I have a shoot this weekend with family and their racecar. Never shot cars before, any pointers? Incorporating people into the whole racing scene should be a fun challenge.
I think i'd treat this shoot as an engagement shoot for a few shots - get an intimate feeling/portrait with the couple, and no kid (how is the kid, btw?); then incorporate kid working on a car with a dad..
Then get a classic "family in front of the car" shot.. Depends on how fun they want to make it.
I think i'd want to get way way more info.. as to age of the people involved, what car that is, location and time etc.
I was thinking of getting pretty creative with this one, its a pretty outgoing family. Parents are 30-40's, the kid is around 15-16. We will be taking them at her family's house, old farmhouse barn, silos etc, big green lawn, a few field If i want it.
if they are into creative stuff, then doors are wide open there.
if it is a roadster, you could have husband burning his rubber while looking out of the window and his wife being in the smoke (though, she'd need to wear dark clothes for that one.we did it for a wedding shot.. and it did prove to be a mistake)
Did you think about shooting some at one of the tracks they race at? Most stock car tracks I've been to, the pits are off to one side of the track, seperated by a wall & fencing. If you time it right, you could get a shot over the shoulders of the family watching at the fence as the dad approaches the pit area. Maybe a shot of them cheering him on. There's a lot of possibilities for great photos at the track.
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What kind of a race car?
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I think i'd treat this shoot as an engagement shoot for a few shots - get an intimate feeling/portrait with the couple, and no kid (how is the kid, btw?); then incorporate kid working on a car with a dad..
Then get a classic "family in front of the car" shot.. Depends on how fun they want to make it.
I think i'd want to get way way more info.. as to age of the people involved, what car that is, location and time etc.
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if it is a roadster, you could have husband burning his rubber while looking out of the window and his wife being in the smoke (though, she'd need to wear dark clothes for that one.we did it for a wedding shot.. and it did prove to be a mistake)
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