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Hello everyone,
I'm going to visit my parents in Norway for my holiday next week, and my dad has just bought this new car. He's asked if I could take some pictures of it, and of course I can't say no! Thing is, I've never photographed a car before so I have no idea where to start.
I have the following lenses: Sigma 10-20, Nifty Fifty, 18-55mm , and 55-200 mm. I also have some ND grads filters I could use. I have no lighting equipment.
I've done some reading and understand that a circular polariser is THE thing to use, however I just don't have the money to buy that now - and as I don't know which lens I'll be using I'd have to buy two to fit the 55mm and 77mm.
So, my current plan is to drive the car somewhere nice - being Norway the nature is fantastic, and I have a place in mind where there's a road at about sea level, with some islands in the background so hoping to place it there and get the car, the sea and then I've thought to take the pictures at sunset.
What I'm hoping you guys can help me with is - does car pictures at sunset work? Is there a type of location that works better than others? Will there be a lot of glare? Is there anything I can do to reduce glare, considering I won't have a polariser? Is a particular lens better than the others for this? Does the car lend itself to a particular angle, is there any angles I should NOT attempt, and what are the 'standard' angles you shoot when documenting a car? Is there anything else I need to keep in mind when taking these shots?
Any advice will be very welcome, and sorry for the million questions - I just really want to make sure I take the best pictures I can now that I have the opportunity, and would love it if one of them turned out good enough that my dad would want to print it to hang on the wall
Thank you in advance!
I'm going to visit my parents in Norway for my holiday next week, and my dad has just bought this new car. He's asked if I could take some pictures of it, and of course I can't say no! Thing is, I've never photographed a car before so I have no idea where to start.
I have the following lenses: Sigma 10-20, Nifty Fifty, 18-55mm , and 55-200 mm. I also have some ND grads filters I could use. I have no lighting equipment.
I've done some reading and understand that a circular polariser is THE thing to use, however I just don't have the money to buy that now - and as I don't know which lens I'll be using I'd have to buy two to fit the 55mm and 77mm.
So, my current plan is to drive the car somewhere nice - being Norway the nature is fantastic, and I have a place in mind where there's a road at about sea level, with some islands in the background so hoping to place it there and get the car, the sea and then I've thought to take the pictures at sunset.
What I'm hoping you guys can help me with is - does car pictures at sunset work? Is there a type of location that works better than others? Will there be a lot of glare? Is there anything I can do to reduce glare, considering I won't have a polariser? Is a particular lens better than the others for this? Does the car lend itself to a particular angle, is there any angles I should NOT attempt, and what are the 'standard' angles you shoot when documenting a car? Is there anything else I need to keep in mind when taking these shots?
Any advice will be very welcome, and sorry for the million questions - I just really want to make sure I take the best pictures I can now that I have the opportunity, and would love it if one of them turned out good enough that my dad would want to print it to hang on the wall
Thank you in advance!