Moving Car

[Kiernan]

Hey all...this is my first post here.

I did a dry run tonight for some sample pictures of my car in motion. I'm pretty new to photography, so I'd appreciate any comments/critiques you have about the below picture. Please don't hold back, as I want the real session to provide me with the best results possible.

http://home.satx.rr.com/cjbcombs/SiM3.jpg

This was taken with my new Digital Rebel and the kit lens.

[Arccos]

I think (in this case) the object (your car) should be either in the center of the pic or in the right third. Also it may be better to snap picture in higher speed of the car to ephasize the blur effect on the background. Similar effect may be accomplished by using slow shutter.

[RI Xterra]

OFF TOPIC:

Are you apart of the B15Sentra.net boards?

[Mark Kemp]

Ok some general advice for car shots:-

1) use a slow shutter speed and pan (follow the car, press the shutter at the critical moment and continue to follow for a while).

2) place the car about 1/3 in from the back of the picture, so that you give more space for the car to move into

3) try to find a photogenic background, or one that is farther away so that it gets out of focus.

4)work out where the sun will be. cars are bright and shiny, you want them to look bright but not with burnt out white spots. Also sunset or sunrise can be good.

5)clean the car as much as possible

6)consider a lower view point to make the car more imposing

[Kiernan]

RI Xterra,
No, but I frequent thevboard.

Mark,
Thanks for the awesome suggestions! I'll give them all a go when I do the "official" pictures.

[KarlJones]

Everyone else has given great pointers. If you were to re-shoot this, I might suggest:

· Use a polarizer filter to take car of the reflections on the glass.
· Don’t be afraid to tilt your camera and try different angles. You’ll find that you can get different perspectives to what the car is doing. Sporty cars in motion want to suggest power and agility. A slight tilt to the left for example would suggest the car were easily taking an uphill grade. Don’t tilt too extreme… just play around and note the differences. Same if there’s a location where you can catch the car negotiating a curve.
· And I would consider composing with a little more of the car filling the frame.

Otherwise, nice stuff… stick with it!