Did some photos with D_Heimbinger in Mare Island. Still an amateur in photography so go easy on me! LOL

 

Awesome!

 

Good shots, a little advice though?

Try not to shoot in mid day, light is too harsh and shadows are too hard to smooth out in post processing.

Try shooting a couple hours before sunset, or if you HAVE to shoot mid day, find shade or partly shaded areas (abandoned warehouses, shaded parking lots, overpasses)

Also with your staging of the cars, try and NOT get straight on. Try and stay towards the front or back corners and vary your height when you shoot.

Like so.. BTW these were shot about an hour before sunset.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370670513/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370670513/, on Flickr

Kinda boring right?

Kneel down…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370558106/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370558106/, on Flickr

putting the camera on the ground or close to it…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370522775/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370522775/, on Flickr

and then finding a trashcan or stepladder…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370594434/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370594434/, on Flickr

Hope this helps!

And the lighting TOTALLY makes all the difference in the world. And IF you can afford it, get Photoshop or at least Lightroom5 to do your PP work.

heres a few I did with LR5
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370446356/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11370446356/]IMG_9642-3[/url, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11035169264/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11035169264/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11035213794/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11035213794/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11035163276/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639058@N08/11035163276/, on Flickr

 

The later ones you are for sure getting better.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3824/1...38ecd1bd_c.jpg

This one I would have squatted down, taken a long walk back and moved a bit to the right. If you use a longer lens it will compress the background making it look a lot closer


It works like this
http://www.photocrati.com/the-curiou...s-compression/