On a cold winter day, I have a Mercedes Benz G550 photo for you. I took this photo last August with downtown Pittsburgh in the background.
G550
Here is another photo from our August automotive photo shoot. @jasonpohuski, Blair and I spent some time photographing a Ford 150 and this Mercedes G550 in downtown Pittsburgh.
G Wagon
Last weekend, @teamshutterrush (minus one of our members, who will remain unnamed…..Jake!!!!) was in Pittsburgh filming the third episode for our Shutter Rush series on Amazon Prime. If you haven’t watched the first two episodes, please do and while you’re at it, please rate it a “5”.
Anyway, we conducted an urban vehicle shoot with this G Wagon and a bright red Ford 150. I thought the red Ford was ugly, but I know some people will love it and I have to admit, it really popped in the photos. In addition, we completed some cityscape photography, urban exploration and a special photo shoot that is a top-secret surprise we’ll save for the film. Good stuff!!!! It was great to get out with the team and capture some photos since our last Shutter Rush location was photographed/filmed in early March right before the COVID lock downs.
This was my first professional vehicle photo shoot, which was good fun. I’m not super happy with my edits on the photo below, but it was nice learning how to setup the vehicle, lighting and other vehicle photo tips from @jasonpohuski and I look forward to trying this again….
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Self Portrait
I’ve seen this type of photo before and decided I wanted to try it. Last night, I was on the North Shore area of Pittsburgh taking photos with Brad and Dave (I’ll post some of those pictures on another day). In advance, I packed some extra gear so I could try this on the way home. I’d call this a test photo….not the quality I’d like for a final photo.
I knew to do this right I’d need a helper with me. That helper could drive the car while I sat in the back seat taking the photos. From there I could adjust the camera settings and make sure I captured a great photo. Because I didn’t have a helper, I did the best I could with the settings configured in advance. I couldn’t adjust them while driving and I used a remote camera exposure trigger so I could drive without being distracted. I figured I’d get some test shots, so that when I had a helper in the future, the photos would be great. And I was right. Now I am ready to really get this right.
Anyway, I think the test shots turned out pretty good. Certainly, not perfect. What do you think of the photo? Leave a comment to let me know.
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