My s2000

[Clint Faile]

Comments welcome


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/319588196_9bc5f6a9e9_b.jpg

[Andre Thompson]

Other than the fact that i LOVE your car, I wish the BG behind the car had less going on. the power lines, the ugly trees and the brush off behind the driver side are all very distracting.

I DO like the brick building to the side of the car.

[Curtis Barnard]

Jealous!!!!! S2000 is my dream car... ditto for the above comments though.

[Kasper Wold]

Hey man! Nice car, but to be honest, It looks a bit parked. (like it wasent your car and you took the picture just passing.) I dont like the horisont angle but other than that its not that bad.

[Clint Faile]

How about these shots? Anything you would do different?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/111/255867830_69f3bb65ee_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/117/255867839_f9155bddc1_b.jpg

[Clint Faile]

Hey man! Nice car, but to be honest, It looks a bit parked. (like it wasent your car and you took the picture just passing.) I dont like the horisont angle but other than that its not that bad.


I see what you mean about being parked. Would you have placed the car different? Maybe not so parallel to the wall? Thanks for the comments.

[Mark Scheuern]

I like that last shot the best. I'm not a fan of that background in that second image; it's just too messy and detracts from the car, IMO. Put the sun visor up (picture 3). I think you have a tendency to want to park too close to your background.

Nice car! I look forward to seeing more.

[John Thawley]

Though the backgrounds are bad in all three... third not so bad.. but not very inpressive, you should pull the car away in any case.

JT

[Clint Faile]

Is there a certain type of background that would look nice. (like dark colors, brick or something like that)

I plan on doing another shoot this weekend b/c I just finished my major detail for the spring. It is shiny!!

[Curtis Barnard]

-Less busy background
-less reflections
-try more angles (like the back of the car and detail shots)
-Pull car away from background
-Try some DOF
-watch out for little details (license plates, sun visors, etc.)
-Try some nature backgrounds maybe

still love the car though

[Kasper Wold]

Hey again Clint! like curtis I think you should try more angles.
In pic #2 the location is interesting but you are too close to it and include it too much i think. Try walking back with a longer lens, like a 200mm.
In picture #3 the location is a bit strange. But you really have nice lighting on the front rim and it really looks good. Try maybe a not so extreme wheel angle. The paint looks a bit weird, like it was outburned and fixed in photoshop?
Im pretty new to static shots myself, and I really advise everyone like me to read Matt's tutorial on car photography: check it out: http://www.mattwatkinson.com/tutorial/
Maybe you should try some late afternoon / nightshots, a white car should be pretty easy to shoot, since, it is, white. Keep it up!

[Kasper Wold]

One more thing, it would be cool to see this car in a doc(like a shipping doc) type location. A kinda Freshly imported honda location concept, with some red containers in the background. Sorry for my 1337 english =D
Here is also some shots of a white s2000 by Easton Chang: http://forums.dieselstation.com/index.php?showtopic=20908

[Clint Faile]

Thanks for the awesome info and tips. The tutorial by Matt Watkinson is very good.

Easton Chang is an excellent photographer and I love the rolling shots of the s2000 he did.
I will post up more photos soon to get more comments from you guy's.

Thanks again