10 Car Photography Tips! (How to Start for beginners!)

In this video, I'm going to be going over 10 tips on how to start doing car photography! I'm also going to show you what it was like on my first photoshoot with a car and how I was able to take some awesome images!

Time Stamps so you don't have to watch me talk for so long:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Research
(how to figure out composition, lighting, editing style)
1:45 Location
(how to find cool locations and why it's important)
3:28 Have a shot list
(what is a shot list, why it's important, and how to make one with examples)
4:37 CPL filter
(what it is and why you need one)
5:20 How to get a car
7:02 What gear to use
7:54 Use a telephoto lens
8:48 Depth of field
(why you shouldn't shoot at low apertures)
9:48 Know your background
(make sure you have a clean background)
10:30 Don't over edit
(get your colours right)

To see the rest of my Corvette photos check out my IG: @justinfocus_media
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[pandi]

Great tips man, i will shoot my first car soon and the shot list makes it a lot easier and i will go there much more confident.Thanks man, keep up the good work!

[smileyinchicago]

Now I’m gonna take a photo of a Jeep at a grocery store 🕺🏻

[TokyoShutterSpeed]

Awesome tips man. Love the one about car meets, perfect environment to approach car owners! Just takes a bit of courage lol

[heatherlindsay]

Hi, I have just volunteered to take photos of a friends car and your tips to help me get started have been great. I am now looking forward to it when actually I was a little bit nervous.

[zachwebber]

We need a bunch more car photography vids dawg!!

[rocker]

Great job and really good information. Because of this video I subscribed and will be watching more of your videos!!

[creyetivemedia]

The shots of Corvette looks super awesome.

[mgm_coma]

Very good tips! Especially the aperture and editing ones. Listen up people this dude knows his stuff!

[quranstories]

I have a Canon m50 mark ll camera and a 50mm lens. What is the appropriate lens for photographing cars wider than 50mm for a small amount because I do not have enough budget?

[yroslavuvarov]

Wow I've never thought about the f4 thing i always assumed lowest would be better. Awesome video

[rayray]

Great video man! Going to be utilizing these tools!

[m.allmark]

Good stuff mate, great on google maps being able to add a location to a list on the app as well so you can have all your car photography locations in one place :)

[jayvel-qf]

question if one doesn't have such a great camera ( Kodak pixpro az405 ) will I still be able to use a cpl filter?? or is there no such attachment to specific camera cus I haven't found anyone on the net to this question

[Mani_DS]

Great tips man thank you! One question I had was how do you go about getting the close up shots (for example the car emblem)? As in do you set your camera to a certain mode or do you just shoot in manual, use a high aperture, get close and nail the focus using spot focus ? Thanks again man I got a practice shoot next week and just needed some help.

[THEBIGKHUN]

Is my canon rebel t6 kit Lenses good enough to use at max focal length 55mm I believe

[albert]

This may be the most useful of these videos I've seen ! Thanks mate

[G-Arias]

I just finished watching Chris Hau's video on shooting cars and I have those exact same screenshots in my notes as well 🤣

[noblesseoblige]

Subscribed. I love the idea of using telephoto lens. I personally shoot mine on 80mm FF equivalent.

[ducatitastic]

A lot of good solid information here Justin, thanks for sharing.

[m.moffat]

Great video I’m looking to start doing photography and have had a surprisingly hard time finding what I need to do to even just start