Photography Tutorial - How to photograph a fast car in motion

[invisibleWushu]

that was brilliant man !! did you use a fast or slow shutter speed ??

[dude2106]

Uhhh I love that! Very simple, but the result is amazing! Now I just need a tripod!

Oh well and a good looking car. One day!

[CooookieMonster12]

Wow! Brilliant! Never thought of doing that, I usually think of just editing it cause im not that much a pro photographer, I'm just a very beginner and I love photography. but what's the settings u used? uuhm heheh dad didnt allow me to push his car. :)))

[iTouchiPodz]

can u please list your setting exposure ect?

[GUenterprisesLLC]

What settings did you use?

[pianoman6639]

Brilliant and I would never have thought of this brilliant and yet simple idea ,and another great tuition thanks

[PhotographersOnUTube]

I have taken a ton of motion blur pictures but never tried with a car. This seems like a good idea.

Now if I could get a nice convertible from somewhere lol

[Mwad3Gram]

ابداع شكرا لك على المعلومة

[antropoloscar]

exeelnt idea

[photoexposed]

When buying a camera I'd still say, as I do in the video fro buying is dslr, that the best camera is the one that feels the most comfortable. It may sound silly but a 12 year old's hands will probably be smaller than an adult's so when picking a camera for them - it would be best to let them try holding a couple to see what sort of size would be best. If you want it to be a surprise then just bear this in mind.

[buthy13]

@laptop503 does age really matter? :S

[jioboi]

i like it! cool idea!!

[BX02]

Pretty cool...pretyy safe at that spped..I dont know why people are saying youre going to ruin your gear..not at that speeds...but I really like that effect..

[achilles1963]

This is what photography is all about...ingenuity...I love it and I might use the technique even though I don't have my hands on such a beauty.

[N6600]

don't worry about the 20 dislikers and other haters, man! this is a brilliant idea, has common sense and practicality into it. these folks just could not accept the fact that after all that they've studied or done, they were out-witted by a long shot with this simple trick! :)

[AdurianJ]

That's superb

[vp2020vp2020]

I love the creative brilliance of this

[vmm087]

genio!!!!!

[aemravan]

by far one of the most amature ways of doing motion photography.... get yourself some suction cups

[HavardFandrem]

@aemravan Not amature, just a hell of a lot cheaper. I mean, why buy suction cups if you're just going to use them once?

[aemravan]

the idea behind the shot is very basic, but the technique you use is far from acceptable to my standards, and im not a professional photographer.

If you are comfortable to run along side of a couple of hundred of dollars (in the least) of camera equipment, then by all means, keep doin what you're doin, or you can do what any real car photographer should do and get some suction cups, i would NEVER let you put your tripod on my car like that, take a look at my link to see what im talkin about

[photoexposed]

@aemravan Yes I take your point - it is very basic and I kinda like that. However the tripod has soft rubber pads so it won't slip or damage the paint and the car's going so slowley you can always grab the camera before it falls.

[NLS87]

@aemravan it's not the way you do it, it's the results.

And the results speak from themselves...

[BX02]

@aemravan Oh please..can you be more posh..and how do you amke sense..èby your standardsÈ,,but youère not a photographer...so in fact you dont have any standards for this type of work..and protecting your car paint is not a standard

[zousanai]

nice tutorial :D

thanks

[andreipetunin]

That's just awesome!

[vijay365panchal]

THANK YOU SIR THE LAST POINT IS REALLY AWESOME WE appreciated THAT

[smithyswim]

genious!

[neverhood311]

Wow, that's impressive. Very creative. And I'm glad you trust that tripod on that car because I wouldn't.

[MrLallaboy]

Please could you put some details. Settings you used for the cam.

[hawker7886]

Noob shot

[kanjitard]

Genious

[Katalyzt]

★★★★★

[soloseb]

Brilliant! But I do see allot of enthusiasts breaking their daddy's camera :-)

[suutari13]

I am not impressed

[adamziaja]

sdasd

[johannes914]

Brilliant

[pokteak]

thats a brilliant idea mate!!!

[JJtheJaxartosaurus]

Just curious, why'd you move it backwards?

[danezero8]

@JJtheJaxartosaurus i think.. to make the background blur..

