Car photo with only X100 F

Miskec wrote:

Chris Dodkin wrote:

I have the F as well - great camera!

With cars lighting is a big part of it - overcast day gets even light with fewer hot spots. On a sunny day find large area of solid shade - like a multi-story parking structure with light coming in from the sides, but not the top, or a shaded side of the street.

These b&w ones are sooo good. The car is black so i dont have to worry getting the color spot on.

Ideal time of day is the 20 mins either side of sunset, less hotspots.

I like to shoot low for the full car shots - hold the camera down at waist level or lower, so it's at the cars level rather than looking down on it.

I like to shoot wide open at f/2, and put the focus on the headlight nearest me (or tail light if it's a rear shot) and have the focus fall away on the car, and a nice soft blurry background. You might have to use the ND filter if you'e doing this in brighter lighting to keep the shutter speed in range.

As it's a Boxster I'd have it top down all the time as that's it best look.

Agreed, there is something special when boxter gets its hat of.

Don't be afraid to crop the car so it's not all in shot - this can be really effective capturing one headlight or fender etc

When you're done with the low shots - change it up and shoot from standing height - Porsches (and most other cars) look great looking straight on at them from right in front - maybe have the lights on for extra punch

So, you mean straight in front of a car? This should be good

Yes - put the headlight son and use EC to correct the underexposure this will cause

When you're done capturing the whole car - go back and capture details, probably stopped down on some shots to f/8 so working close in you'll have more parts in focus. Get in close and be creative with angling the camera to make the composition in the viewfinder interesting.

Is it better to use macro and get as close as possible, or stand little further, engage macro and teleconverter?

Try both - both can produce great images

These were all done on a cloudy overcast morning:

Hope that helps - make sure your Boxster owner has the car clean and the tires prepped to look black and shiny. And the glass clean! And maybe scout a location or two ahead of shooting so you already know where to go, where the light will be, and a second backup spot.

Lastly, i suppose i will have to use perspective correction. Very often car in photo is not nearly as imposing as in person.

No you should be fine with the lens correction already applied in PS/LR

Thank you for your great advices and for the samples

Neven

You're welcome - Remember, enjoy yourself on the shoot