Perhaps it's time to write a book? Esp. with a long Winter just around the
corner.
Alan C
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From: Paul Stenquist
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 11:44 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
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
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