Photography Your Best Automotive Photography

[cawimmer430]

This is supposed to be a moody HDR photo. I was aiming for a depressing atmosphere because these cars are about to be destroyed. The visible wire fence in the foreground and the brick building in the back make this picture look like an "Automotive Holocaust", eh?


The Abanoned

 

[VroomVroom]

THATS A PERFECTLY GOOD FIAT SEICENTO SPORTING IN YELLOW THERE!

Are the government not even willing to re sell the cars or even use them as donor cars?

Btw brilliant pictures, it really does create a depressing atmosphere.

 

[ree]

What an emotional and depressing picture!!! Why destroy such cars…DAMN!!!

 

[NevadaJack]

Upon reflection....

Just playing with some actions I found on the web...

 

[Itzkirb]

one of my recent favs

 

[martinbo]

That's just lovely Kirby.

 

[NevadaJack]

Obsidian Black on Black in Sepia

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[Beemer B773ER]

Here are some recent automotive photos that I took during my recent trip to Seattle and also to Infineon Raceway for the NASCAR race in late-June.

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I hope you guys enjoyed 'em.

 

[Cale]

My first attempt at photographing a moving car... forgot to turn auto focus off. It would also be nice to have a view finder because on my phone when I snap a picture the screen goes black while it's processing the photo so I had to guess on where the lens of the camera was pointing.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Pretty good job there Cale considering the equipment used!

It's fascinating to see what you can do just with your phone, while others on here (including myself) use DSLRs to capture photos. Keep it up buddy!

Do you have a normal camera you can use though, because I see some good skills in your photos, but of course using a cell phone provides a lot of limitations?

 

[Cale]

Thanks; that means alot. Yes I have a digital camera but it's just some Kodak thing from ~2003. The quality of pictures that come off my phone are actually better which is why I use it. I do want a DSLR but I'm also afraid it might be too much camera for me although I would like the features they have. The cost of one even used is a big factor too since I don't have a job.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Being honest (in the kindest way possible)....the move to DSLRs is a B....I......G one, especially if your main camera of choice is a cell phone at the moment. Instead of investing in a DSLR, I'd suggest taking the 'longer road' and just getting a nice point n' shoot. Nothing too fancy, but not too basic either...just something which you can understand and learn the basics of camera control (as in, what the numbers mean, the different camera modes, and other tid bits). I completely understand where you're coming from in terms of not having the funds to purchase a camera at the moment.... we all want things which we just don't have the money for (yet).

For the time being, I really think you should keep at it with your cell phone camera... it may not be the best thing for taking photos, but speaking from experience, when you don't have the fancy equipment it forces you to try harder with what you have, so you make the MOST of your current camera, you learn new things because you have to find out the hard way how to get a certain photo (instead of having a fancy camera and lens which shots great photos in 'auto' mode). I had to go through that before I finally moved to my first DSLR. I had a point n' shoot which when I bought it was pretty darn good...but after a year or so I really wanted a DSLR because I naturally thought 'the better the camera, the better the photo'....but because I didn't have the money, I had to stick with my point n' shoot...and honestly it was the best thing I've done in terms of improving my photography skills. Yeah sure I felt crap at times because my camera just couldn't do some of the things that a DSLR could...but it really was a learning process because I had no other choice but to read-up on stuff, or just practice practice practice with my camera (not to an obsessive state, just the passion to take good photos kept me practicing).....and now it's paid off because with my DSLR I understand a lot of things very quickly.

So yeah, keep going with your cell phone camera, because so far you've taken some pretty good photos!

 

[cawimmer430]

This is an interesting shot. It's not one of my best but I was preparing to photograph myself with the car and I had accidentally set the self-timer delay to 2 seconds. The walking ghost effect of me looks pretty cool though.

 

[ree]

Christian, what do you think about a remote control for your camera?!?!

Love the effect though…great…still standing car and moving person with great landscape in the background.

 

[cawimmer430]

Christian, what do you think about a remote control for your camera?!?!

I have one.

I can also set the self-timer delay on the D90 to 2, 5,10 and 20 seconds so I don't really need a remote. But I do have one for those bulb shutter speeds.

 

[ree]

Little photoshoot with a friends V40 1.9d!! Like this car - fast enough for the country roads, great comfort and stunning fuel consumption. Especially the exterior colour adds a lot to the car in my opinion:

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Good work there Ihno, some simple yet purposeful angles of the car, and the color and exposure were very nicely controlled.

Did you use the pop-up flash or an external/add-on flash ?

For bright light shots like this, I'd strongly recommended you looking into purchasing a Circular Polariser (CPL). The big benefit of a CPL is that it keeps the sky a nice shade of blue instead of it being washed-out due to the bright light of day.

BTW, I love the backdrop at this location!

 

[ree]

Good work there Ihno, some simple yet purposeful angles of the car, and the color and exposure were very nicely controlled.

Did you use the pop-up flash or an external/add-on flash ?

For bright light shots like this, I'd strongly recommended you looking into purchasing a Circular Polariser (CPL). The big benefit of a CPL is that it keeps the sky a nice shade of blue instead of it being washed-out due to the bright light of day.

BTW, I love the backdrop at this location!

Yep, I used my external flash (a Metz AF48) - the sun was extremely bright, wouldn't have worked without any flash and you're right, it would have worked even better with a Circluar Polariser.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Cool.. yeah I thought those shots were doen with an external flash, coz without one you can simply forget about taking photos in the middle of the day.

I've had my DSLR for about a year now, and I still haven't purchased an external flash (sad I know ), but I'm looking to buy one in a month or two, so once I do get one I can't wait to take shots like yours.

Is it hard to learn how to take good photos with an external flash ?

 

[ree]

Cool.. yeah I thought those shots were doen with an external flash, coz without one you can simply forget about taking photos in the middle of the day.

I've had my DSLR for about a year now, and I still haven't purchased an external flash (sad I know ), but I'm looking to buy one in a month or two, so once I do get one I can't wait to take shots like yours.

Is it hard to learn how to take good photos with an external flash ?

Learning by doing - but it's absolutely no problem. It's really easy in my opinion. This was my third or fourth photoshoot were I really used the external flash. Practise the whole thing at home though - choose an object and take photos without flash and then with the flash. Try different settings and positions of the flash. You will learn very fast, how do take a good shot with external flash!