You really drove the point home there... On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > > And he never tires of it. > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> >>Subject: Re: Car photography hints? >> >>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.
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