Some stuff from Car Craft weekend

Dan94V6 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:31 pm

Rolling shots on the way to Car Craft:

"Weather Reports" we made in the parking ramp we found to hide in. Just trying to make the best of the cruddy situation. :lol:

Shock13 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:39 am

LOL, at your videos

Dan94V6 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:48 pm

Adjusted the brightness and contrast. Thought it looked better...

robl110 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:16 am

I really like those rollig shots!

flstci71 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:47 pm

robl110 wrote:

I really like those rollig shots!

I like the rolling shots too. I noticed all of the GMs were behind your Mustang. Fear the Mustang. :mrgreen:

Dan94V6 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:23 pm

Nah, I was riding in a 2010 Camaro SS/RS because it ate my car for breakfast.

robl110 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:42 pm

Dan do u give photography lessons. I need some tips for taking pics of my car.

Dan94V6 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:44 am

To be honest, I don't feel like I really know that much. I've just been teaching myself.

A couple things I've been told to do when I first started:
-If you have the wheels turned, make sure the rims face the camera. Otherwise we just see tire.
-Try to avoid having things stick up from behind the car (flag poles, telephone poles, signs, ect.)

A few things I always do from experience (not sure if they are right or not, haha):
-Keep the flash off. It illuminates your plates and reflectors which looks distracting to me.
-I Make sure my light source is facing the side of the car I'm taking pictures of. If the sun is behind the car you'll get too much back-lighting and the car will really dark unless you have a way to compensate for it.
-I prefer to take pictures on overcast days. The clouds drown the sun out a bit so it's not so bright.
-Tripod is necessary for night shots. Don't use the flash.
-Trial and error. I usually take 60-100 pictures and mess with all the settings. Most of the time I only end up liking a few of the pictures.

Like I said, I don't really feel like I know that much. I'll be happy to give you input when I can.

I got pretty lucky with those rolling shots. I remembered to take them at the last minute on 694 right when we got into traffic. I dialed in some settings quick and my buddy drove me past each car to take two quick shots. I got real lucky with the Camaro. The Nova and Jeep are little blurry. I wish I could have taken more but we started blocking traffic.

Some stuff from Car Craft weekend

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