Eddie’s E21 Photoshoot

[Niall]

So yesterday, along side Aucky’s Trophy, I did some photos for Eddie of his E21. So here are the photos-

E21 BMW by Niall97, on Flickr

E21 BMW 316i by Niall97, on Flickr

E21 BMW by Niall97, on Flickr

E21 BMW by Niall97, on Flickr

E21 BMW by Niall97, on Flickr

E21 BMW by Niall97, on Flickr

E21 BMW by Niall97, on Flickr

E21 BMW by Niall97, on Flickr

E21 BMW by Niall97, on Flickr

E21 BMW by Niall97, on Flickr

 

[cjgower]

Great photo's mate, lovely car

 

[v15ben]

These are all great shots, Niall.
Really like the reflection shots, but they are all very crisp and a good mix of angles too.

 

[George182]

Wow - just wow

What a gorgeous colour!

 

[Jack-D]

That penultimate shot is awesome! Lovely car too.

 

[Jekyll]

That is simply gorgeous and your pics have topped off a fantastic car.

Great car, great pics

 

[Eddie.]

As said already Niall, I am absolutely made up with these, truly brilliant work.

The second to last one is a properly good photo, I love it.

Thanks very much again.

 

[Heez]

Love the photos, love the car more! Seriously good work and loved the build thread!

 

[Alastair.]

Lovely BM, turned out really nice.

 

[JamesBryan]

That second to last shot is an exceptional use of lighting. Magazine grade work mate :approve:

 

[aucky]

So cool.

Great shots

 

[Ash']

Brilliant shots, i wish i was that handy with a camera.

Ed the car looks great!

 

[Niall]

Thanks guys!

That second to last shot is an exceptional use of lighting. Magazine grade work mate :approve:

Cheers, James

 

[Bobby.]

That has a lot of character for a Beamer, I like. And the shots, well their just amazing!

 

[Owen]

Fantastic shots of an awesome car. Nice work.

 

[Paul172sport]

Fantastic car and fantastic photos too

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Car looks superb and great effort with the photos :approve:

 

[Craig.]

Fantastic pictures, car looks great.

 

[Mr R.]

This car is epic.

I love all of the pictures.

 

[Robiniho77]

Really good shots!

Any chance of a little write up on the shots? How they were taken ect.

Thanks alot

Liam.

 

[Niall]

Really good shots!

Any chance of a little write up on the shots? How they were taken ect.

Thanks alot

Liam.

Well really, there isn’t all that much to it, but here goes-

The car was placed where there were no other cars in the background that could be distracting, it was also placed next to the puddles so that I could achieve the reflections that add a nice element to the image. The car was also placed directly under one of the lights so that it would be lit nicely against the dull background as to make it more prominent, this will also complement the lines and the colour of the car.

Then, once in place I went a fair distance away for the longer shots, with my lens zoomed all the way out at 200mm; the aperture was set to F2.8 to get a nice blur to the background elements to - again - make the car more prominent in the scene. With the Fisheye ones it was the same procedure just a lot closer to the car with it being a very wide angle lens.

As for the settings on the camera, I chose an ISO of (from memory) 800 so that I could have a higher shutter speed to avoid any camera shake. I chose the shutter speed as quite high so that the scene was quite dark to preserve the detail in the highlights and to give the lit lines of the car the dramatic look. This high shutter speed also means - as I said above - that there would be no visible camera shake in the photos.

After all of this it’s just a case of adjustments in Lightroom.

I hope this is useful.

 

[Tutuur]

Awesome car mate!

 

[Scrooge]

Lovely shots, lovely car.

 

[welshname]

Lovely photos. Actually some that do the car justice

Although it's not a 316i

 

[Eddie.]

Yeah he's right Niall (regarding your website)

It's a 316 to be accurate, as it isn't the injected version. It might sound picky, but worth pointing out for accuracy purposes.

 

[Niall]

Ahh right. I’m not that read up on BM’s lol, I’ll change that now.

 

[Tom]

Eddie whats this running? M10 single carb?

 

[Eddie.]

Eddie whats this running? M10 single carb?

Yup.

 

[Djw Dave]

Fantastic shots of a lovely car