Help a Complete Newbie Photo Some TVR's

[davM]

Right, I got myself a Nikon D40 the other day. I've had a flick through the manual and a quick read on here, but i'm struggling to get any better shots then what you can get using the presets.

I'm at a TVR meet on sunday and I'm basically looking for any settings or advice I could use to get some decent snaps of some nice cars.

Anyone help at all?

 

[dick]

go and buy a 50mm 1.8 lens. put it in S or T or Tv or something mode, take photos, if too much of the car is out of focus scroll the aperture to a highter number... ie... 1.8 makes a smaller depth of field than 10.

 

[JJ!]

Is it indoor or outdoor??
If its indoor bump up the iso to 800
Sunny outdoors... 200 with auto iso activated
Overcast outdoors... 400 with auto iso activated

Moving shots... as a newbie... put it in to sport mode, works a treat if you dont know what your doing!

 

[davM]

Its outdooors, hopefully sunny

Cant imagine me needing to take any moving shot either really.

 

[Rasclart]

go and buy a 50mm 1.8 lens. put it in S or T or Tv or something mode, take photos, if too much of the car is out of focus scroll the aperture to a highter number... ie... 1.8 makes a smaller depth of field than 10.

He has a Nikon.

The settings are M, A, S

 

[davM]

What he said ^

 

[theduck]

Composition, Composition, Composition.

 

[Adams_16v]

i bought the nikon D40/D40x field guide book from amazon. pretty damn good! It learns you all about photography, how to shoot different shots, what settings etc, but its aimed at the D40/D40x obviously which makes it easier to follow for us n00bs!

Iv learnt a fair bit already from it already!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect...chghs-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=6738

 

[dick]

i bought the nikon D40/D40x field guide book from amazon. pretty damn good! It learns you all about photography, how to shoot different shots, what settings etc, but its aimed at the D40/D40x obviously which makes it easier to follow for us n00bs!

Iv learnt a fair bit already from it already!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect...chghs-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=6738

i find that hard to belive, it may teach you all about photography though.

 

[Adams_16v]

find what hard to believe?

 

[Clio_Bus]

I did i mini shoot for a friend on his vxr, look for features on the car - Lead in`s and composition!

avoid reflections of yourself and others in the car and avoid masts etc sticking out in the background and also distractions, Dont worry if its not sunny really cloudy days can give GREAT effects! and if you have one use a tripod and i would reccomend shooting in RAW.

heres i few samples of what i did

ASW

 

[Clio_Bus]

I did i mini shoot for a friend on his vxr, look for features on the car - Lead in`s and composition!

avoid reflections of yourself and others in the car and avoid masts etc sticking out in the background and also distractions, Dont worry if its not sunny really cloudy days can give GREAT effects! and if you have one use a tripod and i would reccomend shooting in RAW.

heres i few samples of what i did

ASW

 

[Clio_Bus]

they are just lo res images