Car Photography 101

[BP_Z28]

Yup these tips and guidlines are really good to follow..cant wait to get all my crap back on and take some good shots..well try 2

[BP_Z28]

What kind of camera are you using Ray?

And yes. Having an editing software is almost a must Can really make a picture stand out



Get ride of them parking lines sir.. thats a no no lol..just through the black and white for the hell of it

[zmanrc]

What kind of camera are you using Ray?

I shoot the Olympus C8080 Wide Angle Zoom. It's an 8meg camera and was their top of the line Prosumer camera in '05 when I bought it. I paid about $800 for it and have been very happy with it. At that time SLR's were still running around $1200-$1400.
It will go very wide angle, so I can get right up on a car and still get the whole thing in the shot.
Prints up to 18x24 with NO problem and off a tripod get clarity up to 20x30 prints.

[BP_Z28]

thats a damn nice camera! Ill be in the Market for one like that very soon..but maybe not as high priced Ill take it a snotch down lol

[zmanrc]

thats a damn nice camera! Ill be in the Market for one like that very soon..but maybe not as high priced Ill take it a snotch down lol

Thanks ... I like it.
You can get my exact camera on Ebay now for about $300.

[tenpin842]

Yeah I always took small pics to make it easy to email.
Now I know to take detailed pics....set it back to 5 mega pix.

[BP_Z28]

I never use my AF.. I used to use it but didnt do much for me.. I use "Self Portrait" for all my pics including of my car..comes out better for me

[MP81]

That first one would be sweet sept your front end being over the side walk like that.

Yeah - I love not having an airdam! I wish I woulda stayed back too, but whatever.

I've gotten great shots from that area (that's where my friend and I sit on Woodward watching cars).

Get ride of them parking lines sir.. thats a no no lol..

Umm, sure, I'll just go erase them from FHS's parking lot.

My friend and I had nothing to do, so we went and took pictures of my car. It was more of expirmentation for me with positioning and such, which came out nice.

[BP_Z28]

Umm, sure, I'll just go erase them from FHS's parking lot.

My friend and I had nothing to do, so we went and took pictures of my car. It was more of expirmentation for me with positioning and such, which came out nice.

I think you misunderstood? I was talking about editing in photoshop removing some of the lines like I did in the black/white picture of your iroc.

[MP81]

...and what effect do I use to do that, exactly, without turning it black and white.

[BP_Z28]

clone :

[steve's 69ss]

Excellent thread on taking photos. My wife just got a new digital camera for christmas. I haven't used it yet but it wont be long. I have taken a lot of nice pics with my old canon ae-1 . I have had that thing for about 25 years. Digital is much nicer for downloading though. I have seen some beautiful pics of cars in here. Cant wait to see some of these in person.

[phoenix_rising]

I find this guy makes sense. To demonstrate the point about outdoor lighting read this...

http://www.cobracountry.com/fototips/

[BP_Z28]

Thats where I got some of the info from and broke it down..Alot of it was kinda repeated so I copy and pasted what I could remember that wasnt.

[phoenix_rising]

Thats where I got some of the info from and broke it down..Alot of it was kinda repeated so I copy and pasted what I could remember that wasnt.

Oh Okay. I will give a small demo of my own photos later on today to show the difference between shooting in morning, noon, and evening lighting scenarios.