AUTOMOTIVE - Your Car Photography

javier · Dec 16, 2009

AtlPikMan · Dec 16, 2009

DragonHeart · Dec 17, 2009

BIG RYAN said:
subaru looks great... :thumbup:

heres my truck with my friends...

and again mine with my friend in the shot shooting with his film slr..

I think I remember this truck from Mini Madness show in Tampa.

javier · Dec 17, 2009

My boy shooting with his K100DS

Chad Truss · Dec 17, 2009

Photos I shot of my car.

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Some more of my photos from 2009

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hossmaster · Dec 17, 2009

Little nitro single piston rocket :mrgreen:

boomer · Dec 17, 2009

Here is a few I took of my car when I was in Vegas

John Thawley · Dec 17, 2009

Not sure I understand this thread. Is it for photography or just posting a picture of your car?

Either way, may I offer one or two tips.

First.... look past the car. There are a whole lot of cars on this thread that have poles and trees etc. growing out the roof, trunk and hood. That is a cardinal sin. Before you push the shutter, look in every corner of the viewfinder.... and choose your backgrounds more carefully.

Second biggest offense I see here is slanted horizons. This is one of the cheapest tricks you can do. You may feel it's stylish... you may feel it's adding something to the photo, it's not. It's like a bad band playing loud to drown out the mistakes. It's like a lousy chef over-seasoning a dish to mask out his poor cooking. Sure, there's an occasion to give a detail an slant here and there.... but while the world might be round, chances are the part you and the car are standing on his flat.

Make your image work with good compositional elements and accurate exposures. Go for quality.

JT