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gti turbo:
Am from south yorkshire (Rotherham) and was wondering if anyone knows anywhere i can go to get some nice piccys of my car?
Also any tips on taking good piccys would be a great help too.

Thanks.

Janner_Sy:
the nurburgring :P, lol. bit of a journey though

gti turbo:
 :signLOL:

Bit far to travel.

VC:

--- Quote from: gti turbo on February 13, 2010, 03:40:20 pm ---Am from south yorkshire (Rotherham) and was wondering if anyone knows anywhere i can go to get some nice piccys of my car?
Also any tips on taking good piccys would be a great help too.

Thanks.

--- End quote ---

some basic tips for car photography is to make sure theres nothing seen through the windows of your car in the background, the lower you take the shot the more aggressive it can appear, make sure the area youve chosen isnt polluted with litter etc or telegraph poles, avoid catching anything unwanted in the reflection of the car...

look for your light source, wheres the sun? whats giving off reflections?

a good tip is to find a photo of a car you like on the interweb or a magazine, then try and replicate it. in doing so you'll quickly discover how complex it can be and hopefully making some mistake will give you a good learning curve

its a long subject tbh, trial and error is the best way, else i could bore you with light reading, focus points blah blah blah blah and you wont want that :grin:

ollie288:
There are millions of things that go into taking good car photos. I read through a bit on this site and it is full of good tips etc.
One thing that is expressed a lot on there is the rule of thirds. (not always having the car in the centre of the photograph, explained in more detail on here:

http://www.carphototutorials.com/tutorials.html

As you can see it is not just parking and clicking the button for a good pic!  :surprised:
I need to buy a better camera!  :laugh:
Ollie :happy2:

EDIT: If anyone else knows any other good sites like this then I would like to have a nose around!  :happy2:

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