[EphotozineJr]

@JJtheJaxartosaurus because then he could take the photography without having to hide and so that he could keep pushing the car, i agree on your idea i mean he could of used a tri pod which would stick to the bonnet and allow him to drive forwards.

hope that answered your Q.

[johnnyinengland]

@EphotozineJr Hmmm - I don't agree - driving means engine, means a whole lot of vibration which would probably ruin the shot. I think that's the reason he went the manual mode :)

[Hadassah28]

Would have liked to know your settings, but I love the creative brilliance of this. Thanks.

Except for the running alongside the camera; I suspect a novice might knock the camera off the hood. How about a longer self-timer...and press the shutter before the car begins to move?

[photoexposed]

If you press the shutter before the car moves you could cause camera shake and blur the whole picture - that's why I used the self timer. I didn't mention the settings because they'll be different for you depending on light levels. Just use the smallest aperture and slowest ISO you can and combine that with ND filters to get a shutter speed of half second or more. :-)

[88killsyou]

if you really want to get into it you could always have a remote...

[joyx81]

is dangerous to take a picture

[carlosisapimp]

fail

[seomoz]

how's that thing called which he puts on the hood?

[ThePhotogem]

a tripod

[N6600]

this technique works even better and SAFER if we have remote shutter release. hastily pressing the camera shutter while the car is moving may cause problems, costly problems at that..

[fret2424]

Using the camera's timer works in a pinch if you don't have a remote shutter.

[fret2424]

How about shutter speed, aperture, and ISO?

I'm guessing that to get the blur, you used a slower shutter, but in daylight that may be a problem (even with the polarizing filter). To help this, I'm guessing that a very low ISO (like around 80) and closed aperture (f22 maybe) was used?

Of course if you can't get a good blur effect, it could be done in photoshop.

[byrnesy2007]

i believe you may be right :)

[ghenady2]

so simple...

[andrehellm13]

search "panning" if you want to know how to photograph a moving car. best possible with a dslr

[andrehellm13]

im gonna do it

[SuperDwang]

uhhh change the title?.....

[stratwarrior]

oh god what sneaky bastards.

[0oApanzo0]

u really dont love ur camera. lol XP

i scare if it would fall down XD

[KINGT3AM]

hahaha amazing way .. push the car hahaha

[xjoncamposx]

You know what. This technique is fucking amazing. Favorited.

[aliffirwan]

it works..haha

[presnillajones]

didn't really tell me how to photograph a moving car

[jayeshchoudhari]

cool

[33nos33]

cool

[stanleynaits]

Wow. That was a great way of capturing a moving car! Anyways what kind of car is that if I may ask?

[knaggsy70]

its a Triumph Stag, classic 70's british sports car, probably why its not running!

[photoexposed]

You got it :-)

[photoexposed]

@knaggsy70 You're not wrong! They were a lovely car but were very good at going wrong!

[skskumaran]

I thought you had the engine off to stop the vibration.

[Red0Squirrel]

They had, it was just rolling.

[AxelVonGardan]

Veri nice tip, thank you very much! =)

[permesta]

how about the wind effect ....??

thanks...!!

[l33thustla]

He doesn't have gas for the car haha

[photoexposed]

You're not far wrong - we had to do this in one take (no second chance) because the car had broken down just as we arrived!

[l33thustla]

:-) Sixt sense lol!

[Hybrid93Hatch]

Much cheaper than building / installing a rig.  I'm going to give this a try!

[jeffersonco1]

That was good. I liked Rob,.....but a typical woman driver.

[dirtchamp2001]

hi i just want ask what is the shutter speed did you used in this take?1/15? or lower?

[photoexposed]

about 1/2 or 1/4 second I think

[elkdf20]

haha, good job man, nice tip

[bmxmyway]

great idea!! I want to try this! haha

[anahomed]

good idea

[JereHakala]

Oh wow, that was the last way I thought someone would have taken such picture :D

[Guli1415]

nice 1 there..

thx for sharing

[libanlibanliban]

Awesome trick man, thanks for sharing.

