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  9. Couple more car photos

    in The Digital Darkroom

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    Thanks for the kind words everyone, I have a few exotics at my disposal to practice on for the next few months. So there will be more soon.

     

    Brian, detail shots were the next area that I wanted to tackle. Hopefully I can catch onto that fairly quickly. I've been paying attention on the Automotive Photography page when people post their interior shots.

  11. Couple more car photos

    in The Digital Darkroom

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    Did Shanton get his car tuned?

    He did not, I'm pretty sure that's the last thing the car needs to be done.

     

     

    A couple of questions:

     

    - Are you shooting narrative landscapes where the car is a focal point? or are you trying to shoot a car portrait with an interesting background?

     

    - How did you light the scene?

     

    First of let me say that these are very good, and kudos to you for pulling these out of an 18-55 lens. I like them a lot. But everyone is a critic and here is my criticism:

     

    - Subject: I think the car overall needs to come closer to the camera. It's a great backdrop and a great color contrast, but the car just takes up too little space in the picture. How much forward depends on whether you want to shoot a portrait or a landscape and how much field of depth blur you want. the 18-55 lens is not great for depth of field .

     

    - Lighting: It looks like you only lit the front part of the car, and as a result the back of the car starts to dissolve into the background. I don't know if that was intentional but if it was then maybe make it more dramatic or contrasting. I think if you pulled the car closer to the camera this might solve for it as well.

     

    Your VW picture does these things much better, my only feedback there would be try to color correct the snow to the right of the frame out. It's too close to the car and fighting for attention.

     

    Car portrait with interesting backrounds is what I'm doing.

    These are both natural light.

    Thank you for your input. I typically dont like tight crops when shooting cars, unless they are in motion. I guess it adds more to the story

  15. First time lightpainting

    in The Digital Darkroom

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    I appreciate both of you guys letting me know what you think. I will probably go out tonight or tomorrow and try some more again. I believe I have the knowledge to make a perfect photo, I just haven't put it all together yet, I'm taking baby steps with figuring it all out one thing at a time instead of just diving in and trying it all at once.
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