Car photography

Wayn0r

Wayn0r

Wayn0r

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i remember a while ago someone linked to a forum in the states where a guy had a massive thread up about taking picstures of cars? im not sure if it was a bmw forum or if it was just bmw's he was taking pictures of but can anyone remember the link?
 
all will be revealed! honest, its not long now but i said when i started the project that i wouldnt be rushing it and i aint telling anyone nothing about it :p
 
i dont remember the thread, but i did have a thread offering to do some photoshoots to build up my car portfolio :) MSN or Call me and we can go from there if you want.
 
Tom, do you use a flash/flashes when photographing cars? I've just bought myself one and fancy giving it a try. Any tips/stuff I need?
 
Was it the one full of BMWs with some post processing done on them (which resulted in people saying they were HDR/CGI because they are muppets when it comes to photography)?

If so I think it was posted by Tom, but I don't fully remember. :)

Unless you mean a thread on how to take photos of cars, in which case, not a clue, but wouldn't mind taking a look for some extra info if someone finds/remembers it. :)

InvG
 
the car in the pics is the one in the thread but on a different forum and it had lots of information on how the pics were took and different filters etc
 
In basic terms...it's all down to 2 things on how car pics turn out, time of day and angle. unless it's an Afa...
 
howardcanning said:
I know it's not ;) Some tips when using one flash for car photography would be nice though :cool:
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the best way of getting away with one flash is to do it when there's little enough ambient light that you can get a 30 second exposure and still be under exposed......and then use the flash hand held on manual mode and go around "painting with light" as such :) That's exactly how I did the BMW 320D shots.
 
i would consider using a circular polarising filter as well to dial out some of the reflections.
 
Phate said:
Oh my bad dude, didn't realise you were into photography :)
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Hehe, I didn't really realise you were either, not that your sig has been staring me in the face for all these months or anything :rolleyes: :D



rG-tom said:
the best way of getting away with one flash is to do it when there's little enough ambient light that you can get a 30 second exposure and still be under exposed......and then use the flash hand held on manual mode and go around "painting with light" as such :) That's exactly how I did the BMW 320D shots.
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Yeah I think I might give the car a wash at the weekend and go out and give this a try :cool: Ta


GeX said:
i would consider using a circular polarising filter as well to dial out some of the reflections.
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I will also do this
 
CPL With flashes is a bit hard as you can't actively see where's it's cutting the reflections out, and of course if you hold the flash at a slightly different angle you then get a different effect.....i leave it off if im doing flashed work.
 
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