Places To Take A Picture Of Your Car

[rtune]

Anyone know a good place to serve as a backdrop for car pictures in sydney?

cobblestones would be great, industrial backdrops also ok, or water ..

No other cars around, and no hassles from authorities if you want to take your time to screw around with a tripod?

[scathing]

What colour is your car? The colour of the car determines what backdrops work.

Not getting hassled, especially in a flash car, is a pain these days. Have a read of this blog post by Charles Kha, editor of AutoSalon Magazine.

Industrial parks are the best, as they're generally deserted on weekends. Unfortunately almost all of them are concrete grey, so if you own a monochrome car (especially silver or white) it doesn't come off the background properly.

As a silver car owner, it's something I constantly struggle with.

Edited January 23, 2009 by scathing

[evil_weevil]

Olympic Park - olympic ave where those blue towers are at night

[siddr20]

I think the best thing to do is go out for a random drive and start finding locations. Thats what i use to do

Everything from car parks to beaches to locations in the city, to under bridges etc etc..

I think my fav spot is still at Sydney art gallery

Here are a few examples from different places.. Just experiement and have fun taking photos

- carparks

- Art gallery

etc etc..

just have some fun

[Sheng]

underneath that bridge near the Argyle.

great location.

[rtune]

What colour is your car? The colour of the car determines what backdrops work.

Not getting hassled, especially in a flash car, is a pain these days. Have a read of this blog post by Charles Kha, editor of AutoSalon Magazine.

Industrial parks are the best, as they're generally deserted on weekends. Unfortunately almost all of them are concrete grey, so if you own a monochrome car (especially silver or white) it doesn't come off the background properly.

As a silver car owner, it's something I constantly struggle with.

It is black, so night shots are a little harder to do properly.

thanks for the tips everyone. I'll post results when I get my new rims on. (I always seem to be waiting for just that one more modification before deciding it is "ready").

[scathing]

Yeah, night shots are a pain in the arse. At least with black, the car comes off concrete backgrounds.

Let me see what I can find in my gallery.

[scathing]

Well lit concrete tunnels

The Rocks (requires late nights during the week, and there are only a few areas this well lit)

[scathing]

Most carparks will do. Solid grey is a non-distracting background, and black comes off pretty well against it.

If it's got bricks and mortar, it should come out OK.

[Bakes]

Blues Point

[scathing]

McMahon's Point is also good, if you go before the sun comes over the horizon.

You can get the Bridge dead on, but you have to get there before it fills with people or the morning sun shines into the camera. By mid morning, forget about it. Way too crowded.

[dori34]

^ ppl in background of the photo adds uniqueness, as long as the car is still the main subject

[scathing]

People in the background just tend to get in the way, I find.

[GTR-N1]

Are there any office buildings with massive glass panels down to ground level & where you can park at the front?

The glass must be clean lol. It should be able to reflect a setting sun rofl.

The car is black pearl. yeh narcissistic

[MaTBoY]

Find some lit alleys with grafitti to back up behind light coloured cars. usually looks the goods.

[MaTBoY]

Find some lit alleys with grafitti to back up behind light coloured cars. usually looks the goods.

[scathing]

Find some lit alleys with grafitti to back up behind light coloured cars. usually looks the goods.

His car is black, but I concur. I forgot that I took these pics of my girlfriend's car when I was scouring my gallery:

You just need to find some graf that is a really light colour - my side on "Sin City" one isn't ideal, even with the stupid flash reflecting off the paint.

Edited February 3, 2009 by scathing

[Bakes]

Awesome Graffitti though!!

[MaTBoY]

skys aren't hard to find.

[rtune]

skys aren't hard to find.

Yeah they worked for me as well. But it was a long way out in the country, and the right

time of day: near sunset.