Stance Is Everything…. It's all about how it sits

If you are anything like myself you spend a lot of time browsing automotive blogs and forums. During these travels you have probably, recently, come across photos of a white Amuse kitted s2000, a red s2000 on gold works, and an Import Expo branded Acura NSX.

If  you look  closely at those photos you will notice that they all share a  similar water mark, and or photo credit: ‘Dougboy 2010‘.

Dougboy (not Doughboy) is the alias of self taught GTA based automotive photographer Edwin Tan and today’s featured photographer.

When I asked Edwin to share a little bit about himself he was quick to emphasize one thing. He is, and always will be, an automotive enthusiast and like many enthusiasts photography was just a natural progression of his passion for automobiles.

Dougboys personal ride

Picking up a camera two years ago Edwin honed his craft by reading a variety of online photography forums, speaking with other local photographers, and most importantly by snapping as many photographs as he possibly could.

My rich persons envy is kicking in again...

During this two year span Edwin has shot  variety of different subjects including: events, retail products, and food for small design firm called F.C.D.

While I have yet to see this in person I have seen a lot of it online

Edwin is a Nikon shooter always experimenting with different styles and techniques and often incorporates strobes and rigs into his shoots.

The quality of his work has made him the go to guy for a number of JDM enthusiasts in the area, as well as the official photographer for Option JDM.

The engine bay of one of my favorite Hondas

Edwin is looking forward to expanding the variety of cars he shoots by offering his talents to the exotic crowd in the near future.

Ultimately Edwin would like to have the name ‘Dougboy‘ paired with clean cars and clean photography. I would say that he is already off to a great start.

Here is a snippet of Edwin’s work behind the glass:

A fierce looking widebody RSX

Edwin has rig/rolling shots down

I've never thought of shooting here and it's 5 min from my house

Beautiful interior shot

Edwin's capture of a track ready s2k

Takata harness + women + a good photographer always = greatness

If you want to see more of Edwin’s automotive work check out dougboy.smugmug.com/automotive

It’s been quite awhile since I last featured a photographer here on Stance Is Everything so I am very happy to be able to showcase this photographer’s work today.

Matt Berenz hails from the Durham region and rolls with The Scraped Crusaders, which means that he never has to look far for a clean dropped ride to shoot, but Matt talents are not restricted only to automotive photography.

His natural gift allows him to shoot a number of different subjects with ease and he is also very capable videographer as well.

Currently working as an apprentice plumber and bike mechanic Matt’s passion for photography was initially tapped after taking a small introductory photography course as part of a multimedia design program.

While Matt says that his goal is to one day do on location model photography, and automotive shoots for magazines, currently he is just enjoying taking as many pictures as possible of as many different things as possible.

Matt shoots with a Canon T2I and has 18-55mm IS, 50mm f/1.8, 75-300mm glass.

Here is a sample of some of his work and more of it can be found at flickr.com/photos/deathlens

Have to respect a man who can appreciate the beauty in flowers

This photo freaked my girlfriend out a little

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaap

A Beautiful Sunset

Excellent use or location and lighting here

Love the effect lighting effect here and from what I understand this car is a beast

Shout out to Matt and The Scraped Crusaders for sending in these photos, and stay tuned later this week for Matt’s photos from Jitter Bug 2010!

Lately photographers to feature have been few and far between, winter has a big part to do with this as motivation to shoot cars often goes out the window when the weather outside is consistently -15 degrees below zero and all the cars are covered in salt. Luckily while browsing the Union Auto Club Blog I stumbled across a talented photographer named Santiago Gomez.

Santiago got into photography in 2007 when he was 17 and combined his new found passion for photography with his existing passion for anything automotive. Originally starting with a Nikon D40 Santiago quickly learned that the person who holds the camera, and not the camera make great photos so he did something uncommon of a lot of budding photographers, once he had a firm grasp of the basics of camera set up such as exposure and aperture, he sold his Digital SLR and dropped back down to a point and shoot Canon G10.

Santiago shot a great deal of his favorite photos with this point and shoot and was so pleased with what he was able to accomplish with this camera that when it was time to get back into the DSLR game in 2009 he stuck with Canon and picked up a Canon Rebel T1i.

So far he has been shooting with kit equipment but he is using winter downtime to research which lenses to pick up this spring to further increase the already high quality of his work.

Having already made a lot of connections in the GTA automotive community Santiago’s future as an automotive photographer looks bright and I feel very privileged to showcase his work so far here on Stance Is Everything.

