Photography class practice

[mach1stang]

Hey guys,


For a fine arts credit I am taking a photography class, and I think it may be paying off.

Here are some pictures I took the other day just playing around with the camera settings. And yes I wanted them to be dark like they are.

And I just realized I have yet to post pictures of my new daily driver so I am killing two birds with one stone.

[Vegas69]

I'd keep taking those classes.

[mach1stang]

As in there good or bad?

[Twentyover]

Well, if you WANTED to portray the evening sky w/ the sillouette of yellow chevy P/U, with the sky being the subject, bravo.

If, on the other hand, the P/U was supposed to be something other than a bump on the horizon, it's pictured WAY too dark on my monitor

[dipren443]

As in there good or bad?

Definitely need to work on the composition and lighting a bit (And i know you wanted the pics to be dark). Remember your rule of thirds. Lots of other stuff. How far into the class are you? What equipment are you shooting with?

[dipren443]

Hey guys,

Best shot in the group.

[Vegas69]

As in there good or bad?

Giving you a hard time....little more light.

[86regalss]

maybe next time put the truck by itself, not in front of trees and stuff. thatd probably make the truck stand out more. you can always get into photoshop and start manually adjusting each contrast/ brightness etc. say you wanted the horizon to stand out more....

[mach1stang]

Thaks for all the input.

I agree they are just a bit dark.

I am only three weeks in to my class and last week was the first class that actually covered taking pictures.

I am using a cannon powershot S2 1S.

86regalss, I took these in my backyard and I have nothing but pasture and tree behind me.

[79-TA]

Sunset pictures with cars are tough since you really don't get much light reflecting off of the relevant side of the car. A stable camera and longer exposure time are your best friends here. If that isn't enough, some photoshopping can do wonders.

I got to my location a bit late and it was darker than I would have liked . . . oh well.

[gtoroadracer]

First of all you are trying, which is great, photography is an art and it takes a lot of practice and experimenting. Also having really good equipment helps to. When trying to shoot things in low lighting you want to make sure you are using a tripod and slow the shutter speed down a step or two to capture more light. If you slow it down too much you will loose the colorful sunset, this is where experience and experimenting comes in. I have been taking pictures since the age of 7 and here are a few samples of low light pictures, some with and some without light on the close up object In low lighting you have to luminate the object you are trying to capture close to you by either natural or artifical light. Keep practicing, I hope this helps.

[caper150]

I did the same thing,I did mine the old fashion way 35mm and black and white, yours look ok, you need to work on exposure time and back ground, even though there are trees, thats ok just don't have them growing out of the truck. I focused mine on cars and my old job. some were taken in the early morning. Heres a couple:


this was at about 6 am captruing one of my guys walking into the shop, I was going for light and shadows here.


another of the paint booths at work capturing lights and shadows



another showing how light can add effects to a pic,my favorite.

Hope these help a little. Oh BTW I had to develop and print all my own pics, thought it would be a breeze class, turned out to be alot of work but very rewarding