think with several hundred people visiting this site each day that someone would share an opinion, link, comment, critique, technique, event, or just say hi.
So this seems to be a very one sided arrangement. I post, you view. Ok by me but in the future I’ll be posting when the mood strikes and time allows.
Thanks for reading,
Greg
greg.jones.design@gmail.com
1 Comment | tagged Bokeh, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Uptown Whittier, Whittier | Share Article Permalink Email Article Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 10:26AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, HDR 
With new handy control gear shifting, new saftety signal speedometer, high torque engine, auto-mesh transmission, new steel Amola coil springs and longer wheelbase. Now on display at new lower delivered prices. Original price in 1939: $849.00
Post a Comment | tagged 1939, Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car, Cars, HDR, Plymouth | Share Article Permalink Email Article Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 6:16AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, Bokeh, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR, Pontiac Hood Ornament Now this was interesting. A 1950's era Pontiac with a hood ornament that was shaped like a very stylized jet aircraft with a semi-transparent Indian head nose. The light from the sunset was illuminating it which was cool.
1 Comment | tagged Bobs Big Boy Broiler, Bokeh, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR | Share Article Permalink Email Article Monday, July 19, 2010 at 5:35AM | in California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Whittier I shot this in August of 2009 when I was just learning how to shoot HDR. I wasn't sure of my workflow then but I knew I loved the results.
