I really like #1 though and it should look cool with the transom visible. I agree on 3. Another vote for #4. It's looking like it will be #1 & 4!

No, not at all. Going without a life jacket is a reasonable risk sometimes. It was a hot day and I wasn't looking to break any speed records. Actually it was Labor Day Monday and I was headed to Muscamoot Bay on Lake St. Clair. I'm not looking to get these published so will forgo the life jacket. I'll just have them touch it up a little. The lighting was bad.

I chose 1 & 4. They will do some photoshop work and cleaning up and submit new proofs for my final approval. I will order 16x20 prints. Thanks everybody, I was already sold on #1 but you guys helped me decide on #4.

One of the reasons I picked 3, and don't want to change your mind is that it is a good picture of you and your face looking at the Heli. That would be more important to me as one day the kids or grand kids are going to be looking back at the picture and say there's Dad or Grandpa driving his boat. They won't be saying who was that driving the yellow Donzi that had to much hull in the water. Their going to know that face for ever as my Dad or Grandpa driving the yellow boat he use to have long time ago. Neat.

#4

AB, I appreciate your opinion. I just want more of an action shot. And we have yet another vote for #4!!

This is not going well. They totally botched the touch up work that I requested and painted my boat a pissy shade of yellow that looks like it's been fading in the sun for 20 years and removed all natural shading. Terrible work and not at all what I asked for. When I called them I was sternly told that they will not do any more work on my pics and that I can either buy the originals or the butchered prints for $250 each. When I informed her that if that was the case then I would post the pics on every boating forum on which I participate and slam BoatPix. Now I am waiting for a call from the owner. Look what they did to my boat:

edit: I just talked with Tom, the owner of BoatPix and hopefully we can get this resolved. I just asked that the pictures by brightened up a bit and some other very minor touch-up work. If they can do that then Boatpix has my good word that I will buy two 16x20 prints for $250 each.

I love digital photography.....but this is why I hate digital photography too! Too easy for anybody to call themselves "Professional" and turn out stuff like this.

Ask them if they have RAW files(vs JPEG)? My guess is they probably don't or someone has no clue what they are doing. That's amazing to me that someone that does that for a business would even think to put out something that looks like that. I don't know if you make it to other runs but If you can make it to something Tim, Jay or I are at you can get better quality at a much better price. If you were on Lake Norman I could rent an R22 for an 1hr, do personal photo shoot, and get you all the pics you could ever want for $1000. If you do get them. Try to get the RAW files and I can try to fix them in Photoshop for you if that is the best they can do.

#1 really shows off the classic lines of the boat. Beautiful boat, too! I like the clean "no swim platform" look. It looks all business. They can lighten it up in Photoshop no problem.

Michael

That is complete BS.. Not the part about being able to add life jackets etc.. The part where a magazine or any other media outlet goes from covering the event / to endorsing and promoting their beliefs onto the general public which in turn leads to "feel good" legislation and lack of freedoms.

It's yellow journalism at it's finest.

RD