{"id":6922,"date":"2014-08-04T01:10:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T08:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rallyways.com\/?p=6922"},"modified":"2014-08-04T01:10:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T08:10:14","slug":"photo-shooting-cars-for-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rallyways.com\/6922\/photo-shooting-cars-for-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Shooting Cars for Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"
True, RallyWays is a commercial site. Same thing goes for other commercial car photographers out there – money needs to be made. That doesn\u2019t take away from the fun though.<\/p>\n
Surprisingly, we seem to keep doing it even when sales are slow. This also explains all the kids at car shows trying to be the next big ticket magazine automotive photographer. That, or the next Instagram cars<\/a> sensation. Unsurprisingly, these kids are inspired by guys like @thatphotographer Spencer Berke and the exciting lifestyle that comes with being a successfully automotive marketer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All the glamour aside, photographing cars is pretty dang fun. If you\u2019re in love with cars, photographing them is not unlike shooting beautiful fashion models. As a photographer, it\u2019s always more fun photographing subjects you find beautiful and inspirational.<\/p>\n Photo shooting cars allows the unique opportunity to connect with a car you don\u2019t own in a way that\u2019s much deeper than you would just admiring it at a show. You get the opportunity to showcase the best angles and put forward the best aspects of a certain vehicle. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Equally important, when you share the photography of any particular car you often end up taking the time to learn more about the model. Next thing you know, you\u2019ve researched hundreds of cars. You\u2019ve learned so much about the best cars in the world that even you are impressed.<\/p>\n The other day, my brother who is a whizz doctor in chemical engineering sent me a photo of the plastic lens cover of a car\u2019s headlight in a text message. He asked, \u201cCan you recognize what this is?\u201d I replied, \u201cHeadlight! Ummm. Lotus\u2026 Wait no. Corvette! C7 Corvette headlight! That\u2019s what that is!\u201d<\/p>\n He was stunned to say the least. That I could recognize a car like that immediately just by the headlight lenses was apparently very impressive. Plus, not just recognize the car in question, but also the exact model.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been studying and learning about cars all my life. Having said that, I can honestly tell you, recognizing those headlights immediately would have not been possible had it not been for all the car photo shoots I\u2019ve done. That, and of course all the research I\u2019m always doing for RallyWays!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Going back to the comments about doing this even when not being paid. Last week I sold the rolling shot of the 1962 Volkswagen Beetle you see in the picture above, which is also the cover image for this story. I sold it as a framed print – the same way I\u2019ve been selling some other of my popular photos – As a full package. Every time I sell a framed print, that\u2019s great news. It feels great. Making money is a great.<\/p>\n For more about buying RallyWays car photo prints visit our services page<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, it\u2019s clear that not every car photo shooting session is private. Those are great, fine. But regardless, I\u2019m out every weekend and even some weekdays, doing just that – Photo shooting cars. Going from Cbad Cars to Cars and Coffee Irvine, to Bella Italia, to SoCal Euro to SEMA. Week in and week out. Sometimes I feel a little burnt out – so I go surf to clear my head. I always want to go back and keep doing what I do.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n