How to take car photos

[le gravy noire]

Ok,
this is a really basic walkthrough for taking a static front 3/4 shot of a car, which is far more difficult than it sounds. I'm just trying to answer some of the questions i get emailed quite frequently. There are also some useful tips that apply to all sorts of car photos.

Without further ado:

www.mattwatkinson.com/tutorial/

Matt

ps. Please let me know if its any good!

[rich-uk]

Excellent. I'll be using those tips as I never seem to get the photo I want.

Thanks.

[havoc]

Very useful. A fair bit I'd read before, but some new pointers, some great shots to learn from, and well explained. Plus all in one place, which is a major bonus!

Might just have to bookmark that...

[graham@reading]

Reads well although (and I'm no prude) you might want to remove the expletives depending on who you imagine is reading it.

The clincher is having examples though - helps enormously.

[le gravy noire]

i wasnt aware of any expletives... I only know one and it beings with C and i use it far too much. Im pretty sure i didnt include it...



Matt

Edited by le gravy noire on Tuesday 3rd October 22:15

[graham@reading]

Fair enough Doesn't bother me at all as I said, but I'm an editor by trade (there are a few typos but I cant be arsed to list em right now - I suspect that would be being overly critical anyway )

Edited by graham@reading on Tuesday 3rd October 22:21

[srider]

le gravy noire said:

i wasnt aware of any expletives... I only know one and it beings with C and i use it far too much. Im pretty sure i didnt include it...



Matt

Edited by le gravy noire on Tuesday 3rd October 22:15

Have you been swearing like an 18th century prospector again?

OK, I count one "crap". Is that it???

Edited by srider on Tuesday 3rd October 23:32

[graham@reading]

There were a couple of "shit"s in there

Anyway, fine point about the double checking for details that would annoy later. I'm a master at not doing that

[davidd]

thankyou

[CVP]

Cheers Monsieur Le Gravy, nice user guide I'll use this to try and get a decent image of the Boxster.

Due to those cunning Germans I can now be highly efficient and use this technique not only for front 3/4 but also rear 3/4 as they made the front and rear of the Boxster so similar

Chris

[poah]

Explains it really well matt.

[trevorw]

industrial wasteland (croydon was perfect)

Nice pictures!

[colinjm]

Fantastic, Really inspired now to get learning.

[le gravy noire]

Mate this is a classic! I should have included it in the tutorial!





thanks chaps.

Matt

[Graham@Reading]

Dreadful isn't it

On so many levels

Edited by Graham@Reading on Wednesday 4th October 11:42

[trackdemon]

Good stuff, look forward to the next installment

[GetCarter]

Matt said...

well the finish was flawless until i sat on the bonnet and a rivet on my jeans scratched it, but thats another story.

I thought I should share the story...



That'll be the way to scratch a bonnet then

[le gravy noire]

who is that??

[trackdemon]

Is that the Stig in civvies?

[le gravy noire]

trackdemon said:

Good stuff, look forward to the next installment

Whats that about then?