Hi Member's,
We all love to see pictures of Monte Carlo's & Super Cars.
Below is one article I found that has some decent advice to take pictures...

Please post your advice or information that you have on How to Take Good Pictures of Cars ? & especially the Chevrolet Monte Carlo


At some point in time of your car's ownership you might want to take some photos in remembrance of it — whether it is for your personal reference or to use in advertisements to sell your car.

You can always engage a professional photographer to help you take the photos, of course, but if you are on a shoestring, you can attempt doing the photoshoot yourself.


Kind friends might loan you their DSLRs, along with additional camera equipment, but there are several good digital camers in the market these days — like the Canon Powershot S95 — that produce equally high-quality shots.

Having worked with lots of photographers in my line of automotive journalism work and dabbling in amateur photography myself, I have some tips on how to get good shots of your car.

Specialised automotive photographer Adrian Wong (Vanq Photography) and Jay Joel Ong, founder of drive-in car photography studio Ode to Studio share some advice, too.

1. Proper planning is essential
Taking the camera and driving out to a random spot to do the shoot is possible, but if you want to capture a good automotive photo, Ong advises that you plan ahead. Simply because — if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Unpredictable events such as the weather will be beyond your control though.

2. Take note of photoshoot prime time
For an outdoor shoot, Wong recommends that the best times of the day would be in the morning between 7am to 10am or in the late afternoon from 4pm to 6pm, as the sunlight at these times are not too harsh.

3. Keep background clean and simple
Cars with glossy paint (especially black) are very reflective. As a result, details of the car will be lost under harsh lighting and shooting outdoors might also call for unwanted reflections on the car. A busy background will draw attention away from your car, so choose a wall, a field, some foliage or a scenic landscape.

4. Work the angles
Get down on your knees to get the best angle. The camera should be level with the front wheel or bonnet of the vehicle for that professional look. Extreme or aggressive angles work well for sports cars.

5. Variety is key
The best and easiest angle, as Wong says, is a three-quarter view from the front and back. If you are taking photos of your car because you want to sell it or you want to remember it as it is, then you might want to include the back, side, front and inside too.

6. Get back inside
According to Ong, car commercials are usually shot in a studio, so the lighting can be controlled, unwanted reflections from outdoor elements can be eliminated and details of the car can be brought out. If you are not satisfied with your attempts at shooting the car or prefer to leave the hard work to the professionals.

 

Thanks for the tips space!
Pics of any monte, no matter how taken, look amazing to me

 

Good to know! planing on doing a photo shoot of Sally and the Deuce this summer.

 

I just kinda keep snapping soem and delte the ones that are really bad lol

 

Don't even compromise on anything that isn't a dSLR these days. You can EASILY get a base model dSLR for $400, with a lens, memory card, case, etc.

No need to get a point and shoot if you are serious.

Also you NEED to know how to do post-processing. Letting the camera convert the RAW image files to a JPEG is never a good idea.

 

Mod `Mike,
As alway, thanks for sharing your knowledge with everyone...$400 is a high price for many, but I'm learning you really get what you pay for 4-Sure

I hope someday to have a good camera & learn how to take good pictures....I have so many dreams to work on...I better get back to work ~>

 

I have to disagree Mike.

With how good those point and shoots are now a days, they take similar quality shots to a DSLR. I've played with both and unless you're getting lenses for each specific type of shot you want to take.

For amateur people just taking random pictures, a point and shoot is fine, with some higher megapixels. Learning to edit will help you out also.

A lot of it is knowing how to use your camera also, if you're good at angles and lighting, you can take as good or better pictures than someone with a DSLR and equal or less experience or knowledge.

 

I can personally recommend either an iPhone(especially the 4 and 4s, they take great pictures), or any of the Panasonic DMC-ZS#(i.e. DMC-ZS3, DMC-ZS7, DMC-ZS8), because both of them will allow you to take both great pictures, and great videos with a good sound quality. The DMC-ZS# series will do better with sound on videos. I personally own both an iPhone 3GS and a Panasonic DMC-ZS8.

 

I'll have to try a couple of these out. If only it were nice out

 

really though if you're going to edit and stuff you should try for at least 8 MP and optical zoom.

cell phones take decent pictures but they're still a cell phone and usually the lens on cell phones aren't that great.