I'm having a hard time telling what's going on in shot one - what's going on there? Perhaps a better angle would make it better.
Shot 3 of the red car: Kind of a waste of background. I've seen motion shots before, and this is nothing new. More lights and/or activity in the background would make it better, I think, cause right now it just fades to darkness - and a large section of the photo is black.
Shot 2 of the black car: Pretty cool minus the lens flare. Also, this and the others look dark - is my monitor just not-calibrated, or are these photos darker than usual?
Shot 4 is interesting - with the car centered on the street and the crack in the pavement leading up to it. However, it looks like the background is dark and wasn't thought about, imo.
Right now these all look kind of dark - everything's at night. Does the night play a large part in car culture?
Those are my thoughts, but they're based on my own opinions. If I knew the concept behind these, I might be able to comment better.
this is what i'm going to be shooting for the rest of the semester in photo seminar. I want to capture car culture and people and their cars.
Ive shot so many cars, and i love doing that, but it gets redundant. I think the people and their cars are generally a more interesting subject for the viewer than just a big hunk of metal. I think i'm still trying to find out how to photograph the connection between person and car, but thats my goal at least.
I guess you could say that i'm trying to liven my car shots, to make them feel more dynamic by observing this said connection...
Get people working on their cars, or racing. Or hanging out at races. Or get the tension in their face before they start the race. Or get them in the body shops they go to, or get the body shop mechanics they take them to. Get photos of cars out of your head because they will inevitably keep popping up in your shots. Big hunk of metal pictures are sorta boring, you're right. If you're gonna shoot cars, you gotta shoot it lit, in nice light, in a scenic place.
Like a mountain ridge at sunset or something. But fill flash doesn't work so well, to me.
I think there are potentially a lot of things you can document, you just gotta find it.
also, you could do a portrait series of the car owners with their cars, either posing with the car, or a portrait of their car next to a portrait of them sort of diptych thing.
Sorry if this comes across as harsh, my roommate just set off the fire alarm twice cooking an omelet, so I'm pissed off that I am now half deaf, that I had to turn the alarms off and open all windows while he kinda stood there befuddled (hes done this before) and while he burns the coating on my nice frying pan my mom bought me.
anyways, keep posting and shooting and digging and getting in there with the people, or make some sweet portraits, or you'll think of something.
nah, not harsh, we're on the same wavelength. its just photographing these stationary objects is what i fall back to - i know what i need to do, but i'm not doing it...
it's scary man, intruding people's lives to get the photos that really show the things you want to show. but you get so much out of it in the end. take a shot of johnny walker and walk in there, start a conversation, get in with the people and start gettin the photos you need. A lil old "dude if i get somethin cool I can email you the file" usually goes a long way too.
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2 and 4 are the best shots, imo.
I'm having a hard time telling what's going on in shot one - what's going on there? Perhaps a better angle would make it better.
Shot 3 of the red car: Kind of a waste of background. I've seen motion shots before, and this is nothing new. More lights and/or activity in the background would make it better, I think, cause right now it just fades to darkness - and a large section of the photo is black.
Shot 2 of the black car: Pretty cool minus the lens flare. Also, this and the others look dark - is my monitor just not-calibrated, or are these photos darker than usual?
Shot 4 is interesting - with the car centered on the street and the crack in the pavement leading up to it. However, it looks like the background is dark and wasn't thought about, imo.
Right now these all look kind of dark - everything's at night. Does the night play a large part in car culture?
Those are my thoughts, but they're based on my own opinions. If I knew the concept behind these, I might be able to comment better.
So - what's the concept?
this is what i'm going to be shooting for the rest of the semester in photo seminar. I want to capture car culture and people and their cars.
Ive shot so many cars, and i love doing that, but it gets redundant. I think the people and their cars are generally a more interesting subject for the viewer than just a big hunk of metal. I think i'm still trying to find out how to photograph the connection between person and car, but thats my goal at least.
I guess you could say that i'm trying to liven my car shots, to make them feel more dynamic by observing this said connection...
Get people working on their cars, or racing. Or hanging out at races. Or get the tension in their face before they start the race. Or get them in the body shops they go to, or get the body shop mechanics they take them to.
Get photos of cars out of your head because they will inevitably keep popping up in your shots.
Big hunk of metal pictures are sorta boring, you're right. If you're gonna shoot cars, you gotta shoot it lit, in nice light, in a scenic place.
Like a mountain ridge at sunset or something. But fill flash doesn't work so well, to me.
I think there are potentially a lot of things you can document, you just gotta find it.
also, you could do a portrait series of the car owners with their cars, either posing with the car, or a portrait of their car next to a portrait of them sort of diptych thing.
Sorry if this comes across as harsh, my roommate just set off the fire alarm twice cooking an omelet, so I'm pissed off that I am now half deaf, that I had to turn the alarms off and open all windows while he kinda stood there befuddled (hes done this before) and while he burns the coating on my nice frying pan my mom bought me.
anyways, keep posting and shooting and digging and getting in there with the people, or make some sweet portraits, or you'll think of something.
nah, not harsh, we're on the same wavelength. its just photographing these stationary objects is what i fall back to - i know what i need to do, but i'm not doing it...
it's scary man, intruding people's lives to get the photos that really show the things you want to show.
but you get so much out of it in the end. take a shot of johnny walker and walk in there, start a conversation, get in with the people and start gettin the photos you need.
A lil old "dude if i get somethin cool I can email you the file" usually goes a long way too.
thanks for the advice, truly.
i am but a young padawan with much to learn (sorry for the star wars ref).
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