American Vintage Bicycle Supply
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Anyone have any tips on what makes a good picture of a bike....let me know what ya got!
Taking pics!!!
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Some things to keep in mind when photographing your bike are:
Watch your background. Try and find as uncluttered of a background as you can. People,cars other bikes back there make it hard to focus on your bike.
Along with this is to keep the focus on the bike by limiting the depth of field. Shoot as wide open on the lens as you can will allow the background to go soft and really make the bike stand out. (lots of info on this on the web)
Time of day can make a big difference. Early in the morning or late afternoon is usually the nices light. The light then is a lot softer so shadows are not so deep black and the nice sparkle from the chrome(highlights) will have some detail in it.
One more, Unusual angles. Anything photographed from standing height is usually boring. Bikes in my opinion seem to look the nieces from a lower angle.
Hope this helps.
http://www.stevensgregory.com/Steven_S_ ... lcome.html
Watch your background. Try and find as uncluttered of a background as you can. People,cars other bikes back there make it hard to focus on your bike.
Along with this is to keep the focus on the bike by limiting the depth of field. Shoot as wide open on the lens as you can will allow the background to go soft and really make the bike stand out. (lots of info on this on the web)
Time of day can make a big difference. Early in the morning or late afternoon is usually the nices light. The light then is a lot softer so shadows are not so deep black and the nice sparkle from the chrome(highlights) will have some detail in it.
One more, Unusual angles. Anything photographed from standing height is usually boring. Bikes in my opinion seem to look the nieces from a lower angle.
Hope this helps.
http://www.stevensgregory.com/Steven_S_ ... lcome.html
American Vintage Bicycle Supply
Double Nickle
+1Markm said:
This seems to be perfect for every picture i take...jerrykr said:
broad shots (in the macro setting) are the coolest. like this:
I like those too.
Determine where in the frame your camera is going to focus (usually set to center), aim that point at what you want to be in focus,
probably the car emblems in these,
half press the shutter and after the camera beeps or otherwise notifies you that it has focused, hold the half shutter press
then if you want to recompose, you can while holding the focus you just did.
Then full press to get the picture.
Edited to add: In general with any autofocus camera, you should think of taking your pictures in 2 steps. Half-press the shutter to let the camera focus, then full press the shutter to take the picture. This is especially important in low light situations. If you hold the camera as steady as possible during the full press of the shutter, you will get very few blurry pictures.
Hope that helps.
Determine where in the frame your camera is going to focus (usually set to center), aim that point at what you want to be in focus,
probably the car emblems in these,
half press the shutter and after the camera beeps or otherwise notifies you that it has focused, hold the half shutter press
then if you want to recompose, you can while holding the focus you just did.
Then full press to get the picture.
Edited to add: In general with any autofocus camera, you should think of taking your pictures in 2 steps. Half-press the shutter to let the camera focus, then full press the shutter to take the picture. This is especially important in low light situations. If you hold the camera as steady as possible during the full press of the shutter, you will get very few blurry pictures.
Hope that helps.
