How to take beautiful photos of your car, even with a smartphone.

Porsche 911GT3
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Commitment to photos of your car

I get messages, comments, etc. on my blog daily.Beautiful photos of the cars listed.I am often asked to take pictures for the blog. Most of the photos on the blog are taken by my husband, who routinely

Photographs are very important in website management. It affects not only the image of the site, but also whether or not people will want to read the articles.

He said.

Also, my husband was at one time a "I want to take beautiful pictures of the night view and my car.He said.Panamera and night view photos, ,Photo of Boxster and night view, ,GT3 and night view photosI used to go out at night to take pictures of the "Mere Old Man" at night. Also, when I would go touring, I would go to the "Are you some kind of news crew?I bring so much photographic equipment that I want to say, "I'm going to take a lot of pictures" (laughs).

It has been worthwhile, and twice so far, Porsche Japan has introduced photos taken by my husband on twitter.

And the other day, my husband's sister bought her first car in her life.

What the hell does this guy want to take pictures of? All the ones he sends me show the car out of focus.There is not a single photo that shows the entire car satisfactorily.It's a waste of time when you can take good pictures with today's iPhones because of their high quality.
Of course, you can take even better pictures with a good camera, but I think composition is more important than the quality of the camera.

and he gave me some pointers on how an amateur can take beautiful and cool pictures with a smartphone.(Let's not talk about lenses, compression effects, etc. this time.)I would like to write an article about that today.

The key to taking beautiful pictures of your car

My husband says, "I just kind of shoot it, so I can't see it. That's why every time I take a picture, I say, 'I'm going to take a picture.What do you want to photograph?It is important to take a picture after properly thinking about the 'what is the best way to do it,'" he said. On that basis, I would like to introduce some key points.

Take a picture of the entire car

First of all, we must find the "Is the entire car in the picture, or is anything missing?It is important to make sure to take a picture of "the car". Of course, there are cases where you dare to take a picture that is not seen or to take a partial picture, but that is very difficult, so it is better to simply try to take a picture of the entire car first.

Vertical photos can be posted on Twitter these days, but while you are still getting used to taking photos of cars, it is easier to get a clean photo that includes the entire car if the camera is set horizontally to match the horizontal silhouette of the car.

Porsche 911GT3 Touring

That being said, I looked at the pictures I used to take when I had no idea about composition...

Porsche Panamera Edition

Porsche 911 (Type 991)

Mercedes-Benz SLK350

It's out of order... (-_-)

At the time, I didn't pay any attention to it, but I realized that when you just kind of take a picture, it often ends up like this, unexpectedly.

Don't blur too much for the sake of stylishness.

On the iPhone, if you shoot with the portrait function, you can take a stylish photo with blurring, butIf you are too conscious of blurring, the whole image may be too blurred, and you may not know where to focus and what you wanted to capture.It seems.

So, before blurring or trying to be cool.An orthodox and clean overall view of the car.He said it is important to be aware of this.

Make good use of margins

In car photography, the use of margins other than the car is an important point. Depending on how the margins are used, still photos can have depth and movement.

For example, if you are taking a photo of a car right next to a car, it is good to put the car in the center of the photo, but taking many margins in the direction of travel or on either side of the car will give the photo a different look.

Porsche Boxster GTS

Also, by showing a large number of roads in the direction of travel, the photographer can aim for an effect of adding depth to the picture.

I see.

Turn off the steering wheel and stop.

When the steering wheel is turned and the car is parked with the tires seen at an angle, it gives the car a sense of dynamism.

This is a common technique found in automotive magazines and within media articles.

Also, by changing the angle of steering depending on the landscape or road where the car is parkedIt's like, "I'm about to start running." "Drifting."They are able to produce a

Tilt the camera to take a picture

Even a casual snapshot can be made cool by simply tilting the camera. If you take a picture with the camera straight up, you will get a still image like the one below, but if you take a picture with the camera down, you will get a still image like the one below.

Porsche Cayman

Just by tilting the camera, you can see the movement and feel the car come alive, which is cool.

When taking a picture of the driver's seat, put the B pillar on the edge.

If you want to take a picture of the driver's seat, include the B-villar at the edge of the composition.This is said to take pictures with depth, as if you are looking into the interior of the car right now. When the steering wheel is in focus, the B-pillar blurs on its own, but care must be taken not to focus on the B-pillar by mistake.

My husband said, "Mr. XX, a Porsche owner I know, is very good at this technique. He is very good at this method.When I look at your Instagram, the composition of all your photos is beautiful.It's wonderful."

I borrowed the photo from his/her Instagram.

You're right, it's crazy beautiful.

Referring to a photo in an automobile magazine

My husband is a

I am not a professional photographer, so I can't speak highly of myself, and since I often fail to take photos that I am satisfied with, I am still learning. I think it is a good idea to refer to car magazines and car media to improve the quality of your photos.
The photos are taken by professionals, so they are very beautiful, and I learn a lot from them.

He said.

I am not very particular about my photos and always just take the whole picture, but now that I have been introduced in an article like this, I think I will try to be a little more creative in the future.

Mina.

Mother of three children, and the owner of the Porsche blog "A Porsche Came to Our House". Until a few years ago, I was not interested in cars at all, but when my husband bought a Porsche, I became...

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