Shooting cars is hard...

ivar

so i'm not really a 'car-guy' by any means, but somehow I ended up at a carshow for a short period of time. It was a little while ago, but I hadn't done anything with the shots till recently.

So I'm there, thinking " Ah, lots of cars, I'll take a few great shots. Gotta be easy with all these cars around, right? " Wrong....

Man, that's hard. Tons of people in the way, lights all over the place.... I took lots of photos, but most went in the thrashbin right away. Hats off for those who can take decent shots at carshows :thumb

Here's a few I didn't throw out right away; Comments, critique, thoughts much appreciated:

I don't like the framing of the above shot... but i haven't found a great crop yet.

wxwax

I agree, car shows are hard.

I like the creativity of the mirror and the legs images, something different.

I find that car entusiasts try to show you what they like about a car. It's often the grill or the swoop of a body line. Sometimes a portion of the interior. What they're really doing is communicating what they find attractive about cars, which is interesting.

courierman

i love #2 #3 they're great shot

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful shots loved them all and beautiful cars

ivar

wxwax wrote:

I agree, car shows are hard.

I like the creativity of the mirror and the legs images, something different.

Thanks. I happened to see the mirror as I walked by, and the legs were a semi-accidental to be honest Shot in color, the background color was very blue, and the shot just didn't work at all I thought, so I turned it into a B&W.

wxwax wrote:

I find that car entusiasts try to show you what they like about a car. It's often the grill or the swoop of a body line. Sometimes a portion of the interior. What they're really doing is communicating what they find attractive about cars, which is interesting.

Yes, I agree, so that's the thing, I'm not a car-fan that much, i was more looking for something to shoot as opposed to the line or grill I was looking for. And besides those lines and grills, there is just not that much to shoot, really. I don't think I'll go to another car-show anytime soon. It was fun to see though, I've never been before.

wxwax

ivar wrote:

Yes, I agree, so that's the thing, I'm not a car-fan that much, i was more looking for something to shoot as opposed to the line or grill I was looking for. And besides those lines and grills, there is just not that much to shoot, really. I don't think I'll go to another car-show anytime soon. It was fun to see though, I've never been before.

Or you could go with Patch29, who sees every vehicle as a potential new home.

ivar

courierman wrote:

i love #2 #3 they're great shot

Thanks!

#2 is actually a color-shot. I'll give you bonus points if you know which car it is

#3 is converted to B&W. I cropped it slightly, I'm thinking about slightly less grill and more room on top though.

ivar

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Beautiful shots loved them all and beautiful cars

Thanks Awais! They did have some really great cars there. I loved the conceptcars they had there. I'll see if I can find a few shots from them.

ivar

wxwax wrote:

Or you could go with Patch29, who sees every vehicle as a potential new home.

marlof

ivar wrote:

#2 is actually a color-shot. I'll give you bonus points if you know which car it is

Audi R8

And I agree: when you're not a car fan (and I'm not, I just knew the answer since I like design) shooting cars is hard. You did well!

anwmn1

Car shows are indeed very hard. The 2nd shot is a good one and the Rolls would be good if it was a bit sharper.

I don't shoot many "New" car shows like this for a few reasons but love to shoot smaller shows and events. They have many of the same issues but the people are usually more willing to move and allow you to get a shot.

I am a car guy but prefer the classics and muscle cars to the plastic stuff of today.

If you cant get the whole car get parts or pieces - examples

ivar

marlof wrote:

Audi R8

And I agree: when you're not a car fan (and I'm not, I just knew the answer since I like design) shooting cars is hard. You did well!

Yep, you are correct.

Thanks! I'm glad I found a few nice shots.

ivar

anwmn1 wrote:

Car shows are indeed very hard. The 2nd shot is a good one and the Rolls would be good if it was a bit sharper.

I don't shoot many "New" car shows like this for a few reasons but love to shoot smaller shows and events. They have many of the same issues but the people are usually more willing to move and allow you to get a shot.

I am a car guy but prefer the classics and muscle cars to the plastic stuff of today.

If you cant get the whole car get parts or pieces - examples

I think the rolls is sharp, but on the logo. You think I should have used a bigger DoF? or focused on the angel? or you want me to use sharpening? I have not used sharpening on that on any of the photos.

Those car parts and pieces look cool it's just not my thing. Thanks for looking!