How to Photograph Cars

by Mann, James

• ISBN13: 9780760312438
• ISBN10: 0760312435
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

Capture the contours of your car with expert tips from professional photographer James Mann! Everything you need, from selecting equipment and film to static and action photography and studio techniques is bound into this fabulous all-color guide. High-quality photographs serve as examples of Mann's techniques, enhanced by step-by-step instruction and images describing how to accomplish each successfully. Highlighted with necessary angles and techniques that embrace a professional magazine feature.

Table of Contents

Foreword	8	(9)
Jesse Alexander
Introduction	9	(3)
Equipment	12	(14)
35mm and APS Compact Cameras	12	(1)
Digital Compact	13	(1)
35mm SLR	14	(3)
Digital SLR	17	(1)
Flash Guns	18	(1)
Tripods	18	(1)
Camera Bags	19	(1)
Camera Care	20	(1)
Film choices	21	(5)
Basic Camera Techniques	26	(14)
Composition	26	(3)
The Rule of Thirds	29	(2)
Light	31	(1)
Shooting at Night	32	(2)
Artificial Light	34	(2)
Location, Location, Location	36	(2)
Editing Your Pictures	38	(2)
Preparing the Car for the Shoot	40	(12)
Wash and Go!	40	(3)
Shooting Details	43	(9)
Action Photographs	52	(32)
Panning	52	(1)
Simple Panning	52	(5)
Front Three-Quarters Panning	57	(1)
Zoom and Panning	58	(1)
Short-Lens Panning	58	(2)
Multiple-Car Panning	60	(1)
Safety in Formation	60	(1)
Tracking or Car-to-Car	61	(1)
Front Three-Quarters Tracking	62	(2)
Head-On Tracking	64	(2)
Rear Three-Quarters Tracking	66	(1)
Multiple-Car Tracking	67	(2)
Cornering	69	(1)
Action Sequences	70	(2)
Landscape	72	(2)
In-Car Action	74	(2)
Yomping	76	(2)
Bolt-On Goodies and Special Equipment	78	(2)
Still Photographs	80	(4)
Motorsport Events	84	(18)
Planning Your Race	85	(7)
On a Rally	92	(2)
Hillclimbs, Sprints, and Off-Road	94	(2)
Shows	96	(6)
Groups of Cars	102	(6)
People and Cars	108	(6)
Studio Techniques	114	(10)
Restoration Photos	124	(6)
Models	126	(4)
Shooting a Magazine Feature	130	(8)
Getting the Job	130	(1)
The Brief	131	(1)
The Shoot	132	(6)
Photographic Archiving	138	(5)
Digital	138	(2)
Non-Digital	140	(1)
Legal issues	141	(2)
Index	143