Have Paul S. come out and shoot the car.
-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Car photography hints? > >Yes, use your longest lens from a distance. Shoot on asphalt or concrete with >a clean background like trees or hills. Position the car as far away from the >background as possible. Camera height for your key shots should be about >headlamp level. Shoot 3/4 and 7/8 front and rear as well as a full profile. >Then shoot all except the profile from eye level. Finally shoot some 3/4 front >and rear from a height of about 12 feet with a 50mm lens. Use a polarizer on >all shots to eliminate reflections. With the low angle shots you will want to >adjust the polarizer to eliminate reflections in the side of the car. With the >high angles you may want to dial out the sky reflection. If you want to go all >out you can shoot with two different polarizer settings and composite the >results. Shoot the interior with your widest lens and a flash with diffuser. >If the headliner is white or grey, bounce the flash off of it. Use the flash >and a medium wide to shoot the engine. > >Paul via phone > >> On Oct 3, 2016, at 5:27 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This question is mostly for Paul, but some other people might have some good >> suggestions: >> >> My neighbor is trying to sell his 1970 Challenger R/T. He's had it for 40 >> years and it's generally in pretty good shape (340 engine). He does not, >> however, have good photos of it. I've offered to take some for him. Are >> there any tips and tricks I should know about to avoid mistakes ahead of >> time? I.e. long lens from a distance rather than close up with a wide lens? >> >> The car needs to be buffed out, would I be better of getting some shots of >> it before hand so that the color shows more than the reflections? >> >> What about shooting the interior? Natural light? Maybe some flash to fill >> so that the view outside the windows isn't blown out? >> >> Polarizers? Critical or not? >> >> Larry >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
