December 2007

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• Effective Car Photography

  
  

  12.24.07 | No Comments | General

  Taking photographs of your car can be fairly simple, if you observe a few steps.  There are a couple of main approaches to photographing your vehicle. Look And Shoot.  This is pretty simple; you look in your viewfinder and shoot pictures of everything interesting that you can see. This is a quantity vs. quality approach; you can take literally hundreds of shots, of which only a few may be high quality.  But this is a good approach for beginners especially, and with some practice it is possible to achieve some rather great results. Plan And Shoot. This is for the intermediate to expert photographer.  It is also fairly simple, and involves thinking through what you want to take a picture of.  You run through the steps of what you want to accomplish in your head, and only after you have an effective plan in mind do you pick up your camera and start to shoot. Continue Reading...
  
  

• Quickly Correcting Car Photography Colors with Adobe Photoshop

  
  

  12.20.07 | 1 Comment | General

  There is perhaps no photographic subject in which the photographer will encounter a wider range of vivid, non-natural colors than car photography. When photographing cars and trucks, one must expect to be faced with everything from bright metallic pinks and oranges to blues and greens so deep they're practically black. And besides the atypical colors themselves, photographers area also faced with diverse surfaces like rubber and chrome, as well as a variety of unusual lighting sources and backgrounds. (An automobile photographer may have to shoot a muddy 4x4 out on the trail in the morning and a new sports car in a showroom with fluorescent lighting that same afternoon.) Continue Reading...
  
  

• Getting Your Car Photo Just Right

  
  

  12.15.07 | No Comments | General

  People who love cars always want to have a photo that displays their ride “just so”. And it is a quest that we all pursue at one time or another, trying to get the perfect picture of your vehicle. Its fun to share car photos, but to truly put forth your car in an impressive manner, having a great picture is key to this process. It is just like the old saying goes; a photo is worth a thousand words. Sometimes it is good to get a little advice or help in getting that perfect car photo. Getting that special “Money” shot is worth the time it takes to remember a few things. Continue Reading...
  
  

• The Audi S5 Coupe Brings the Attitude

  
  

  12.12.07 | No Comments | Audi

  For the last several years, Audi has been rapidly increasing the size of its lineup with lots of new models – since 2005, the relatively new car manufacturer has produced about 19 models of automobile which are either new or in some way redesigned. Having already tried their hand at most of the popular styles of auto with the other parts of their lineup over the past couple years, Audi is now producing cars which seem to straddle different areas of popular design. Continue Reading...
  
  

• Muscle Cars Make a Comeback Among New Year Models

  
  

  12.01.07 | No Comments | Chrysler, Concept Cars, Ford

  The new brands of cars that are being unveiled by auto manufacturers this year are varied in their designs and focus, but there is one trend that seems to unite them – they are all expected to be a lot of fun to drive. Muscle car style designs seem to be making a comeback, as new models are expected to provide turbocharged power for drivers and the major manufacturers all seem to be bringing out revivals of their most popular muscle cars of yesteryear. Continue Reading...
  
  

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