hah yup i'll pack a bag.
I'll bring my sigma 8-16mm that i used to get the interior shot
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Some good tips on taking photo's of your car?
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ill try and pop in my 2 cents here
the first thing i got taught was Gestalt
Gestalt – "essence or shape of an entity's complete form" . It never made sense for the first few months but eventually it will come together .
Basic ideas is to look for symmetry and repeating patterns for eg
a car that is moving forward along a road shot in profile looks better than a car standing still most times because of the lines going forward from left to right without breaks . the same applies to a car shot from the front on a road .. you would usually do it in straight lines because horizontal and straight lines dont always work well unless its a tight angles that converge but thats another toppic completely ..
to begin with . work on composition and thats it .. just do composition till you hate it . some of the greatest photographers used fixed 50m lens and got some amazing shots . all it needs is a bit of walking forward and walking backward. ( i personally love my rig and i am a die hard pentax fan )
invest in a good tripod. its gotten me more workable shots than half my fancy lenses .
shoot in raw mode if you really want to experiment. adobe lightroom is a good tool when you get your head around its soft focus system.
Do not ever throw out any picture you ever shoot . eventually in a few years you think about it and will want to edit it .
you never need to get the most out of an image. less is more. dont overthink an image and the technical bits.
I am yet to get a good shoot everytime . on average in my previous work ( which was photography) i shot about 900+ pics a day to get about 30 decent ones that I could get into pre print and then about 10 in final edits and about 2 which actually went into publishing .
Shoot a lot and dont stop shooting. probability does help
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the first thing i got taught was Gestalt
Gestalt – "essence or shape of an entity's complete form" . It never made sense for the first few months but eventually it will come together .
Basic ideas is to look for symmetry and repeating patterns for eg
a car that is moving forward along a road shot in profile looks better than a car standing still most times because of the lines going forward from left to right without breaks . the same applies to a car shot from the front on a road .. you would usually do it in straight lines because horizontal and straight lines dont always work well unless its a tight angles that converge but thats another toppic completely ..
to begin with . work on composition and thats it .. just do composition till you hate it . some of the greatest photographers used fixed 50m lens and got some amazing shots . all it needs is a bit of walking forward and walking backward. ( i personally love my rig and i am a die hard pentax fan )
invest in a good tripod. its gotten me more workable shots than half my fancy lenses .
shoot in raw mode if you really want to experiment. adobe lightroom is a good tool when you get your head around its soft focus system.
Do not ever throw out any picture you ever shoot . eventually in a few years you think about it and will want to edit it .
you never need to get the most out of an image. less is more. dont overthink an image and the technical bits.
I am yet to get a good shoot everytime . on average in my previous work ( which was photography) i shot about 900+ pics a day to get about 30 decent ones that I could get into pre print and then about 10 in final edits and about 2 which actually went into publishing .
Shoot a lot and dont stop shooting. probability does help
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dont have an automotive rig . but i use a gorilla pod at times . for motion shots at high iso . i jsut twist the zoom ring when I shoot for the effect . works well and give a nice circle at very high iso's . I havent shot as much as i would like to over the past year . i really need to start shooting again. maybe I could shoot the melbourne cars
.. only ever use the twist zoom if i am physically dangling for my life from a car ( dont try this at home) am fairly sure its illegal
Good stuff!
Nice clean simple background, rule of thirds etc the car is clearly the subject of the picture!
color temp/balance can be a bit tricky to get right in camera - last few pics the white car starts greying out as the camera exposes for the headlights and sky. Sometimes you might notice things get a bit muted.
A few litte tweaks in photoshop or picasa can help there
just a quick and dirty example in picasa which is free
Rough but shows the idea
I like the last one, the rear wing/lights are all very sharp and well lit. For some reason i think B/W photography works quite well with our white cars
Nice clean simple background, rule of thirds etc the car is clearly the subject of the picture!
color temp/balance can be a bit tricky to get right in camera - last few pics the white car starts greying out as the camera exposes for the headlights and sky. Sometimes you might notice things get a bit muted.
A few litte tweaks in photoshop or picasa can help there
just a quick and dirty example in picasa which is free
Rough but shows the idea
I like the last one, the rear wing/lights are all very sharp and well lit. For some reason i think B/W photography works quite well with our white cars
You've got a good eye for framing a picture, but the thing that irks me with these is how the car is half falling off the road. It makes it look like you just parked somewhere, then decided to take a photo rather than properly positioning the car.
The location looks good but you should go in better light - point & shoot cameras are always going to struggle at that time of day.
And don't forget to change your wheel angle as you move to a different shot angle (i.e your last pic and the side-on).
The location looks good but you should go in better light - point & shoot cameras are always going to struggle at that time of day.
And don't forget to change your wheel angle as you move to a different shot angle (i.e your last pic and the side-on).
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