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SSTG · 12-17-2011, 04:53 PM

My car is so much cooler than I can show in my pathetic pics. A few for reference.
Any tips??

JamesNoBrakes · 12-17-2011, 05:50 PM

From what I've seen on the internet, if you can get a knife in the picture it somehow makes it better.

Those are nice though.

TaylorRyanSS · 12-17-2011, 06:03 PM

Lighting, composition and backdrop are important! Also helps to have Photoshop to clean it up and adjust things. I am no professional but those are just some tips that help me. Two of my older shoots, I need to do another one.

SSTG · 12-17-2011, 10:05 PM

Thanks Taylor. You definitely have it figured out.

Anyone else have any other tips?

AngelSpeedFreak · 12-17-2011, 10:14 PM

very nice car.... I think a lot of your pics look damn good..

SSTG · 12-17-2011, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AngelSpeedFreak

very nice car.... I think a lot of your pics look damn good..

Thank you Sir! I just get frustrated with my pics. My car looks so good in person, pics just don't do it justice. I might get a professional to do a shoot.

Anybody in the St.Louis area interested? PM me please.

Envy · 12-17-2011, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TaylorRyanSS

Lighting, composition and backdrop are important! Also helps to have Photoshop to clean it up and adjust things. I am no professional but those are just some tips that help me.

These are all key components to good photography but I learned my most important lesson from a National Geographic photographer. I asked him how he took all those great photographs and he laughed and said it's all in the numbers honey. He then told me that the average NG photographer took 40,000 pictures for every one that was published.

And although your composition and backdrop are lacking...I can tell your biggest problem is that you're not taking enough pictures from enough different angles to get the best shots.

Here's various pics that I have taken...and only one is photoshopped. But I took a bunch just to get the occasional one that I like. So keep clicking...

Tx1Lt · 12-17-2011, 11:15 PM

Add some depth to the pics. Try different distances. Try not to "center" your car in the pics too much, push it off to side abit. Always get all the car in the shot. If you shoot a nice pic and a piece of the car is not in frame, I'm talking a piece of the rim or bumper or even roof of the car. Unless your focusing snapping car parts or getting artsy avoid that. And always post process the pics. The'll come out way better with a littke tweaking. Hope that helps.

yotaman96 · 12-17-2011, 11:17 PM

Naked female models.

Tx1Lt · 12-17-2011, 11:23 PM

Hope you don't mind Evny, but I had to HDR one of your pics. I could better with a full res image.

yotaman96 · 12-17-2011, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tx1Lt

Hope you don't mind Evny, but I had to HDR one of your pics. I could better with a full res image.

That looks killer.

RatRacer · 12-17-2011, 11:45 PM

The only 2 differences between your shots, and Ryan's and Envy's, are the backdrop and time of day. Avoid shooting midday when the sun is directly over head, after 10 am and before 4pm. That will render the best color and lighting angles.

its a syn · 12-17-2011, 11:55 PM

same shot one with flash and one without taken seconds apart. colorful one is with flash,bottom one.

vexss2010 · 12-17-2011, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tx1Lt

Hope you don't mind Evny, but I had to HDR one of your pics. I could better with a full res image.

cleaned out the noise

12-17-2011, 04:53 PM	#1
SSTG Drives: 2014 Z51 Corvette Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ofallon, Mo. Posts: 5,822	How can I make my pics better? My car is so much cooler than I can show in my pathetic pics. A few for reference. Any tips??

12-17-2011, 06:03 PM	#3
TaylorRyanSS COTW: 12/13/10 Drives: 1969 Camaro Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 7,880	Lighting, composition and backdrop are important! Also helps to have Photoshop to clean it up and adjust things. I am no professional but those are just some tips that help me. Two of my older shoots, I need to do another one. __________________ "Are you one of those boys who prefer cars to women? - I'm one of those boys that appreciates a fine body, regardless of the make." 1969 CAMARO JOURNAL: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=341239 \| FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/taylor.ryan.apt \| GRAPHIC DESIGN: www.aptdesigns.net

12-17-2011, 10:14 PM	#5
AngelSpeedFreak Most hated in NM.... Drives: Sold the 6POINT2, went to a 50THZ06 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,904	very nice car.... I think a lot of your pics look damn good.. __________________

12-17-2011, 11:15 PM	#8
Tx1Lt Mark it ZERO! Drives: '10 Black Camaro Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Laredo, Tx Posts: 1,506 View My Garage	Add some depth to the pics. Try different distances. Try not to "center" your car in the pics too much, push it off to side abit. Always get all the car in the shot. If you shoot a nice pic and a piece of the car is not in frame, I'm talking a piece of the rim or bumper or even roof of the car. Unless your focusing snapping car parts or getting artsy avoid that. And always post process the pics. The'll come out way better with a littke tweaking. Hope that helps. __________________

12-17-2011, 11:17 PM	#9
yotaman96 Drives: 2017 Camaro SS1LE 2000 Trans Am WS6 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, TN Posts: 2,952 View My Garage	Naked female models. __________________ 2017 Krypton Green SS 1LE Magnacharged 2000 Trans Am WS6 manual trans 2002 Trans Am 2015 Ram Crew Cab Cummins

12-17-2011, 05:50 PM	#2
JamesNoBrakes Drives: 2SS 1LE Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: AK Posts: 2,377	From what I've seen on the internet, if you can get a knife in the picture it somehow makes it better. Those are nice though.

12-17-2011, 10:05 PM	#4
SSTG Drives: 2014 Z51 Corvette Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ofallon, Mo. Posts: 5,822	Thanks Taylor. You definitely have it figured out. Anyone else have any other tips?

12-17-2011, 11:23 PM	#10
Tx1Lt Mark it ZERO! Drives: '10 Black Camaro Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Laredo, Tx Posts: 1,506 View My Garage	Hope you don't mind Evny, but I had to HDR one of your pics. I could better with a full res image. __________________

12-17-2011, 11:45 PM	#12
RatRacer Drives: 11 Synergy Green LS 15 Colorado Z71 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: S.W. Florida Posts: 401	The only 2 differences between your shots, and Ryan's and Envy's, are the backdrop and time of day. Avoid shooting midday when the sun is directly over head, after 10 am and before 4pm. That will render the best color and lighting angles.

12-17-2011, 11:55 PM	#13
its a syn B.O.D. 02/16/10 Drives: 2010 SGM Sp. Edition 2017 RS Conver Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Albia,Iowa Posts: 3,959 View My Garage	same shot one with flash and one without taken seconds apart. colorful one is with flash,bottom one. Attached Images __________________

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