Car Photography..

[JLOtheTwingo]

so i started a photography course last august and with show season and aparently summer drawing in... i want to get out and photograph some cars.
just wondering if anyone has done this before and if so what lens etc did you use.

Also if anyone wants there car photographed in south wales area let me know i need the practise! lol

thanks in advance
Tracey

 

[Mr_Ben]

Different lenses for different shots sounds obvious but it's true

I've used in the past the following:

70-200mm
50mm
24-70mm

Along with flashes and tripods.


For shows use a wide angle lense I use a 10-20mm that way I can be very close and still get all the car in and not get too much distortion. Tho using a decent telephoto gets good detailed shots without having to be in top of it. Always carry a flash and plenty of batteries.

 

[singlespeed]

on a crop sensor dslr, 10-20mm can look good with the right light or hdr/tone mapped.

However it's more about how you frame/compose that makes a good shot as a lens and camera can only capture what you point it at

 

[Mr_Ben]

True I'm running at 1.6x

Don't use HDR too much of a gimmick and 99% of times it's over done.

 

[JLOtheTwingo]

Thanks guys may have to pm one of u in the future lol x