Do you always wonder why the photographs you take don’t come out the way as you expected them to be? Then you have come to the right place. Everyone likes to take photographs to capture memories or to share with others and if you own an amazing car you would definitely want to take its great photos. Here we are going to share some tips with you about how you can put some extra efforts and thoughts to create wonderful images of your car.

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Proper lighting

The first point to remember is to shoot under natural sunlight and learn how the photos turn out when taken during different timings. Normally, the best photos come out when it is a little cloudy as all the car sections are evenly exposed and visible. Another favourable time is an hour after the sunrise or the hour before sunset because the light is slightly low at these times. This is called the ‘golden hour’ and the photos come out really great at these hours.

Remember colors also impact the time of the day you photograph. Some colours look good in the sunlight while some don’t, like matte finish cars do better in bright light situations because they don’t reflect light but normal cars will have better results in even lights.

Choose the best locations

As a good storyteller knows the setting of the story is very important in the same way picking the right location for your car picture will enhance the character of the images. An expensive car like sleek black Mercedes will not suit in the background of a muddy setting rather it will suit in a city scene. Similarly, a small fiat will look out of the place on a mountain. It is not much difficult to find the appropriate place for your car.

Another important point, try to remove all the distractions that might divert the attention of the viewer away from the car. Avoid taking photos in a car garage or car park as there is not much to add to a dramatic photo.

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Choose the angles right

There are varieties of angles you can use to take pictures of the cars. A common way people use is shooting at your eye level, as in the view you get while standing in front of the car. Although, it is the easier way to shoot but is the least flattering angle for a car because it is the most common perspective and secondly, it doesn’t highlight all the best features of the car.

Vertical images look better than the horizontal one even for commercial shoots. Try to take photos from different angles to see different results. Position the car in a way the best part of your chosen background is behind it and use the car to hide any distractions. Another trick you can add is to turn the steering wheel completely away from the camera to show off the tires to the camera giving a more dramatic look.

Shoot moving cars

Taking pictures of cars while they are moving is so much fun. This you will realize once you start taking pictures of moving cars. The most common way of doing this is the car is in focus and the rest of the background is in a panned motion blur.

Panning means moving the camera in order to keep your subject in the frame as it moves past you and making the background blur. What you do to properly capture the action is to use slower shutter speeds below 1/180 second. Then, as you pan with the camera, the car will be kept in sharp focus, while the background will be blurred, giving a real sense of motion and drama.

Another way is to shoot the car out of another moving car with someone else driving the car. But this must be done carefully. This method will give you some nice movement shots on the road and on the wheels.

Night shooting

This is a challenging job but it can give you some amazing results. The first part is to find a spot where there is no light, not even a street light. You will need a steady tripod to allow more light into the camera sensor. Set up the camera on the tripod and use a long shutter speed of 4-15 seconds.

You can use some effects like light trails if another car goes past in the frame. Use the flash to illuminate the car which brightens the shadowy parts of the car and brings out the details of the lines and bodywork. This can be challenging in the beginning but with practice, you can get better results.

The best way to learn taking good pictures of the car is to keep practising. Try to shoot as much as you want and explore new ideas. Even if you don’t have the idea about the backgrounds, angles, camera settings, and other aspects use several attempts to take the perfect shot. With each shot, you will learn something new and you can make your next shoot even better and more impressive.