Introduction to automotive photography
Car shooting: getting started with car photography
Language: German

Car shooting: getting started with car photography

From zero to car photographer in just one tutorial - get in, sit in the instructive trainer passenger seat of engineer and photographer Florian Haizmann and take the wheel yourself after over 3 hours of video training! Shift up a few gears at the car shoot and learn how to photograph a stationary and moving car and its interior. You can expect various locations, different lighting moods and horsepower-packed excursions into photo post-processing.

  • Over 3 hours of video training to get you started in car photography (plus outtakes)
  • Equipment and settings, various car shoots, post-processing of the pictures, incl. working materials
  • Shootings: daylight, use of flash, freestyle, stationary and moving cars, detail shots and interiors
  • By Florian Haizmann, engineer and passionate professional automotive photographer

Start your engines, turn on your cameras, sharpen your focus and hit the ground running - this training is pure oil in the gears of your car photography workflow!

Details
  • content: 3 h Video training
  • Licence: private and commercial Rights of use
  • Bonus: including working material
Categories
Photography & image editing
Created with love by:
Florian Haizmann Florian Haizmann

Examples of use

  • Exterior shot of a car on a meadow
    Open gallery
    The car in complete - use natural light or flashes for your shots.
  • Interior of a car
    Open gallery
    Particularly important in commercial photography: interior shots and details.
  • Car picked up while driving on a road
    Open gallery
    Action! How to photograph vehicles in motion, even when you're on the move yourself.
  • At the car shoot: People involved in car photography training
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    Three PS-loving guys at a car shoot - you'll know what they know after the training!
  • Theory

    Photographing with natural light

    Dynamic shots

    Artificial light

    Details of the content

    Car shooting - your shortcut to professional car photography

    Your trainer Florian Haizmann is actually an engineer by trade, but his passion for cars has been luring him in front of cars with more and sometimes less horsepower for years, which he photographs professionally for well-known companies. He passes on his wealth of experience in car photography to you in this training course. Over three hours of full throttle in 27 lessons, divided into four chapters - that's what awaits you in this car photography course:

    The right location and the right equipment for a car shoot

    In the first section, you will find out how to choose a suitable location for your car shoot and how you can get hold of other cars as easily as possible - apart from your private vehicle and your friends' cars. Planning, preparation and organization are therefore essential, as is choosing the right equipment .

    Getting into practice: photographing cars properly

    Then it's out into the open air with all its lighting pitfalls and possibilities. Your trainer will show you how to use which camera settings to take photos in natural light or capture a sunset, paying attention to the appropriate position of the car and the overall composition of the image . In post-processing, you will overlay images, carry out retouching and focus on raw development. So that the Photoshop and Lightroom tools don't have to do too much work, Florian Haizmann even presents his efficient car cleaning workflow.

    Photographing moving cars and interior shots

    In the following sections, things get dynamic and fast-paced - photographing cars while driving . You will learn how to take so-called pull-along shots and how to photograph the other vehicle from one vehicle during a car-to-car shoot. In the grand finale, three flashes are set up around a car to skillfully put its exterior in the right light. Interior and detail shots are also taken of the selected subject - creating product photos that are also suitable for commercial use.

    What you will learn in the car shooting tutorial

    You will learn basic and advanced knowledge about car photography that can be used for commercial photography. In the videos, you accompany your trainer directly on his shoots so that you are given practical know-how. In this way, you will enter a subject area that is new to you or expand your expertise in it - open up the field of car photography for yourself.