Static Santiago Gomez Automotive Photography

Epic stance, epic dish, epic backdrop this pic has it all

This location is common among photographers and everyone captures it differently

I've seen this car at a few events, very photogenic

Wouldn't change a thing

I love classy model shoots

Dynamic Santiago Gomez Automotive Photography

Pat's car is looking a little rough in this shot

Gotta love the colored smoke effect these tires give

Shake N Bake!!

Enough said

Love this shot, caught the smoke perfectly

Santiago Gomez Photography

Another famous Toronto photo shoot location, I'm in some wedding photos on that bridge...

Just your average day in the GTA

Mans obsession with fire continues

Symmetry at its finest

This is actually the first time I have ever seen a cop at a car wash

Big thanks to Santiago for allowing me to post his work and if you want to see more of his work be sure to check out The Official Santi Photo Blog as well as his flickr photostream.

Santiago is looking at picking up a project drift car of his own and considering the crowd he rolls with don’t be surprised to see his car on this blog once it’s finished.

Once again Stance Is Everything is bringing you the work of Local GTA photographers. This week we are showcasing the photography of local JDMrides member Kristoff aka INdPixma.

At just 17 years old Kristoff shows great promise as an automotive photographer as he has a strong passion for cars with dialed stance set ups and a great interest in photography. He is also not afraid to rack up some kms going out to local events. His work is a perfect fit for Stance Is Everything and we are proud to showcase it.

Great action shot here from the CSCS opener the color/bw contrast is amazing

An Ek runs from a DA right into Kristoffs Lens

That e46 looks hungry

Getting low for a low RSX

You would never guess it was not the nicest day based on this shot

Team Recession at the 2nd JDMrides.ca meet

Kristoff did a great job of catching the three very different colors of these vehicles

The build quality of this el clipped bubble really shows through in these shots

The build quality of this el clipped bubble really shows through in these shots

Still think Miatas are girls cars?

Kristoff has respect for the classics

Kristoff promises a full shoot of this car soon and hopefully he will share it here on Stance Is Everything

Check out the rest of Kristoffs work on his flicker account

Thanks to Kristoff for being a Featured Photographer on Stance Is Everything.

If you want to be a featured photographer on Stance Is Everything email me at stanceiseverything@gmail.com

Stance Is Everything continues to bring you local GTA photography talent, this week we are proud to showcase the work of Sam H. Sam is a good friend who whips an m50 swapped 318 e30 and spends some time behind the lens when not under the hood, or behind the wheel of his car. He sent over quite a few nice shots, MX/ATV, track, cruisin and your standard parking lot fare. Check them out.

Automotive

I have to get the location of this shot from him

Is that a shooting star?

Sam knows some high rollers

Vipers have a fairly photogenic gauge cluster

Rolling shots can be tough but Sam nailed this one.

Track day

Sam did a good job here of catching two rare hatches on the track (323 GTX and a Pulsar)

Motocross/ATV

Sam knows some people who like to play in the dirt as well

Dorifto?

Berm sliders are classic moto cross action shots

Another great berm shot picture from Sam

Check out the rest of Sam’s work on his flicker account.

Thanks to Sam for being the second Featured Photographer on Stance Is Everything.

If you want to be a featured photographer on Stance Is Everything email me at stanceiseverything@gmail.com

Jon getting down to business

This is going to be the first of what I hope is many photographer features here on Stance Is Everything. A lot  of car enthusiast pick up photography as a hobby after shooting enough pictures of there own cars cars. Unfortunately the don’t often get a chance to show of their non automotive photography.

These photo features will include automotive and non automotive photography. Hopefully these features inspire more car nuts to pick up a cam and start shooting.

Today’s feature is the work  of  an old friend of mine, Jon, we used to ride BMX together before he moved and since then we have continued to cross paths on a few automotive message boards and facebook.

Today via msn we had a chance to catch up and talked about Stance Is Everything and photography and that resulted in him sending a few of his more recent shots over. Enjoy.

Automotive

Jon has a faster car than me

I really like the choice of location for these shots.

And the clever captioning below the cars.

The setup on this shot is also very nice.

Non Automotive

Jon took a trip to the Killman (not a good name for a zoo) zoo with his girl recently and snapped some shots of its inhabitants.

I'm sure we have all been on the wrong side of the fence at some point in our lives.

No food on this side either.

I have no idea what this is, but it has a faux hawk.

I wonder what kind of things a monkey thinks about?

Big or small cats spend most of their time asleep.

Thanks to Jon for being my first photographer featured. Anyone wanting to get in contact with him can email me at stanceiseverything@gmail.com and I will forward his info.