car photography

Who needs a $160,000 Audi when you can shoot a $40 scale model

Oct 17, 2016 Udi Tirosh

What happens when a miniature photographer discusses collaboration with a multi-million car company? He ends up shooting their $160,000 car, an Audi R8, using a…



Exploring this big wild world with my little cars

Jun 11, 2016 Kim Leuenberger

7 years ago, I received a little replica of an iconic Volkswagen minivan from my parents and it was love at first sight for the…



How to composite a car into a new background in Photoshop CC

Jun 10, 2016 John Aldred

Unless we are an automotive photographer, getting access to fancy cars at the environments in which we’d like to photograph them can be a tricky proposition….



Photographing a drag racing team never looked more fun

Mar 2, 2016 John Aldred

It’s no secret that I love behind the scenes videos, and this one from Guy Rhodes covering Mark J. Rebilas‘ shoot with Don Schumacher Racing for…



How To Shoot Motorcycles Using Only One Speedlight

Nov 20, 2014 Laya Gerlock

I did a shoot recently with a big BMW using only one speed light and I wanted to share how I made it happen. The…



Angle Grinders And Sparks Make For Manly Photo Shoot Special Effect

Oct 6, 2014 Udi Tirosh

As a former software engineer I can completely relate to the need SmugMug programmer Ryan Doherty had do build and drive LeMons cars to let out…



How I Took This Photograph Of A Cyclist Riding Into The Sun

Jul 10, 2014 Udi Tirosh

Ever since I saw this custom made motorbike of my friend Tapeta I knew I was going to take this shot. Today I am going…



3 Ways To Shoot A Ferrari On A Budget

Apr 17, 2014 Laya Gerlock

One of the perks that I have as a photographer is the opportunity to shoot super cars every now and then. Sadly, I don’t have…



How To Shoot a Porsche With Minimal Gear

Mar 19, 2014 Laya Gerlock

Me and some friends were practicing our photography with cars and wanted to shoot his Porsche. We were only shooting the car inside his garage…



Some Nasty Car Rigs

Jan 18, 2010 Udi Tirosh

A while back we had an amazing post about building a DIY camera car rig to take incredible images of cars. This is a common…