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Tips for Photographing Cars by Event and Fine Art Photographer, Edinburgh Colin Wright
Hi Everyone
With the lockdown seriously effecting photography commissions at the moment, I thought this would be a good time to start a new Tips for Photography today.
As a professional event and corporate photographer operating in Scotland, I have undertaken many commissions which involved photographing cars, from supercar events, to vintage cars and scrapyard and general car photos as part of my infrared in Scotland project. I thought this would be a good time to give you some tips on photographing cars. To keep it simple I will concentrate on outdoor photos without any flash or artificial light and I promise not to get too technical. So here we go:
1. Its all about the weather, stormy skies, or sunny days with with blue skies and cloud are ideal, especially for infrared photography
2. Dont be frightened to get in close when shooting a stationary vehicle
3. Keep an eye out for interesting close up detail, especially for vintage and scrap cars
4. Its not always the supercars that are best to photograph, scrap cars and old wrecks often have bags of character
5. Vary your angle, get down low if possible and include interesting backdrops ie trees, sky etc, otherwise, avoid clutter in the backround
6. Use a tripod if you want good depth of field
7. Cars are a great way to showcase other genres such as architecture, weddings, urban photography etc
8. Use people in the photo if relevant ie a driver or someone behind the story of the car
9. Shoot through the window, sometimes the interior of the cars can be interesting
10. If shooting moving vehicles, change your angle, get down low and high and pan your photos now and again to get some motion blur
Hope this helps.
Stay safe.
Until next time
Colin
www.colinwqrightphotography.co.uk
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Hi All
in a previous life, I was a newspaper photographer, supplying photos to publications around the borders, East Lothian, Midlothian and Edinburgh, Scotland. Whilst the market for this type of photography is much reduced, I still do it occasionally and more importantly, I think it has helped me greatly in my event and conference photography commissions around Scotland.
Here are a few reasons why it has helped me and these can also be interpreted as tips for the aspiring newspaper photographer:
1. You need to work fast and react to a very tight timetable. I was often asked to attend numerous football and rugby games all happening at the same time, after a morning of other photoshoots on my daily rota
2. You need to be able to photograph a variety of different subjects in a short space of time ie sport, gala days, neighbour disputes, architecture
3. You have to be able to adapt to using limited equipment, you cant lug around lots of gear or risk leaving it in your car all the time
4. You have to be good with people, ie accommodate them, listen and try to get the best out of them, use your charm and humour
5. You must edit and send the photos as soon as possible, if not on the go through wifi, then immediately when you get home. There is not time for complicated editing either, keep it simple
Anyway, hope these help, more to come in the future.
Until next time, stay safe.
Kind Regards
Colin
www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk
www.edinburghphotographer.com
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Hi All
As a professional event and fine art photographer from Scotland, like all freelancers and pretty much all of us to be honest, this is an extremely difficult time, especially if you have financial worries and children to cope with, add to that elderly relatives and it isn't easy. However, I still think there is time for creativity and on my daily allowed wanders I have often taken the opportunity to add to my infrared photography in Scotland project, in preparation for my new book on infrared photography from this great country we live in. As we all know during this time, there are days when you just cant summon up the enthusiasm to do anything, let alone demonstrate your creativity. Sometimes, however, the fact fact that you are forced to concentrate on your geographical location can often lead to some some really creative images and that is what I have been trying to achieve in my hometown of Dunbar in East Lothian during this lockdown. You have to be quick as you cant really stand around under the current circumstances, but it still allows you to keep your eye on your photography. So chin-up and all that, we shall overcome.
Until next time, stay safe.
Kind Regards
Colin
www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk
www.edinburghphotographer.com