Photo Tips from Rich

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Rich Truesdell of Automotive Traveler has just written a follow up to last month’s Catching the Eye of an Editor. This month he focuses on the dos and don’ts of car photography. He covers setting, lighting, equipment, whether or not to use a flash, and how to do a tracking shot. Given the quality of the many of the pics I see on ride pages at CarDomain, I figured his tutorial might come in handy for some folks here. And maybe I’m biased, but I really liked the ‘66 Charger photo. Check out the full story.

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Rich Truesdell
Apr 17, 2008 at 10:56 pm

GTwildfire, glad you found the article helpful. Where can I see your photos?

GTwildfire
Apr 14, 2008 at 1:08 am

I just took a bunch of pics today of my Firebird. Done a lot of mods and all the pics were in my driveway. It’s a nice driveway, but it’s a driveway.
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I had planned to take the car to a catering place near me, which has a large amount of impressive landscaping and a pavilion and fountain which are in roman or greek styling, but unfortunately the place wasn’t empty, so I dove around looking for a place not far away that had some space and color at least. I settled on a new business park. One of the things that I liked is that the paving has a red tint, so the black accent on the bottom of my car would contrast, and there were forsythia and cherry blossoms in bloom for color.
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The shots turned out phenomenal. I didn’t have a ladder, but I managed to get some great shots. Better yet, it’s a convertible, so there’s a great variety of shots and angles both with the top up and down. Best of all, interior shots were a photographer’s dream.
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I got one shot that is truly outstanding though. Something I think never seen before. I modified the door panels in my Firebird with Acrylic mirror. With both doors open I got a forward shot of the DS door reflecting the PS door reflecting the landscape behind me from the other side of the car. That’s definitely a keeper and completely unique.
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If you read this, check out how my photosession went. I totally re-did my Firebird page, eliminating most older shots and focusing on the car’s present state since so much has happened since I bought it.

elcamino-dude
Apr 11, 2008 at 6:58 pm

thats a awesome article, most of my pictures were quick ones off of my digital camera, once i get mine out of storage for the winter i’m going to take out our good camera and actually try 2 take some better pics, mine mostly suck lol

Highspeedhijinks
Apr 11, 2008 at 6:45 pm

This article was great. I want to delete almost every picture on my page and start over. Half of my shots are ok and the other half are garbage. I cant wait till the leaves get on the trees so I can head out and test out a few choice areas.

atomicalex
Apr 11, 2008 at 6:10 pm

Rob, next time you come out to Detroit, I’ll take you to Red Knapp’s. What a great place for that shot.