VW meet - Where do I start?

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I'm going to this meet on Saturday and will be shooting cars/vans for the first time. I appreciate it all depends if it sunny, cloudy or wet but are there some basic starting points somebody could give me please.

http://www.vdubatthepub.com/gallery/

What I mean is, to keep the shine of the cars should the ISO be high or low, shutter speed fast or slow etc. I'll be taking a tripod.

Many thanks for your help.

P.S. Anybody fancy going please let me know! :D
 
Silver Simon said:
What I mean is, to keep the shine of the cars should the ISO be high or low, shutter speed fast or slow etc.
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They should be whatever gets you correct exposure with a shutter speed that's fast enough to prevent your images being blurred from camera shake (less important if you're using a tripod) and with an aperture that gives you as much depth of field as you require. That is unless you've a specific reason for deviating from this such as if you want to do a long exposure to blur the people who're milling around you would substantially lengthen the shutter speed and adjust aperture/ISO to keep correct exposure.
ISO doesn't matter, just set that to give correct exposure after you've set the shutter speed and aperture to how you want them.

By "the shine of the cars" I think you're referring to the sort of thing that will be down to the car's condition and the lighting rather than anything you do with the camera settings.
The lighting will be dependant on how the cars are positioned, how you position yourself relative to the cars and the light source (probably sun/sky in this case) and what the light is like at the time (it'll be different in the evening compared to at noon and it'll be different if it's overcast compared to if the sky is clear). How clean the car is and what sort of condition the bodywork is in will affect the way the light interacts with the car.

There are a couple of threads on the PotN Canon forums that might be worth looking at regarding cars and light.
1. MOVE YOUR FEET! A <rant> of sorts.
2. A few Car Lighting Tips
 
DazJW said:
They should be whatever gets you correct exposure with a shutter speed that's fast enough to prevent your images being blurred from camera shake (less important if you're using a tripod) and with an aperture that gives you as much depth of field as you require. That is unless you've a specific reason for deviating from this such as if you want to do a long exposure to blur the people who're milling around you would substantially lengthen the shutter speed and adjust aperture/ISO to keep correct exposure.
ISO doesn't matter, just set that to give correct exposure after you've set the shutter speed and aperture to how you want them.

By "the shine of the cars" I think you're referring to the sort of thing that will be down to the car's condition and the lighting rather than anything you do with the camera settings.
The lighting will be dependant on how the cars are positioned, how you position yourself relative to the cars and the light source (probably sun/sky in this case) and what the light is like at the time (it'll be different in the evening compared to at noon and it'll be different if it's overcast compared to if the sky is clear). How clean the car is and what sort of condition the bodywork is in will affect the way the light interacts with the car.

There are a couple of threads on the PotN Canon forums that might be worth looking at regarding cars and light.
1. MOVE YOUR FEET! A <rant> of sorts.
2. A few Car Lighting Tips
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Darren, many thanks for your tips. I appreciate everything can vary but I was just wondering if because of the high shine and/or chrome on the cars there was a golden rule as a start point.

Thanks for the above it will be a great help. :thumbs:
 
ive given up taking pics at meets and shows it does my head in,

you set up a nice shot from the tight angles u can get from the way they are parked then people just walk infront of u every 10 mins,

if there is a certain car i really like i will ask the owner to park it out of the way so i can get some propa shots,

i like to take time when shooting cars and i find at meets its just a bit of a mission.

id use a wide angle lens as well so u can get close
 
Simmy said:
ive given up taking pics at meets and shows it does my head in,

you set up a nice shot from the tight angles u can get from the way they are parked then people just walk infront of u every 10 mins,

if there is a certain car i really like i will ask the owner to park it out of the way so i can get some propa shots,

i like to take time when shooting cars and i find at meets its just a bit of a mission.

id use a wide angle lens as well so u can get close
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I know what you mean in a way, I went to Swanage on Sunday armed with all my kit and a tripod. Could I put my tripod up? Could I heck as like! Far too many people walking about. Ended up carrying it around for three hours for nothing :shake:

Still, the meet is on my doorstep so I'd be silly not to go.

Thanks for the tip. :D
 
tbh mate depending what vw meet it is and weather it might not be that busy :)

just clicked the link looks more like a show than a meet :)
 
Thanks for all your help, I think it went okay! :)
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