Ok I am enjoying this thread. I really love photography. I thought this thread was here to help people that don't do photography as a hobby or a profession get good shots of their cars. So I really don't want to piss anyone off and sense some post were edited I am really not sure what happened. Don't care. But I will say good gear does not make a good photographer, never has never will. So how about we not scare people away with talk of gear. If you have a Hasselblad H5D-40 great, if all you have is a phone great. Go take some pictures and enjoy yourself. Me, yes I have a DSLR I hate it My favorite camera is my Mamiya 645 medium format film camera. Nothing beats its clarity but you have to know what your doing. To each his own.
Being some one who has recently moved from using a phone to an actual camera (Samsung NX Mini), I am keeping a close eye on this thread for tips. I also welcome feedback on the pics that I post.
Thanks MCS02, Nathan and B.A.D. If someone asks me how to take better pictures, I would never say, you need to buy an expensive camera, or learn advanced professional techniques. Now, if someone asks me how to become a professional photographer, that is a different story. Yeah, I'm going to press them to see if they REALLY want to be a professional photographer, or just think it might be an easy way to make money. Two vastly different scenarios. MCS02, I used to have a Mamiya 645 as one of my multitudes of cameras, and liked it. I still have a Hasselblad 500c. It sits on a shelf, and reminds me that today's $3,000 camera is tomorrow's $300 camera. LOL. Having shot professionally in 1985 and 2015, people sometimes ask me if I miss film photography. No, I don't -- not one single bit. I can get better results in a lot less time now than I ever could in the "good old days" of film. You can too. Okay, I am rambling, as we old folks are prone to doing. Bottom line -- if you want to take better pictures with what you have, you can. You don't have to spend a bunch of money on gear and software. It's like cars, you don't have to trade your stock MINI for a Porsche GT3, or graduate from the Bondurant Racing school to improve your driving. CD