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Originally Posted by Stealthee
Hate to double post, but that was the problem with me. There were some cars that are definitely not calender worthy. Some colors are just not appealing to the eye. Then there were some beautiful cars that looked like a 4 year old took the picture.
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I second this thought. It took me three run throughs to get 14 that I thought wouldn't look out of place on a calendar. A lot of sun in the camera, car in shadow photography along with poor composition and backgrounds that are too busy.
There are exceptions to the rules when the undesirabled effect is properly used as part of the composition. As always, this is just one person's opinion, but the attached submission takes the sun in your eyes and the car in shadows and uses it perfectly with the setting to create a very nice composition. I then took the liberty to do a composition crop to make a photo that I would like to see as a calendar car. Again, just my opinion of what makes a good photograph, others may differ. There were several others that just didn't cut it because there was a total lack of composition. I think that the suggestion that folks read MOBO's write up on how to photograph a car is a very good one and I'll add that they should print out the pertenent sections and go practice taking several hundred photos of their car.
Tips that I will add from my experience: take a lot of photos, mutiple angles, different distances, different exposures. Digital is cheap, take a 100 pics, choose a dozen nice ones and erase the rest. I'm pretty sure most of the photo guys on 3SI will agree that a high dollar camera is no guarantee of a good photograph and that a good photographer can take very good pictures with a WalMart disposable. Develope an eye for composition and color. Many books and magazines are available to develope decent photography skills. It is a very enjoyable hobby that can reap many benefits.