[HossamSays]

nice one

[salvoabc]

please which is the brand of mini tripod

thanks

greetings and

congratulation

hi salvo

[photoexposed]

This one's a little Nikon one - sorry don't know what the model number is. I got it out of the bin at my friend's shop. He threw it away because it has a broken leg!!

Any small tripod will do though.

Thanks for your interest

Mike

[Marvin16x]

great! cool idea!

[mihogo]

Awesome!

[KillerKay25]

looks riskyyyy!!!!

[bewoelkung]

This is brilliant. Thanks for the good tip.

[russiantundrabear]

Thanks for the idea, sir! Before I though that the only way to do such things is a rig... I have one cabrio owner in mind, on whom I could try this technique. I wonder what the result will be!

[cabonekat]

your good idea...i love it..!!

[Lilkiwiguy87]

Another way to get it done without stepping out of the car...

Four things: Duct tape, tripod, camera, and remote cable.

Duct tape the tripod very well to the car hood, put a ND filter, put in for 10-30 seconds, and trigger the camera from the driver's seat. :)

[itsumonihon]

that doesn't work with still photography, the vibrations of the car will result in a very fuzzy image. the panels of a car vibrate enough to make it look terrible. works fine for video though. there are purpose built suction cups for that kind of thing that also work for dslr's but generally exposures less than a few seconds.

[photoexposed]

Sorry to disagree with you but it works great with still photography. The ony way you'll get vibration is if you push the car too fast, have the engine running or use a cheap wobbly tripod!

Best wishes...

Mike

[itsumonihon]

i suppose it was a misunderstanding, i was thinking he'd be trying that while the car is moving at full speed (which is why i mentioned video). if the car is off and moving slowly like in this video it'll work fine.

[robb1138]

thats pretty cool :D

[Junr34]

COOL!!!

[regxjin]

for real.. what's the point on giving a tip when you didn't explain the shutter speed or the aperture setting?

[photoexposed]

Hi - I'd have to know what light you're shooting in to give you an exact exposure. Use a slow shutter speed (1/2 to 2 sec to blur the background) which will automatically dictate the smallest aperture you can get on your lens. If you can't get a slow enough speed try shooting it at twilight when there's not so much light about. The only way to get this kind of shot right is to go out and experiment with it.

[jdmlas]

cool.. but u dont need to push your car, just start to roll slovly with it.. need to know how to use the clutch steady.. :))

[photoexposed]

Hi jdmlas - You've got to do it with the engine off (or have a car with a silky smooth motor)because the vibration will cause camera shake and blur the picture.

[gcarlin92]

what was the exif data on this, i think that wud be the best of help. i just tried it but i cant get a slow enough shutter speed to see blur that doesnt become waaay to bright. did you use a grad filter cus thats the only way i can see how this cud work.

[photoexposed]

Hi gcarlin92. You've either got to cut the light down with a filter if it's bright, or shoot it at a time of day when the light level's low. Mike

[MadEuro]

nice nice ive always done it form a nother car but i like this idea thax for the sharing

[purefilmphoto]

Very cool...the best photographers addapt...

[Scharpie]

Great video! Shows just how simple taking a picture like that really is! ... now all I need is a polarizer!

[heelflip93]

thxs

[LumpyHippo]

What was the shutter speed set to?

[photoexposed]

Hi LumpyHippo. About half a second to one second should work fine.

[achal89]

sir in ur comments u have adviced other guys to click such photograph at low shutter speed...bt thn wont the pic gets blurd even on a tripod?..dont we need a faster shutter speed to clcik such actions in motions?

[photoexposed]

No. If the car and camera are moving together at the same speed the car will be sharp and the background blurred. If you use a fast speed then the background won't blur. Just make sure your model sits very still!

[Susyr22]

Thats very cool and so simple. I love it!

[photoexposed]

Thanks...

[bdy23]

cool tip of takin this kind of photo. thank you!

[drvids]

lol... the real stuff is driving side by side or making a custom built car rig.

[kottik1]

cool!!!

[pravedni87]

that's a professional photographer!

[photoexposed]

Thanks!

[someonesperson]

cool!!

[robkamstra]

Very Cool, I am going to try this. What shutter speed did you use?

[halfwolf]

Wow this is very cool. And it works very well. :D

[killerpandazdotcom]

thats cool!