C63 AMG

Well its been awhile since Ive posted anything car related. I had this shoot a few days ago with a C63 AMG, in which I wanted to try and produce some "commercial" images for my portfolio. Everything I shoot tends to be editorial and tuner related. I hardly ever get the chance to shoot a worthy stock car for that commercial look. I did some posting on some forums and found a super nice guy, willing to loan a few hours of his time and let me shoot his car. I called my buddy up who is a pilot and asked him if I could get access to his hangar. The shoot went well, but I at first did not think many of the images I took had that commercial look. Editorial photography has screwed me up, in that I have lost all creativity and shoot purely procedurally. Front 3/4, rear 3/4, yada yada yada. I never look for the angles I used too when I was first starting out because I didn't know what was right and wrong. Anyways, after editing a bit, I realized I'm pretty happy with the set.

I realize all are front shots. I took two rear shots. A rig and a wide shot of the C63 looking into the hangar. I don't like the angle on the rig and I'm having trouble editing out the distracting minutia of the other one.

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wow...gorgeous shots!!

no.4 is awesome and 5 is pretty sweet also!!

That last shot is killer, nice work.

I like the last two shots the most. Awesome car, wish it could have been a different colour though.

Great series, all wall-hangers for sure
My neighbour has one of these in black, the sound is just awesome

Shame it's such an inexpensive and slow car! Great shots!

Awesome.

Really nice shots

rolling shot looks better without the plane, the last one is my favorite

Great work, I love them..#2 is my favorite!

These are pretty good, except you've fallen into loose editorial framing in some & left room for an AD to add text, like #4. I like the framing in the last one, though.

I'd take out the scaffolding in #2.

great shots

me likey!

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These are pretty good, except you've fallen into loose editorial framing in some & left room for an AD to add text, like #4. I like the framing in the last one, though.

I'd take out the scaffolding in #2.

I just prefer to let the car breathe. The environment can help tell the story of the car. In this case, we have a luxury sedan and it made sense to shoot in a private airport because people associate this car with successful businessmen. I also like in that shot how the sunset leads your eye right to the car. I suppose its tomato/tomato, but I think we just differ in approach.

Great shots! I really like the backgrounds with the car. Nice looking car too!