advice on getting better pic's? pluss pic's ive taken already - Saxperience

louis_23 · 28th January 2009, 22:58

well i've took a few pic's before but never turn out no where near as good as pic's most you guy's take. what am i doing rong? is it just because most of you HDR your pics? or am i just picking rong spots to take pic's of me car in?

any tip's you guys have got would be great thanx

examples of my pic's below.......

just thought id mention i don't know nothing about photography lol and im just using an average 8.0 digital camera

Ryan^p · 28th January 2009, 23:12

most respectable photographers on here dont HDR often if at all. HDR in 90% of cases looks pap and doesnt look photographed but computerised which it effectively is.

For interesting pics id try shooting something other than a saxo tbh

Jungle_Jim^m · 28th January 2009, 23:43

i agree with ryan on the HDR thing everyone uses it now

try and get creative with view point and composition of each shot (rule of thirds etc), remember you dont have to have the whole car in the pic have a play with some close up detail shots 'cracknell styleeeee'. try out different shots rather than simply a 3/4 on front view, just have a play and see what works

louis_23 · 28th January 2009, 23:58

ok thanx lads, i realy wanna try get a pic with a bit of a dark imagew like a dirty back ground getto type area with street art, but im yet to find a spot like that lol

frankie · 29th January 2009, 00:00

theres some nice places in bath mate for good pictures.....

louis_23 · 29th January 2009, 11:25

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Originally Posted by frankie

theres some nice places in bath mate for good pictures.....

yeah i was thinking of going there

don55 · 29th January 2009, 15:00

my main tip would be, going on thoes pics,

1. go somewhere that has no other cars in the background, let alone vans.

2. keep the bloody horizon straight, tilted pics are toss. even your straight ones are on the piss.

3. if your not using off camera flash, try to keep the ambient light on the side of that car you are shooting.(unless going for a dramatic silhouette)

4. processing, have a play in photoshop, see if you can adjsut the curves to get a better sky contrast, shaddows, saturation,etc.

5. try some other angles, of the car if thats whats being shot. as mentioned, get close, get angular and stop taking the same shot angle in each photo. im sure your car has a back

6. try shooting the car at different times of the day for differnt ambient lighting effects, all these long exposure night shots of cars are boring imo. better of with a little bit of daylight left.

7. use different focal lengths to create different backgrounds, use low F number to get blurred backgrounds etc.

8. have fun and take as many pics as you ca, as there free

louis_23 · 29th January 2009, 15:49

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Originally Posted by don55

my main tip would be, going on thoes pics,

1. go somewhere that has no other cars in the background, let alone vans.

2. keep the bloody horizon straight, tilted pics are toss. even your straight ones are on the piss.

3. if your not using off camera flash, try to keep the ambient light on the side of that car you are shooting.(unless going for a dramatic silhouette)

4. processing, have a play in photoshop, see if you can adjsut the curves to get a better sky contrast, shaddows, saturation,etc.

5. try some other angles, of the car if thats whats being shot. as mentioned, get close, get angular and stop taking the same shot angle in each photo. im sure your car has a back

6. try shooting the car at different times of the day for differnt ambient lighting effects, all these long exposure night shots of cars are boring imo. better of with a little bit of daylight left.

7. use different focal lengths to create different backgrounds, use low F number to get blurred backgrounds etc.

8. have fun and take as many pics as you ca, as there free

ok thanx matey, i have done many other ancles but tho's pic's are prob the best of what i've got so far

how can i adjust the focal lenghs on my camera?

don55 · 29th January 2009, 16:58

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Originally Posted by louis_23

how can i adjust the focal lenghs on my camera?

zoom dude

louis_23 · 29th January 2009, 17:41

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Originally Posted by don55

zoom dude

if i zoom on my cam the back ground dnt go blur the pic quality just gose shit

Jungle_Jim^m · 29th January 2009, 17:48

does your camera have optical zoom (ie a lens) or only digital zoom, if it only has digital zoom then dont bother as it just ruins the picture quality by cropping it, you are better to crop an image afterwards in photoshop to get closer

as for bluring the background this is to do with depth of field and is achieved by your aperture selection, a small F number (large aperture) will give you a small depth of field.

for more info on beginner photographic terms and tips look here
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86736

NICK2506 · 29th January 2009, 20:22

get a digital SLR camera

louis_23 · 29th January 2009, 22:16

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Originally Posted by Jungle_Jim

does your camera have optical zoom (ie a lens) or only digital zoom, if it only has digital zoom then dont bother as it just ruins the picture quality by cropping it, you are better to crop an image afterwards in photoshop to get closer

as for bluring the background this is to do with depth of field and is achieved by your aperture selection, a small F number (large aperture) will give you a small depth of field.

for more info on beginner photographic terms and tips look here
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86736

thanx matey thats great

don55 · 30th January 2009, 05:54

surley it must have a zoom tho, what digi camera nowadays has no zoom