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Old 01-28-2004, 03:20 PM
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Helpful Car Photography Site

http://www.h-tphotocrew.com/

Go there and get your skillz.
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cool site thanks.
Old 01-29-2004, 08:56 AM
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Here's a tip that would help many would-be photographers out there.....move your car out of the driveway. Driveway shots SUCK!


**edit** ....so do parking lot shots.


Also, anytime you can get cannons in a photo with your car, that's cool.
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Originally posted by English


Also, anytime you can get cannons in a photo with your car, that's cool.
OMG, hahahahaha, GANDU!!
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Here's some samples





There's plenty of them in the photo gallery, no rx-8's yet. But use them as inspiration. You will have to have a decent camera. Half a megapixel just wont hack it.
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Another handy tip I've picked up through observation is...

When you park up to take your photos, simply leave your steering turned. It gives your car a more 'dynamic', purposeful look. And you get a much less 'static' photo. This looks especially great if you combine this with shooting from a low angle.

I don't have an example to hand, but browse through this Photo Gallery Forum and you'll see what I mean.

Ian.
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Where is Whealy? He had some great shots of his blue 8 !
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I'm gonna try to mimic something like that reflection shot next time the opportunity presents itself.


Although Gandu does have some fine photos, fine photos, fine photos, I think Brothervoodoo has some of the best night shots of a car that I've seen....sweet!
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I'm gonna try to mimick something like that reflection shot next time the opportunity presents itself.
Actually that shot is probably easier to duplicate in photoshop than the real thing. I haven't had time to check that website but I have bookmarked it. I need to get a better camera to get the type of resolution shown in those samples.
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Originally posted by brothervoodoo
I need to get a better camera to get the type of resolution shown in those samples.

Roger that!!! I really would like a better still camera.....For video, I'm set....but still would like a better digi-still camera. Taxtime?

but even so....you can get decent shots out of a disposable kodak or grandpa's old camcorder if you know 'how' to use it.
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This one..

I'll take one of these.......to go!
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It would be nice too...........if the aftermarket hood fit correctly.....eeks.

Nice car though.
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Originally posted by Sea Ray
Where is Whealy? He had some great shots of his blue 8 !
Thanks for the mention Sea Ray. I'll re-post one here, but I'm just a novice. Brothervoodoo is the expert I've seen, but there's always more good shots.
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Was just looking through my photos. Man I got a lot of shots of my "8". But you guys probably already knew that. Sorry one more.
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Wow, that red looks awesome from that angle. Looks candy apple red.
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I think that color is the result of some Photoshop massaging

Awesome color nevertheless.
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He's right. Is that taken in the setting sun? Very unique and nice appearance!
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Here Mine...out of the Driveway of course
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Out of the driveway....onto the fairway. World's first rotary golf cart. Great stuff!!
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Yes, the one more photo is a photoshop rendition of a pic of my car. It's the same side pic that's in my sig. Picture taken at high noon in the fall with a southern exposure. It's supposed to be close to the orange on some of the other Mazda models as that's where I tried to lift it from. I would think this would be closer to a candy red ...
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That looks more like a candy apple red and blue 8 to me . The trouble w/ mine is i can either get it in the driveway clean or somewhere else dirty.
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