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BIO:
Anthony
Palmieri
founded Palmieri Concepts after
20 years of creating custom art work for his own pleasure
and enjoyment. This business grew out of a love for motor
vehicles and was started to share with others what started
out as a hobby. After taking how his own pride and joys (yes
this really started with family pictures and not cars) and
combining them with creativity, it became obvious that many
others would like to showcase their trophies as he has done.
He has also written numerous articles on automotive art and
collector car photography.
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Classic Car Pictures and Art by Palmieri Concepts -
By: Anthony
Palmieri
December 13, 2005
Abstract:
In these days
of digital cameras, and reasonably prices graphics programs has
enabled people to become more creative with their final photographs.
This personal touch is carried into family pictures as well as other
loves such as cars, and pets. This article will give you some basic
ideas that will help you transform your pictures into something
different, unique and personal.
Creative Automotive Pictures, Things To
Consider - Part 1
Low cost digital
camera, and high quality printing now coupled with some imagination
can open the door for you to create unique pictures ranging from
the family pets, to autos right to custom cards and wall posters
that you have created. Custom printing was expensive, and mostly
restricted to advertising companies. However now, you can go to
your local office store and have them print out a high quality laser
print for a few dollars. So now that you have all this capability
available, what can you do with it? Well, how about start to create
custom pictures for yourself. Software packages like Adobe Photoshop
have many capabilities that allow you to customize your pictures,
but the question often asked is well what should I do. The intent
of this article is to give you many ideas to think about and experiment
with to see what fits your personality and likes. We will focus
on automobiles, although these ideas can be applied to family portraits,
pictures of your loving pets, and even landscapes.
When you are
taking a picture of a car, do not just think about what you see
in the viewfinder, but think about the final composition. A few
questions to consider are:
1. Will the
car be a stand alone in the picture?
2. Will there be multiple images of the car merged together?
3. Will there be different elements of the car used?
4. Can the car be used as both a background element as well as a
foreground element?
5. What unique features stand out?
…. and the list goes on.
Taking a digital
picture does not cost you anything until you print it out, so I
recommend that you take many pictures at different angles, and of
all elements. Looking through the viewfinder gives you only one
perspective of the final picture, but, using your mind will open
the door to an unlimited world.
Things to consider
when looking and photographing a car:
1. Is there a large surface such as a sloping trunk with a minimal
amount of details? If so, this may make a great background where
you could overlay a side view of the car on the trunk. To add to
the personalized component, keep the license place in the picture
so it ties the picture to the owner.
2. Are there any distinctive features such as a massive open grill
as on many pre 1965 cars? This may also make a great background
to overlay a side view of the car in the grill. Keeping any logos
or license plate adds to the personalized impact.
3. Many of the older cars have trim pieces that are art in themselves.
Take for example a 1958 Bel Air. The front fenders and sides have
bullet like trim that would make a great border.
4. Do not just focus on the exterior of the car, think about the
interior. How about those detailed and distinctive dash boards and
large buss like steering wheels. These also make a great backgrounds.
Imagine the car centered in the steering wheel where you get a glimpse
of the gages. Or for that fantasy effect for a performance car,
edit the speedometer to show a high speed, and slightly blur the
car to represent the speed.
This is a brief
list of things to consider, and after a while when you look at something
your mind will run with the endless possibilities. Your biggest
challenge will be to weed through those ideas and pick the best
ones.
In part 2 of
this series we will talk about taking these ideas and enhancing
them even more through things such as making elements stand out
by fading, blurring and defocusing portions of the composition.
For some examples
of what is described here, refer to www.PalmieriConcepts.com in
the "Examples" section. When you look at these examples,
think how you can apply these to your own work.
