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Category: Sports Photograph: Bert de Bruin “audi” The contrast of the red versus white in this photograph of an Audi race car is simply stunning. By keeping the car at eye level, Bert has done a wonderful job with composition,
Category: Sports Photograph: Jesse Pells “Dream Racing Motorsport – Lamborghini Huracan GT3” I love the elegance and tone to Jesse’s photograph, as it highlights a stark contrast between the car and the rest of the scene. The car just “pops”
Category: Sports Photography Photograph: “Drift Honda S2000” by Tomas Salinka Tomas’ ability to capture the motion of the Honda car really makes this photo shine. While the car is kept perfectly in-focus and sharp, the smoke surrounds it, making for a surreal look. Originally
Whenever you photograph a still life or product, using soft backlight is a good place to start and car interiors are simply well composed still life arrangements. Try this technique for a simple one light setup that can kickstart your
Timelapses are really cool ways to show time progression and I love to create one or two in every city I travel to. Over the summer, I had a short stay at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta and shot a really cool timelapse of car streaks outside the hotel. It didn’t take long and was a lot of fun to produce.
Take advantage of all that the GoPro HERO has to offer: learn how to get unique, interesting angles for your shoots when working with a car in this tutorial. Watch more at. Thanks to LensRentals.com for the gear support as
I’ve begun to experiment with hyperlapse. This is essentially the shooting of a timelapse from a moving vehicle. My desire was to be able to shoot from a moving vehicle while hands-free. I also wanted the ability to capture shots
I think whoever invented the idea for HDR software must have been a car guy who wanted to make it simpler to show off his beautiful cars. Cars are such ideal subjects for HDR techniques because they always have bright
Make sure you don’t miss a single Photofocus post – point your feed reader to the free Photofocus RSS Feed here and subscribe. NOTE: This piece was cross-posted at my car-related site CarLoves.com. It appeared there as a three-part diary
Guest Post and images by Leon Stok NOTE: Cross Posted at Carloves.com (Author’s Note: Please be aware the my experience is limited to Gran Turismo 5 and I’ll keep my story limited to GT5 to prevent any mistakes there, though
Post & Photo by Joe Farace Often when Im a guest on the Photofocus Podcast, I get questions about photographing racecars and while almost all of those questions revolve around capturing action on the track, thats only part of the
Guest Post & Photo by Joe Farace There is an old racers expression that goes: Theres no substitute for cubic inches. Translating that into advice for drag racing photography turns it into Theres no substitute for millimeters of focal length.
National Parks at Night hold night photography workshops that provide top-shelf education both in the classroom and in the field, and are arguably the best in the world at doing so. So when they decided to create a Night Photo
Pre-photography, I spent the first 15 years of my adult life supporting people with special needs in various capacities. I loved what I did, and it was incredibly rewarding. I cared for my students and clients dearly, and they were
Note: This post is from our book Develop Great Images in Lightroom (available for iBooks). Often when I crop, its all about precision. I frequently need to crop to a specific aspect ratio. Sometimes it’s for the screen (video projects and
I recently had a friend ask me what the difference is between underexposing and image and overexposing. Why do you do it and when? Is there a rule to follow when exposing your images? Underexposed Let’s start with the basics.
Like most photographers, I’m always looking for the right location, the right angle, the perfect light and the right moment to make the photograph. Whether I’m traveling abroad or walking around Boston, near my studio, one of my favorite times
With the pandemic still ongoing, a lot of us are still unable to travel far for landscape photography. But, we can instead take advantage of the extra time to hone our editing skills. This will especially apply to beginners who
Corey Rich is an acclaimed photographer, director and teacher, best known for his adventure photography. As a college student in the mid-90s, Rich began documenting the sport he loved, rock climbing. This hobby initiated a long and successful adventure photography
I took the time to read comments on this site, as well as a few other sites, and found that there are some terms that need some clarification for use in the photo world. Some are quite comical, and some
I’ve long been a square filter user when it comes to wide-angle lenses. But when it came to my new Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 lens for my Sony kit, I now had a second option — rear filters. I was lucky
I adore using curves and using curves layers in Adobe Photoshop. I think I use that one tool more than any other! It’s quick and easy, and can make such a difference with little effort. Going beyond the ‘S’ curve
