He's the list's big wheel in car photography.
On Oct 3, 2016, at 6:14 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Have Paul S. come out and shoot the car. > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> >> Subject: Re: Car photography hints? >> >> Yes, use your longest lens from a distance. Shoot on asphalt or concrete >> with a clean background like trees or hills. Position the car as far away >> from the background as possible. Camera height for your key shots should be >> about headlamp level. Shoot 3/4 and 7/8 front and rear as well as a full >> profile. Then shoot all except the profile from eye level. Finally shoot >> some 3/4 front and rear from a height of about 12 feet with a 50mm lens. Use >> a polarizer on all shots to eliminate reflections. With the low angle shots >> you will want to adjust the polarizer to eliminate reflections in the side >> of the car. With the high angles you may want to dial out the sky >> reflection. If you want to go all out you can shoot with two different >> polarizer settings and composite the results. Shoot the interior with your >> widest lens and a flash with diffuser. If the headliner is white or grey, >> bounce the flash off of it. Use the flash and a medium wide to shoot the >> engine. >> >> Paul via phone >> >>> On Oct 3, 2016, at 5:27 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >>> >>> This question is mostly for Paul, but some other people might have some >>> good suggestions: >>> >>> My neighbor is trying to sell his 1970 Challenger R/T. He's had it for 40 >>> years and it's generally in pretty good shape (340 engine). He does not, >>> however, have good photos of it. I've offered to take some for him. Are >>> there any tips and tricks I should know about to avoid mistakes ahead of >>> time? I.e. long lens from a distance rather than close up with a wide lens? >>> >>> The car needs to be buffed out, would I be better of getting some shots of >>> it before hand so that the color shows more than the reflections? >>> >>> What about shooting the interior? Natural light? Maybe some flash to >>> fill so that the view outside the windows isn't blown out? >>> >>> Polarizers? Critical or not? >>> >>> Larry >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
