aight yall, i just got done washing, waxing, and armoralled my car. please give me advice and tips on how to take SHARP pics. i see a lot of you on here with sweet @ss pisc of good quailty close up's of your cars.

i am using a cannon digital cannon camera, so anyone with experience using a cannon digital camera please tell me how i get good close up shots of my car.

thanks!

 

well alot has to do with the quality of your lens/camera

 

tha's fine! thanks FOR NOTHING PEOPLE! I GUESS YOU EVO PPL ARE TO GOOD TO HELP ME OUT!

 

DELETE THIS PLEASE!

 

All right -- Lighten up, Francis. Give the Evo community a little chance to respond before screaming at all of us. A bunch of us have been playing Halo 2 for five solid days and haven't been around here to respond to posts.

I'm assuming you're wanting to know how to take good-looking photos of your car. Seeing as you have a Canon digital camera, you should of course be familiar with its capabilities, including the use of the macro (close-up) function for detail shots. You should also be familiar with how to set the white balance for the available lighting too.

Creating interesting photos of cars is not hard, but it does take some practice. There are a few hard and fast rules:

1. Set the car in an interesting and attractive place. Your garage, as fascinating as it may be to you, is not one of those such places. Try to find a city park or a nice spot in the country that has a pleasant background for you to use.

2. Shoot your photos during "magic hour". This is the period of time just after sunrise and just before sunset. The light is rosy red, the shadows are long, and everything just looks better. Do not shoot photos of your car between the hours of 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM. The light is flat, the sun is high in the sky and therefore casts almost no shadow, and the photos are unflattering. Note that just about every photo taken in the car mags is done this way.

3. Get low! So many photos of cars are uninteresting because the photographer stands next to the car, raises the camera to his eye, and snaps away. The photos are boring because this is how we see cars all the time. What catches one's interest is to to see the car in ways that we haven't seen them before. Kneel down when taking a photo. Better yet, try shooting on your stomach. It makes for dramatic shots. Also, consider using a very long telephoto setting to compress the background. Here's a shot done that way of my Evo:



I'm not saying this is a great shot, as I was mostly fooling around and wouldn't put that stupid pole in the background of a serious photo, but it shows the Evo's agressive lines quite dramatically, I think.

The nice thing about digital photography is that you can afford to take hundreds of shots until you get one that you like. It encourages experimentation.

Now, simmer down, go out on a nice pretty day near sunset, and take some photos and show us what the results are.

 

lee, marry me? That was beautiful. I am a guy though, hope you dont mind.

I agree with lee. That is a nice picture btw (minus the flagpole). Try new angles and see what comes of it from there. Experiment with the marco on various parts of your car and once the eye see's the result a new set of guidelines and idea's will come about.

Good luck.

 

With an impetuos, snide response like that, why would anyone want to help anyway? This isn't an IM board, its a bulletin board, my friend. Lighten up.

 

Maybe some info on what KIND of canon camera you have and if you know howto use it. These pictures were taken with a canon 300d and a 17-40L lens. The above poster listed some good tips as when to shoot. You should have a general idea on how to operate your camera, I assume. Sun should be behind you when you shoot, never in front of you. If you have a macro mode on your camera you should be able to get close up shots like this or even closer. Since you have a digital camera, just go out and shoot, you're not wasting film and you're bound to get a good shot. If anything, put the camera in one of the auto modes and shoot away, let the camera do the work if you don't have a clue on howto work it.

 

since this post made a long time ago, i have now bought a fuji, FinePix A340, digital camera. the camera is a 4.0 mega pixel, and i would like some advice on using this camera please. is this a good camera to take nice, close up shots with my car?!? what and what shouldn't i do with this camera? i would like some more advice on taking good pics.


thanks!

 

Just to let you guys know there's a nice (entertaining in the least) book that's been written fairly recently on how to photograph cars. The title of it is (*italicized*) *How To Photograph Cars* written by James Mann. ISBN number is 0760312435.

I haven't read through all of it but goes through some basics with the camera and camera equipment (for those of you who aren't all too familiar with them) and then moves into things such as composition, action shots, preparing the car for shoots, etc. Plus, there's a bunch of cool pictures to help you get a feel for what you should be doing complete with camera settings used and even explanations of how to get the shot.

Try to see if the local bookstore has it in stock so you can thumb through it to see if it's what your looking for. Worse comes to worse you at least have a nice, unique coffee table book.

 

The question should have been asked before you purchased the camera.

Google'd for this:
http://www.photographic.com/phototechniques/604howto/

 

Yes, the fuji A340 is a perfectly good camera for taking outdoor pictures of cars.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_...fuji_a340.html

Please read the rest of the posts in this thread -- several offer excellent advice on how to take photos. Look at other posts in the Show and Shine section here that contain pictures of Evos and Lancers that you find pleasing. Go out and try to duplicate what you saw, with respect to angles, lighting, and composure. With digital, you have the luxury of being able to take as many photos as you like. If they don't come out, then delete them. Experimentation is encouraged. Post some of your work here and ask for critiques.

 

thank you everybody who has helped me out. all of your advice has been very useful, so with that said, here are some pics that i took that are very detailed. it's raining here in pa so i have some pics of rain on my car. let me know if i am getting the hang of this.

 

go to ms paint and re size it

 

let me know if you like the pics~