Guide to taking photos, Learning and expert's opinion's Options

[Rusty]

Carry on from this thread GUIDE: How to get your car to calendar


This isn't a smarta$$ thread to people to laugh at, its to help people improve their skills.

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those sites do explain alot and are worth a good read.

I'm no professional or anything, so this what camera I'm using a Kodak C743 (7.1 mega pixel, 3X optical zoom)

>>(apart from getting a "better" camera what else can help?)

OK when I took these photo's at was about 11am (which apperently you shouldn't do between 10am and 4pm)

so I chose a simple place, tidyed it up abit (You dont want a distracting background that takes the focus any from your celica.)


and now add a clean(ish) Celica, washed yesterday




doing a bit of photoshoping I tidyed up the lawn (not perfect, but does look nicer)



Changing the exposure compensater (or lighting*?)




this is apperntly another no no having the sun in front of your celica, too much glare and shadows.

will put more up

[Rusty]

play with the "levels" feature thing if you're using photoshop. some things you can shoot when the sun is bright, just not a car like you said glare SUCKS!!!! it totally throws off your pic especially when you dont have a fancy camera and lens like Tigawoods I'm not a fan of cutting out plates....i'd rather swirl, blur, or smudge the plate. Dunno why but it is what it is . Try to have your pics at the largest size setting, dont be afraid to step back a little cuz you can crop the pic down.

and lastly TAKE ALOT OF PICS!!!!! different settings or what evers......you wont know when you have that "one" shot. the clouds and what not will be perfect in one shot or another.

thanks for your comments guys

I'm running elements 5.0, your talking about the levels/guages on the right of the screen on quick edit right? I don't know too much about those other than the quick fix ones, but the others (when ever I touch it, it goes green and has purple background ), anyone have a rough guide on how to use those controls?

Yeah I'm not a fan of painting straight white over, it drwas to much attentiona away from not having a plate, I try to get the same colour as the plate so it looks like a black plate, but your idea is also good.

I some times feel that I'm standing to far away from my celica, although sometimes I run out of clear space, so it looks messy,. wont standing too far away my the celica look too small, though some times you might want that effect??


Yeah I have started taking more pictures, changing the exposure for the same shoot annd getting better/worse shoots. different angles heights etc

would getting a tripod help aswell?