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Head to any car museum up and down the country and you’ll see swathes of visitors, cameras in hand, shooting everything from antiques like the Ford Model T, classics like the Morris Minor, high-performance supercars such as the McLaren F1, and everything in between. But museums aren’t exactly known for their photo-friendly lighting. Add to this busy backgrounds and fellow car enthusiasts and it can seem impossible to capture a flattering shot. And that’s because it darn near is!
So we’ve come up with a few tips and tricks that will help you capture studio-quality images without using a tripod or additional lighting or even the best Nikon camera. The first lesson is to forget capturing any car in its entirety. You’ll afford yourself much more control if you focus on capturing close-ups. We shot cars inside at Haynes Motor Museum, a great car-themed day out, near Yeovil in Somerset, and outside at a classic car meet.
Inside, we were able to use black and white walls to our advantage, under- and overexposing to create studio-like backgrounds. While outside we blew out a light sky to create a white background or framed close-ups of the car with no background to avoid distracting grass or fellow fans.
