Calendyr
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- Jun 12, 2016
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- Montreal, Qc
- Website
- www.esthetiqueautomontreal.com
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Hello everyone,
I am new here and I hope to become a regular member.
I hope a car detailing service here in Montreal, Canada. I take a lot of pictures to do before/after comparisons for my website. This is my 4th year in business and I want to make some effort to improve my photography skills this year. I have an Olympus E-410 camera and 2 lens: One is a 14-42 mm and the other one is a 40-150 mm. Not sure if there are other info I should tell you about my camera if so please ask. As for my photography skills and knowledge I would rate myself as advanced beginner. I understand pretty much all the basic stuff like aperture, speed, ISO and all of that but I am not sure how to make them work for me.
So... I have a few questions to get started...
Right now, when I take pictures I use the 40-150 mm lens. I was told that using the 14-42 mm one would distort the proportions of the car, which is not ideal. My issue with that is that I have to get pretty far from the car to take pictures and that is not always easy or possible. What do you guys think?
Second, I am not sure how to make a car look good. If you want to see some of my pictures, please have a look at the gallery on my website: Photo and video gallery by Montreal Car Detailing
All the pictures are cropped out of 3K pictures and resized to 1024 width so match the website template.
So what could I do to improve my pictures? Any advice is welcome, camera settings, framing, etc. My major issue is light. I can't really control that and sometimes there are huge differences in light between my before and after pictures depending when I start and when I end the detail. Most exterior details take me between 4 to 10 hours, so if I start at say 9am and end at 7pm, the light characteristics are completely different.
I am new here and I hope to become a regular member.
I hope a car detailing service here in Montreal, Canada. I take a lot of pictures to do before/after comparisons for my website. This is my 4th year in business and I want to make some effort to improve my photography skills this year. I have an Olympus E-410 camera and 2 lens: One is a 14-42 mm and the other one is a 40-150 mm. Not sure if there are other info I should tell you about my camera if so please ask. As for my photography skills and knowledge I would rate myself as advanced beginner. I understand pretty much all the basic stuff like aperture, speed, ISO and all of that but I am not sure how to make them work for me.
So... I have a few questions to get started...
Right now, when I take pictures I use the 40-150 mm lens. I was told that using the 14-42 mm one would distort the proportions of the car, which is not ideal. My issue with that is that I have to get pretty far from the car to take pictures and that is not always easy or possible. What do you guys think?
Second, I am not sure how to make a car look good. If you want to see some of my pictures, please have a look at the gallery on my website: Photo and video gallery by Montreal Car Detailing
All the pictures are cropped out of 3K pictures and resized to 1024 width so match the website template.
So what could I do to improve my pictures? Any advice is welcome, camera settings, framing, etc. My major issue is light. I can't really control that and sometimes there are huge differences in light between my before and after pictures depending when I start and when I end the detail. Most exterior details take me between 4 to 10 hours, so if I start at say 9am and end at 7pm, the light characteristics are completely different.