To supplement Paul's notes: - Wash and wax the car before shooting. - Choose dusk or dawn light to shoot in. - Turn on head and parking lights depending on illumination levels.
I sometimes like a little bit more interesting or urban background rather than just trees or hills. I find that when I have zooms to work with and play with framing and such, I almost always see the most pleasing shots made at 75 to 85mm for most exterior shots, 24 to 28 mm for interior shots, and 50mm for engine compartment details. G > On Oct 4, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > He's the list's big wheel in car photography. > > >> On Oct 3, 2016, at 6:14 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> >> Have Paul S. come out and shoot the car. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> >>> 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 <l...@red4est.com> 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 l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
