Photography Tips?

[crazyfoo]

I have a Canon 7D, a Canon 17-55 f/2.8 and a Sigma 10-20 (forget the f-stop). I feel like I know a lot about photography, but I've never really done a photo shoot of a car.

I took some pictures when I got my car about a month ago, but when my new rims finally come in (hopefully in the next few weeks) I want to go do a good photo shoot with my car. One thing I learned from the first "shoot" was that I really need a circular polarizing filter - so I plan to have that before I do the next shoot.

I have one off camera flash - a speed lite - but I was planning to just use natural lighting.

Can anyone offer any tips for taking pictures of a car?

• General location ideas?
  * I have picked out a parking garage to test out at the top level
  * If anyone in the Houston area has a specific recommendation that would be great too.
• Angles?
• must do shots?
• Lighting tips?
• Any other tips you can think of?

Thanks for any advice!

[EngineCo52]

wish i could help, but there is a photography section towards the end of the forum might want to ask there

[Protruck]

You can do no better than search out John Zhang, he is a member on here. John's 1013MM photography is amazing. He has a blog and gives pointers. You can also check out his stuff in our Issue 2 of MotorWerks Magazine.
http://view.flipdocs.com/showbook.as...0003372_529376

[crazyfoo]

Originally Posted by EngineCo52

wish i could help, but there is a photography section towards the end of the forum might want to ask there

Oh I have never noticed that, thanks for the tip.

Originally Posted by Protruck

You can do no better than search out John Zhang, he is a member on here. John's 1013MM photography is amazing. He has a blog and gives pointers. You can also check out his stuff in our Issue 2 of MotorWerks Magazine.
http://view.flipdocs.com/showbook.as...0003372_529376

thanks I will look for some of his pictures.