Husky Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I know this isn't a photography forum before you say anything... BUT! I wanted to know if any of the photographers out there have any tips for taking pictures of cars, i'm pretty good at composing a shot but its amazing what one really simple tip can do to change a photograph. I guess what i really want to have a go of is shutter speed manipulation for motion blurring, its on my to do list for practice as soon as weather permits as i think the tracking of the cars might take a bit of practice to get just right. I have been learning my aperture lessons recently for taking some nice static shots with blurred backgrounds. tonight while I'm supposed to be writing an application form i took a break to practice on my cuppa taken with focal length 18mm aperture 4 exposure 1/8 iso 400 no flash EDIT: and yes i know its squint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Google is your friend: http://www.carphototutorials.com/make_p ... a_pro.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Haven't a clue, sorry, can I have your cup please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Haven't a clue, sorry, can I have your cup please? my cup of tea was awesome i will admit, as was the second and third too. all the better to be out of a mug with the best branding of them all just for those lovers out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Not sure about the squeezy bottle, I'm too much of a traditionalist Haven't a clue, sorry, can I have your cup please? my cup of tea was awesome i will admit, as was the second and third too. all the better to be out of a mug with the best branding of them all just for those lovers out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 squeezy bottle is good for quick getaways like the toast i'm eating right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 That's done it, Toast and Marmite for brekky squeezy bottle is good for quick getaways like the toast i'm eating right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Husky you've not lost your job have you and resorting to being Marmite Rep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I know this is in Deeside John so not viable.But this sort of thing is worth thinking about.(but you do need spare time) http://www.deeside.ac.uk/courses/notes. ... 9#notestop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Google is your friend: http://www.carphototutorials.com/make_p ... a_pro.html Good article, sums up nicely what I tell people. Make sure you start off with a fairly fast shutter speed and slow it down as you get better. No point setting it to 1/60 and finding that you cant get the car sharp. Better to start quicker and have less motion blur until you can pan properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I take my camera every time I go out I have probably thousands of shots having digital camera now is a god send you can just click away download the pictures to the PC and delete what you don't want. You want to try motion blurring the simplest method is find a stream somewhere with water running over rocks or a road over a motorway your going to need a tripod for slow shutter work don't cheap out on a cheap tripod buy as good as you can afford. just set your camera up if your going to try the motorway pictures onto shutter priorty and try different shutter speeds you will see the lights blurring on the cars to form a trail I use the A40/M40 a lot for my traffic pictures on summer evenings the sun sets straight at the end of the motorway so I can catch some stunning shots. I have mntioned this site before and I can not recommend it enough http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 cheers guys thats a cracking waterfall shot! I have done the long shutter speed shots on water before on crappy compact cameras but not had a go with my DSLR yet. got my tripod already looking forward to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodder Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 These guys do one off evening courses and I know a car based one has cropped up in the past, again it's typically in the North Wales area so may not be relevant... http://www.welshotimaging.co.uk/academy/evenings.php I haven't attended one of these myself but many friends have including the car focused evening a couple of months back and they highly recommend them. I believe it can be a bit of a sales pitch as it's only something like £20 including food however the group tends to be made up of people of all abilities and they have specialists for the evenings particular subject at hand to help with any tips and feedback as well as building up contacts. As I say, i've not attended and have no affiliation with the above company but have heard good things about their offerings. taht said they only list the next two months events which doesnt include cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt L Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 hi. theres no real point in reducing shutter speed imo when taking pictures of cars unless your at a track or have a rig in which case its just a shed load of practice to get the panning motion right and see what the lowest speed you can go down to is (have the camera so the focusing constantly moving/changing and not just sets at on point is also needed). Is it track based shots your going to be trying or more like what i offer which is just parked up/rigged shots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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