Question on a Photo Idea

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Submitted By: rlowery

Joined: Mar 13 2006

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Question on a Photo Idea

Posted: March 13, 2006 - 12:47pm

I'm new to this forum but I'm not new to photography. I love playing around with new ideas that come to me. But recently, my boyfriend and I have come to a stand still with a photo we want to do. I own a Nikdon D50 and we were wanting to do a photo shoot of his car [05 Acura RSX-S] as it was driving but wanted everything in the background to be clear, just show that his wheels were moving.

We tried this in SEVERAL places [track, parking deck..] and each time the photos just came out too blurred. He wants to think that its b/c I dont have a good enough lens which I don't think thats the case. I want to say maybe its the lighting?

They do this in professional car photos all the time and he shows his car so he wants Nice looking photos of it in action.

Is there any way anyone can help me out or maybe suggest something I could do differently? Or is this a photoshop technique??? I'm sure I can play around with it in photoshop, but that's not what I'm trying to achieve here. Thank you for any help you may be able to offer

Submitted By: David B. Brooks

Joined: Apr 19 2011

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Re: Question on a Photo Idea

Posted: March 13, 2006 - 1:10pm

Rachael,

If the car is moving at any significant speed at all, you have to pan (move the camera's angle with the car's movement) to obtain a sharp image if you also want to get a blur in the wheels (moderate shutter speed like 1/60-1/125thsecond). That will blur the back ground. What you probably see in published photos is that the car has been selected out in Photoshop and dropped (pasted) into a new back ground.

If you shoot at a high enough shutter speed (1/1000th second) to get both car and background sharp, the wheels will be sharp too.

Submitted By: rlowery

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Re: Question on a Photo Idea

Posted: March 13, 2006 - 1:36pm

Thanks! I probably should have done my research before I posted such a newbie question. I was searching online and found a useful link showing how to pan stuff and the different shutter speeds that would work well on certain objects. As soon as I get off work today, I am going to play with my camera and see if I can make any of this happen. lol.

Thank you so much