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Oct 10, 2008 07:57 |  #1

I have never done a "photo shoot" with a car, but a friends dad asked me if I could take some really nice shots of his completly restored '69 Dart (Pristine by the way). I would love to do it, and I was just wondering if you guys had any hints tips or tricks for me. I'd love to post them up after I'm dont with it. Ive always valued everyones opinion on here, so anything coming from you guys is helpful. Thanks for reading, God bless and have a great day!

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Oct 10, 2008 07:59 |  #2

Best tip I have come across apart from shooting at dawn/dusk is a tripod and CPL.

Take multiple shots of the car with the CPL at different angles and merge the best parts via Photoshop.


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Oct 10, 2008 08:25 |  #3

Take multiple shots of the car with the CPL at different angles and merge the best parts via Photoshop.

That would work, but I usually don't use a cpl & try to find the best angle to start with.
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