Car Photography 101

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Making A Location Out Of No Location

by Neill November 21, 2011 Car Photography 101

Regular readers will know I’m a fan of the Elinchrom Ranger RX Quadra flash system. It’s combination of light weight and horsepower are the optimum for my work and while other photographers may need the sheer grunt and power of it’s bigger brothers, I prefer the portability and ease with which it can be carried [...]

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Evernote – Free Horsepower for Your Lightbulb File

by Neill September 19, 2011 Car Photography 101

Some time ago now, I wrote about how I keep a lightbulb file, with ideas for car photography and examples of car photography. Well I just thought I’d give you an update on a great free app that I’m finding really useful for keeping all your ideas in one place and in order. If you [...]

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Using Capture One for Selecting Tracking Shots

by Neill June 14, 2011 Car Photography 101

This is the first of a series of quick blog posts about Phase One’s superb Capture One software. I’m a big fan, having used C1 ever since going digital back in 2002 and Phase have a great selection of how-to videos on their YouTube channel, but I’ll be writing about how the latest features of [...]

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10 Things Stills Photographers Need To Know About Video

by Neill September 22, 2010 Car Photography 101

Ok, so the last few posts have been about car videos, not stills and I did promise to write more about car photography and not video, so I promise just one more……. I was chatting to a colleague before the weekend who has been shooting more and more video footage and we quickly came up [...]

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Car Photography 101 – Keep a Lightbulb File

by Neill June 30, 2009 Car Photography 101

The principle of this one is simple. Just as my wife has a bag full of hair stylist shots every time she hits the hair dresser, start a folder for car photography ideas. Start thinking like a car photographer. Every time you see a great car shot, keep it in a file. If you’re online, [...]

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Car Photography 101 – Moving Out Of Automatic

by Neill June 29, 2009 Car Photography 101

Ok, this post assumes you’re into cars and that you’ve either got a camera or are considering buying one and that you want to know more about the best way to shoot car photographs. If you’ve been taking photographs for a while, some of this may be familiar, but read on anyway, it might just [...]

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Coming Soon – Car Photography 101

by Neill June 26, 2009 Car Photography 101

Ok, so we’re on the road and I’m now fully into Car Photography 101. I’ve quickly realised that it’s a huge undertaking, far bigger than I first thought. Stuff I kind of took for granted and thought not worthy of comment, others found really interesting, so Car Photography 101 has been delayed and here’s why.

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