Cruise and Car Show Midland Mi

lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
edited September 19, 2014 in Other Cool Shots
One more to show. It is a shame the owners were on the other side of the window.

This one won best in show out of about 100 cars.

Comments and Criticism always welcome.

Phil

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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2014
    Nice work, Phil. I like your approach to shooting cars.thumb.gif

    I'll pass along a tip when shooting car shows. Sometimes the placards, like 'Tin Knocker' here in this case, warrant leaving them in the shot....most of the time, though, they are a distraction. I've found that most owners/exhibitors don't mind you moving the thing temporarily if you'll just ask them. They all love to talk about their car and are usually eager to accommodate a courteous shooter. I must have developed a real pleading approach.....I have great success in even getting them to lower hoods and trunks on many occasions.

    Keep up the good work,

    Tom
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2014
    Fantastic! The b&w bg is working!
  • lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2014
    black mamba wrote: »
    Nice work, Phil. I like your approach to shooting cars.thumb.gif

    I'll pass along a tip when shooting car shows. Sometimes the placards, like 'Tin Knocker' here in this case, warrant leaving them in the shot....most of the time, though, they are a distraction. I've found that most owners/exhibitors don't mind you moving the thing temporarily if you'll just ask them. They all love to talk about their car and are usually eager to accommodate a courteous shooter. I must have developed a real pleading approach.....I have great success in even getting them to lower hoods and trunks on many occasions.

    Keep up the good work,

    Tom

    I will ask them to move and close stuff next time.

    I can second the thought about their willingness to talk. I enjoyed the discussions almost as much as the photography.

    Part of my approach is to sit down on the ground to get a good angle. I also used spot meter often to get the light solely on the car, and sometimes on camera fill (not Phil) TTL flash.

    Phil
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    Phil
  • lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2014
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Fantastic! The b&w bg is working!

    Thank You!

    This one took a fair amount more time to isolate parts of the background and convert to B&W. I just noticed one spot to fix.

    Phil
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    Phil
  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,077 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2014
    Nice shot Phil and love the processing. I actually like the owners in the background.
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