Photographing cars under ideal situations is difficult enough, due to
the reflective nature of most paint. Shows are very difficult. The
best alternative on a sunny day is to shoot the cars backlit with
flash fill or a reflector. Sometimes white clouds opposite the sun
will give you a natural reflector that can help when shooting backlit.
Full sun, front light is almost always yucky.
Paul
On Aug 24, 2009, at 7:17 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
This is were Paul comes in,.:-)
Dave
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Larry Colen<[email protected]> wrote:
There was a hotrod show in Scotts Valley today (about 5 miles from my
house). I figured that it would be a good opportunity to park the
racecar near the show, with the "for sale" signs prominantly
displayed.
I didn't get any nibbles on my racecar, but I spent some time
wandering about with my K20 and 18-250.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622125850288/
Getting decent exposures when shooting cars in full sunlight is
pretty
challenging. The specular reflections will just blow out, and
if you try to expose for the highlights, then everything else is so
underexposed as to be useless.
Short of carrying fill reflectors, or dealing with a fill flash, is
there anything that can be done? Or is it simply a case that if you
want good shots of a shiny hotrod with lots of chrome, you're going
to
have to do it in shade, or spend a lot of work, or both?
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